NWA Roster in 1972: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1972. 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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1972

NWA: All (126)

"Baron" Mikel Scicluna

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Harley Race

Haystacks Calhoun

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Professor Toru Tanaka

"Superstar" Billy Graham

Terrible Ted

Terry Funk

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Dory Funk Jr.

Won: February 11, 1969

Tampa, FL | House show

1419+ days

1419+

days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	José Lothario Won: October 25, 1972 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 67+ days	67+ days
	Stan Stasiak Won: June 24, 1972 Irving, Texas \| Parade of Champions 123 days	123 days
	Red Bastien Won: March 9, 1972 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 107 days	107 days
	José Lothario Won: November 17, 1971 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 113 days	113 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tony Charles

Won: June 1, 1972

House show

213+ days

The title history is unrecorded from July 1971 to June 1972, and then from June 1972 to October 1974.

213+

days

Len Rossi

Won: July 1, 1971

House show

336 days

The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971, and then from July 1971 to June 1972.

336

days

NWA American Heavyweight Championship

Johnny Valentine

Won: July 8, 1972

Corpus Christi, Texas | House show

176+ days

176+

days

Billy Red Lyons

Won: June 24, 1972

Irving, Texas | Parade of Champions

14 days

days

The Spoiler

Won: December 11, 1971

San Antonio, Texas | House show

196 days

196

days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Blackjack Lanza Won: December 1, 1972 Texas \| House show 30+ days It is not clear who Lanza defeated to win the championship	30+ days
	Stan Stasiak Won: July 14, 1972 Texas \| House show 140 days It is not clear who Stasiak defeated to win the championship	140 days
	José Lothario Won: January 7, 1972 Texas \| House show 189 days	189 days
	Johnny Valentine Won: July 2, 1971 Texas \| House show 189 days	189 days

NWA American Tag Team Championship	Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler Won: July 1, 1972 Texas \| BTW Show 183+ days	183+ days
	Red Bastien & Dean Ho Red Bastien & Dean Ho Won: February 28, 1972 Texas \| BTW Show 124 days	124 days
	Dean Ho & Fritz Von ErichFritz von Erich Dean Ho Won: January 25, 1972 Dallas, Texas \| BTW Show 34 days	34 days
	Thunderbolt Patterson & Johnny ValentineThunderbolt Patterson & Johnny Valentine Won: November 4, 1971 Corpus Christi, Texas \| BTW Show 82 days Tanaka gave his half of the championship to Valentine.	82 days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum

Won: October 6, 1972

Houston, Texas | House show

86+ days

86+

days

Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons

Won: July 14, 1972

Houston, Texas | House show

84 days

Defeated the Alaskans (Franke Monte and Mike York).

days

Kintarō Ōki & Pak SongKintaro Oki & Pak Song

Won: December 17, 1970

Texas | House show

575 days

Defeated Rufus R. Jones and Gorgeous George Jr.

575

days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

Won: January 1, 1969

1460+ days

Championship abandoned

1460+

days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	The New Bounty Hunters Tom Andrews & Jim Starr Won: December 30, 1972 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show 1+ day	1+ day
	Johnny Walker & Bearcat Brown Johnny Walker & Bearcat Brown Won: December 16, 1972 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| Mid-South Coliseum 14 days Bounty Hunters continue to defend in other towns and lose to Jackie Fargo and Jerry Jarrett on December 25, 1972, in Memphis, Tennessee.	14 days
	The Bounty Hunters David Novak & Jerry Novak Won: November 13, 1972 Tennessee \| House Show 33 days	33 days
	Len Rossi & Kevin SullivanLen Rossi & Kevin Sullivan Won: November 6, 1972 Memphis, Tennessee \| Mid-South Coliseum 7 days	7 days
	The Interns Billy Garrett & Jim Starr Won: October 23, 1972 Tennessee \| House Show 14 days	14 days
	Bill Dromo & Tojo Yamamoto Bill Dromo & Tojo Yamamoto Won: August 22, 1972 Tennessee \| House Show 62 days	62 days
	Jackie Fargo & Roughhouse FargoJackie Fargo & Roughhouse Fargo Won: June 24, 1972 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show 59 days	59 days
	The Interns Billy Garrett & Jim Starr Won: June 21, 1972 Nashville, Tennessee \| House Show 3 days	3 days

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Danny Hodge

Won: March 20, 1972

Shreveport, LA | House show

286+ days

286+

days

Dr. X

Won: December 3, 1971

Oklahoma City, OK | House show

108 days

108

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Alfonso Dantés Won: June 13, 1972 Tijuana, Baja California \| Live event 201+ days	201+ days
	Ray Mendoza Won: April 21, 1972 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 53 days	53 days
	David Morgan Won: March 17, 1972 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 35 days	35 days
	El Solitario Won: November 27, 1970 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 476 days	476 days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Aníbal

Won: December 6, 1970

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

756+ days

756+

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Alberto Muñoz

Won: July 11, 1971

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

539+ days

539+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

5948+ days

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.

5948+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: April 2, 1968

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | Live event

1734+ days

1734+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Betty Niccoli

Won: July 22, 1970

893+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1968-07-19 to 1970-07-22. Niccoli was billed the champion only in Midwest and West Texas.

893+

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Donna Christianello & Toni Rose

Won: November 27, 1971

Honolulu, HI | Live event

400+ days

Other reports claim that Christanello & Rose won the titles on February 1972 in Hong Kong, China.

400+

days

Extras

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