NWA Roster in 1968: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1968. This includes the list of all NWA Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in National Wrestling Alliance.

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1968

NWA: All (115)

"Blond Bomber" Ray Stevens

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Professor Toru Tanaka

Thunderbolt Patterson

Tiger Jeet Singh

Wahoo McDaniel

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Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Gene Kiniski

Won: January 7, 1966 St. Louis, MO | House show

1089+

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NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Dan Miller Won: December 10, 1968 Houston, Texas \| House show	21+ days
	The Spoiler Won: August 20, 1968 Dallas, Texas \| House show Defeated Smith in rematch; starts wrestling as Don Jardine without the mask in October 1968.	112 days
	Vacant Won: August 17, 1968 After a match against Spoiler I.	3 days
	Grizzly Smith Won: July 20, 1968 San Antonio, Texas \| House show	28 days
	The Spoiler Won: March 29, 1968 Houston, Texas \| House show	113 days
	Billy Red Lyons Won: November 8, 1967 San Antonio, Texas \| House show Defeated Duke Keomua by default tournament final to win the vacant title when Keomuka is unable to wrestle due to injuries inflicted by The Spoiler in earlier round.	142 days

NWA Louisiana State Championship	Pepe Perez Won: December 3, 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	28+ days
	Big Bad John Won: November 18, 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	15 days
	Vacant Won: March 1, 1968 Gulf Coast stops promoting in Louisiana.	262 days
	Bobby Fields Won: February 6, 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	24 days
	Frank Dalton Won: January 30, 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	7 days
	Eddie Sullivan Won: January 23, 1968 Baton Rouge, Louisiana \| Live Show	7 days
	Bob Kelly Won: December 29, 1967 Lafayette, Louisiana \| Live Show	25 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tor Yamata

Won: April 24, 1958 Chattanooga, TN | House show

The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971.

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NWA North American Heavyweight Championship		Johnny Powers Won: December 1, 1968 Ohio \| NWF show	30+ days
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship		Moose Cholak Won: October 1, 1968 Ohio \| NWF show	61 days

NWA American Heavyweight Championship	Fritz von Erich Won: July 26, 1968 Houston, Texas \| House show	158+ days
	Kenji Shibuya Won: July 1, 1968 Texas \| House show	25 days
	Fritz von Erich Won: June 3, 1968 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show Von Erich won a rematch against The Spoiler, during this reign the title changes name to NWA American Heavyweight Championship.	28 days
	Vacant Won: April 6, 1968 Title held up due to interference by manager Gary Hart	58 days
	The Spoiler Won: April 5, 1968 Houston, Texas \| House show	1 day
	Fritz von Erich Won: March 27, 1967 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show	375 days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Kurt Von Hess Won: August 6, 1968 Texas \| House show Defeated Duke Keomuka in the finals of a 6-man tournament final to win the vacant title.	147+ days
	Vacant Won: July 31, 1968 Title vacated when Von Erich became NWA United States Heavyweight Champion.	6 days
	Fritz von Erich Won: July 8, 1968 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	23 days
	El Mongol Won: June 29, 1968 Atlanta, Georgia \| House show	9 days
	Chris Markoff Won: April 1, 1968 Dallas, Texas \| House show	89 days
	Spoiler #2 Won: November 14, 1967 Texas \| House show Previously known as Smasher Sloan	139 days

NWA American Tag Team Championship	Fritz von Erich Dan Miller Won: December 17, 1968 Dallas, Texas \| BTW Show	14+ days
	Gary Hart & The Spoiler Won: September 10, 1968 Dallas, Texas \| BTW Show Jardine started wrestling without mask in October 1968.	98 days
	Fritz von Erich Grizzly Smith Won: July 23, 1968 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	49 days
	Gary Hart & The Spoiler Won: July 19, 1968 Sloan gave his half of the championship to Hart and left the area.	4 days
	The Spoilers Spoiler #1 & Spoiler #2 Won: May 28, 1968 Texas \| BTW Show	52 days
	Fritz von Erich & Grizzly Smith Won: May 14, 1968 Dallas, Texas \| BTW Show	14 days
	The Spoilers Spoiler #1 & Spoiler #2 Won: April 22, 1968 Ft. Worth, Texas \| BTW Show Spoiler #2 lost a match to Apollo on May 17, 1968 and was unmasked to reveal Smasher Sloan under the mask.	22 days
	Fritz von Erich Billy Red Lyons Won: January 30, 1968 Dallas, Texas \| BTW Show	83 days

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NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Paul DeMarco & Luis Hernandez

Won: May 3, 1967 San Antonio, Texas | House show

Defeated Jim Bernard and Tarzan Tyler in a tournament final for the vacant championship

608+

days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	Mr. Ito & Chati Yokouchi Won: December 12, 1968 Amarillo, Texas \| House show	19+ days
	Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk Won: October 17, 1968 Amarillo, Texas \| House show	56 days
	The Infernos Inferno #1 & Inferno #2 Won: September 26, 1968 Amarillo, Texas \| House show	21 days
	Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk Won: June 18, 1968 San Angelo, Texas \| House show	100 days
	The Von Brauners Kurt Von Brauner & Karl Von Brauner Won: May 23, 1968 Amarillo, Texas \| House show	26 days
	Nick Bockwinkel & Ricky Romero Won: April 25, 1968 Texas \| House show	28 days
	The Von Brauners Kurt Von Brauner & Karl Von Brauner Won: November 15, 1967 Texas \| House show Defeat Gory Guerrero and Luis Hernandez	162 days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	Bobby Fields & Lee Fields Won: December 30, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	1+ day
	The Mighty Yankees Frank Morrell & Mighty Yankee #3 Won: November 18, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	42 days
	The Mighty Yankees Frank Morrell & Eddie Sullivan Won: October 10, 1968 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show Carson and Shadow continue to be billed as champions in Chattanooga but lose to Mighty Yankees #1 (Eddie Sullivan) and #2 (Frank Morrell) on October 10, 1968.	39 days
	Don Carson & The Red Shadow Won: September 30, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	10 days
	Lester Welch & Buddy Fuller Won: September 24, 1968 Birmingham, Alabama \| House Show	6 days
	Don Carson & The Red Shadow Won: September 15, 1968 Tennessee \| House Show	9 days
	Buddy Fuller & Lester Welch Won: September 9, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	6 days
	Don Carson & The Red Shadow Won: September 1, 1968 Tennessee \| House Show	8 days

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Danny Hodge

Won: May 3, 1966 Little Rock, AR | House show

973+

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Ray Mendoza Won: December 25, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	6+ days
	Ángel Blanco Won: May 19, 1968 Torreón, Coahuila \| Live event	220 days
	Ray Mendoza Won: August 4, 1967 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event Mendoza defeated Dory Dixon in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	289 days

NWA World Middleweight Championship		El Santo Won: December 13, 1968 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL Super Viernes	18+ days
NWA World Middleweight Championship		René Guajardo Won: July 29, 1967 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event Guajardo won a decision match for the vacant title.	503 days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Karloff Lagarde

Won: July 3, 1967 Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

547+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956 Baltimore, MD | Live Event

During this reigns the following title changes took place: Bette Boucher, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Yukiko Tomoe, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Evelyn Stevens, then The Fabulous Moolah; however, WWE recognizes Moolah's reign as being uninterrupted until 1984. The title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship until May 19, 1984, when Moolah sold the rights to the championship to the WWF, and the title was renamed to WWF Women's Championship.

4487+

days

NWA Women's Championship	The Fabulous Moolah Won: April 2, 1968 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan \| Live event	273+ days
	Yukiko Tomoe Won: March 10, 1968 Osaka, Japan \| Live event	23 days
	The Fabulous Moolah Won: October 3, 1966 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada \| Live event	524 days

NWA United States Women's Championship	Jean Antone Won: July 19, 1968 Minneapolis, MN The title history is unrecorded from 1968-07-07 to 1968-07-19, and then from 1968-07-19 to 1970-07-22. According to The Sacramento Bee, Antone was recognized as champion only in Northern California by defeating Princess Little Cloud to win the title.	165+ days
	Mae Young Won: July 7, 1968 The title history is unrecorded from 1965-05-01 to 1968-07-07, and then from 1968-07-07 to 1968-07-19. Young was billed as champion only in the Gulf Coast territory.	12 days
	Cora Combs Won: May 1, 1965 St. Louis, MO \| Live event The title history is unrecorded from 1961-10-04 to 1965-05-01, and then from 1965-05-01 to 1968-07-07. Combs starts claiming the title in Northern California from May 1965, billed as champion after defeating Penny Banner for the title.	1163 days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

The Fabulous Moolah & Patty Nelson

Won: November 2, 1967

The titles history is unrecorded from 1961-11-23 to 1967-11-02, and then from 1967-11-02 to 1970-05-01.

425+

days

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Wright · 1 hours ago
AJ Styles has been a coach and producer in WWE. There have also been rumors circling that Styles may replace Shawn Michaels as the head of NXT.
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Yansy Martínez · 1 hours ago
They still need to add Big Mami to the AAA roster
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Nkrst · 6 hours ago
Yota Tsuji and Tessa Blanchard are going to debut in MLW at SuperFight on november 7.
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Roy · 14 hours ago
there seriously better be a change in locations for crown jewel. idk what tko is tryna do but seriously.
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Lensky · 20 hours ago
Apparently we're gonna get Balor vs Gunther at Crown Jewel. The original plan was Punk vs Owens, but they have no intentions on traveling to Riyadh(at least they care about their health), which explains why their match is on the SmackDown episode before Crown Jewel. Balor and Gunther will replace the two, they've already advertised the match all over Saudi.
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Eddie Sallin · 21 hours ago
Dijak attacked Matt riddle during a match with Riddle vs Kross face turn maybe?
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MIAMI DOLPHINS FANS · 21 hours ago
Matt Riddle Is A Face!!!
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Haunted Stories · 21 hours ago
Matt Riddle is face again he got attacked by Donavon Dijak last episode of MLW
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Draysin Martin · 22 hours ago
Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Hey, guys, I'm back! I've been gone only a few days, too short for you to notice, but the reason its important is because I almost completely lost the account
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Welcome back man, Havent seen you here in a while.
  
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  Lensky · 20 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Yo the same thing happened to me! I couldn't log into my account for two weeks, thought my stuff got deleted but I've been able to log back in. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one experiencing this
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 1 days ago
Queen Aminata is new AEW TBS Champion
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
I have viewed The R's most recent message & I just want say this.....@Chad I'm Sorry. I didn't want to turn this situation into something bigger than it needed to be, I shouldn't have called you out. I can give you a chance. I just feel like Smackdown hotel is a place to post your wrestling facts, recent information, & all of that. I feel like the negativity was unnecessary to begin with.
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Same here, after reading Mr The R.’s comment, i felt like there were times i think was unnecessary of me to have replied back hostile when i could have done something different. But at the same time i felt that there were times Chad should have been picked some of his words better… I apologize for all my nuisance at this website towards Chad and hope that SmackDownHotel still can be a website that everyone can freely share what they think and view.
  
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  Chad · 22 hours ago
  
  @Roy Oh Roy Boy, that was a sweet comment! I accept your apology.
  
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APLDAGOAT · 1 days ago
@Chad Y’all I get it but some people make mistakes give him a second chance
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MrAicrow · 1 days ago
They moved crown jewel to a different location in Riyadh

They aren't fixing the problem, My god 🤦‍♂️
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EverBlast · 1 days ago
Frankie Kazarian turned face, he's supporting Avery Styles and feuded with Mustafa Ali.
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Davey Castegnaro · 2 days ago
TNA roster looks great!
Here are some fixes though for the roster:

For the remaining Men's Mid Card: John Skyler, Joseph Sawyer, Ryan Nemeth, Special Agent 0, Vincent, Rich Swann, Ricky Sosa.

For the Remaining Men's Low Card: Mr. Elegance & Joe Alonzo.

Erick Redbeard should be taken off the roster since I don't believe he's signed to TNA.

For the Women's roster, for the Upper Card: Indi Hartwell, Xia Brookside, should be listed in the upper card.

For the Mid Card: Shayna Baszler, Heather By Elegance, M By Elegance, Tasha Steelz, Kiera Hogan, Harley Hudson, Jada Stone & Rosemary.

For the Low Card: Mila Moore & Gabby Forza.

Hopefully this helps!!
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  Wright · 2 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro Erick Redbeard did sign with TNA.
  
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  Vinny · 2 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro Thanks so much for the input Davey! A colleague of mine and I actually just had a conversation about the card status of the roster. So we are currently working on updating the current status of each. Once that's updated I'll go through and do historical card status for the roster.
  
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The R · 2 days ago
I've been on this site a very, very, VERY long time. Honestly, I've forgotten how many years.
Over that time, I've seen the same patterns again and again.
Every once in a while, some idiot comes along and tries to be funny or hostile or offensive. And because they get away with it a few times - usually just have comments removed or hidden - they think they can do it forever. Then one day they just......stop posting. Usually because a mod has had enough.
I get that if someone is baiting you it's difficult to hold back, sometimes. But honestly, that's just encouraging the troll more. The best way is to treat them like a ghost; don't respond, flag the comment and let a mod do their job. Trust me - eventually it works. The SDH has a small team, but things have improved a LOT around here in recent years. They do deal with stuff - it just might take a little time.

One other thing I want to say is that the SDH is for everyone. Getting in someone's face because they're attacking you is one thing, but I've seen multiple instances of the same three or four accounts dog-piling someone just for having a different opinion. And that's something the mods will notice, too.
I get that people want this to be a nice place to chat, but there's a fine line between keeping the trash out and smothering anyone who disagrees with you.
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  Roy · 2 days ago
  
  @The R i wouldn’t say dog pile… but i agree with you. I do want to be as positive as i can be on this website. Because everyone here is sharing about what they saw or know, I too do the same. I respect you for your views on this. Thank you for pointing it out.
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Elio LeFleur is inactive he confirmed on social media he is medically cleared and had a dark match on NXT
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Max Caster mentioned on K & S WrestleFest that Anthony Bowens is still signed to AEW which is possibly true as he is still listed on the roster page on the AEW website
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Keith Meyer · 2 days ago
Chantel Monroe is definitely a heal she used the ropes in her match tonight
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