NWA Roster in 1973: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1973. 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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1973

NWA: All (134)

"Baron" Mikel Scicluna

"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

Jack Brisco

Won: July 20, 1973

Houston, TX | House show

164+ days

164+

days

Harley Race

Won: May 24, 1973

Kansas City, KS | House show

57 days

days

Dory Funk Jr.

Won: February 11, 1969

Tampa, FL | House show

1563 days

1563

days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Vacant Won: December 26, 1973 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 5+ days After a match against Great Mephisto.	5+ days
	José Lothario Won: May 23, 1973 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 217 days	217 days
	Blackjack Mulligan Won: May 18, 1973 Houston, Texas \| House show 5 days	5 days
	José Lothario Won: May 4, 1973 Texas \| House show 14 days	14 days
	Blackjack Mulligan Won: April 28, 1973 Texas \| House show 6 days	6 days
	José Lothario Won: February 1, 1973 Texas \| House show 86 days	86 days
	The Missouri Mauler Won: January 19, 1973 Houston, Texas \| House show 13 days	13 days
	José Lothario Won: October 25, 1972 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 86 days	86 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tony Charles

Won: June 1, 1972

House show

578+ days

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

578+

days

NWA American Heavyweight Championship

Fritz von Erich

Won: August 7, 1973

Dallas, Texas | House show

146+ days

146+

days

The Missouri Mauler

Won: March 2, 1973

Chicago, Illinois | House show

158 days

Awarded when Valentine goes to Japan

158

days

Johnny Valentine

Won: July 8, 1972

Corpus Christi, Texas | House show

237 days

237

days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

José Lothario

Won: July 13, 1973

Houston, Texas | House show

171+ days

171+

days

Blackjack Mulligan

Won: May 29, 1973

Dallas, Texas | House show

45 days

Won a battle royal to win the vacant championship

days

Blackjack Lanza

Won: December 1, 1972

Texas | House show

179 days

It is not clear who Lanza defeated to win the championship

179

days

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Johnny Powers & Pat PattersonJohnny Powers & Pat Patterson

Won: August 1, 1973

Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Wrestling Event

152+ days

Powers & Patterson were recognized in Los Angeles & Japan as champions.

152+

days

NWA American Tag Team Championship	Jose Lothario & Mil MáscarasJosé Lothario & Mil Máscaras Won: October 1, 1973 Texas \| BTW Show 91+ days	91+ days
	Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath Won: August 8, 1973 Ft. Worth, Texas \| BTW Show 54 days	54 days
	Jose Lothario & Ivan PutskiJosé Lothario & Ivan Putski Won: March 1, 1973 Texas \| BTW Show 160 days Records are unclear as to whom they defeated to win the championship.	160 days
	Mark Lewin & The Spoiler Mark Lewin & The Spoiler Won: January 1, 1973 Texas \| BTW Show 59 days	59 days
	Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler Won: July 1, 1972 Texas \| BTW Show 184 days	184 days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship	José Lothario & Mil MáscarasJosé Lothario & Mil Máscaras Won: November 30, 1973 Houston, Texas \| House show 31+ days	31+ days
	Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath Won: August 6, 1973 Texas \| House show 116 days	116 days
	José Lothario & Ivan PutskiJosé Lothario & Ivan Putski Won: July 20, 1973 Texas \| House show 17 days	17 days
	Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath Won: May 26, 1973 Texas \| House show 55 days	55 days
	José Lothario & Ivan PutskiJosé Lothario & Ivan Putski Won: May 1, 1973 Texas \| House show 25 days	25 days
	José Lothario & Mil MáscarasJosé Lothario & Mil Máscaras Won: April 30, 1973 Texas \| House show 1 day	1 day
	Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath Won: April 21, 1973 Texas \| House show 9 days	9 days
	Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum Won: October 6, 1972 Houston, Texas \| House show 197 days	197 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

Won: January 1, 1969

1825+ days

Championship abandoned

1825+

days

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship	Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry JarrettJerry Jarrett Tojo Yamamoto Won: November 26, 1973 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show 35+ days	35+ days
	Jerry Lawler & Al GreeneJerry Lawler & Al Greene Won: October 29, 1973 Tennessee \| House Show 28 days	28 days
	Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin Won: October 16, 1973 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show 13 days	13 days
	Ron Garvin & Terry Garvin Ron Garvin & Terry Garvin Won: October 9, 1973 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show 7 days	7 days
	Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin Won: September 17, 1973 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show 22 days	22 days
	The Mighty Yankees Frank Morrell & Eddie Sullivan Won: September 15, 1973 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| House Show 2 days	2 days
	Jerry Lawler & ScorpionJerry Lawler & Scorpion Won: September 6, 1973 Florence, Alabama \| House Show 9 days Defeated Tommy Gilbert and Eddie Marlin but continue to defend in Chattanooga.	9 days
	Vacant Won: September 1, 1973 5 days Championship vacated for undocumented reasons.	5 days

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Ken Mantell

Won: December 19, 1973

Jackson, MS | House show

12+ days

During this reign, on 1974-09-17, Wrestling Pro unofficialy won the title in a GCCW House show (he was only recognized as champion in the Alabama territory); then, on 1974-11-05, Ken Mantell unofficialy won it back in another GCCW House show.

12+

days

Danny Hodge

Won: March 20, 1972

Shreveport, LA | House show

639 days

639

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Ray Mendoza

Won: December 21, 1973

Los Angeles, California | Live event

10+ days

10+

days

Kim Sung Ho

Won: June 29, 1973

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

175 days

175

days

Alfonso Dantés

Won: June 13, 1972

Tijuana, Baja California | Live event

381 days

381

days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

René Guajardo

Won: March 30, 1973

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

276+ days

276+

days

Aníbal

Won: December 6, 1970

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

845 days

845

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Mano Negra

Won: December 14, 1973

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

17+ days

Mano Negra defeated Karloff Lagarde to win the vacant title.

17+

days

Vacant

Won: June 25, 1973

172 days

EMLL vacated the championship after Muñoz suffered a near-fatal injury.

172

days

Alberto Muñoz

Won: July 11, 1971

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

715 days

715

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

6313+ 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.

6313+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: April 2, 1968

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | Live event

2099+ days

2099+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Jean Antone

Won: October 1, 1973

Green Bay, WI | Live event

91+ days

91+

days

Betty Niccoli

Won: July 22, 1970

1167 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.

1167

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: October 15, 1973

New York City, NY | Live event

77+ days

77+

days

Donna Christianello & Toni Rose

Won: November 27, 1971

Honolulu, HI | Live event

688 days

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

688

days

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Add 'Bayley & Lyra Valkyria' to the Teams section. After teaming up for one-off matches earlier in the year, Bayley and Lyra have been booked as a tag team since Bayley returned with her split personality character back in September and have only faced other tag wrestlers in tag or singles matches since then, even main eventing Raw in a tag title match against Alexa and Charlotte back in October. Considering Lash and Nia, who haven't tagged together outside of WarGames, are on the Teams page, Bayley & Lyra should definitely be there.
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NWA Roster in 1973: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (134)

Men

Women

Teams

Annihilation Inc.

Billy Robinson & Don Muraco

Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel

The Blackjacks

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

The Brisco Brothers

The Funks

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta

Jackie Fargo & Jerry Jarrett

Jerry Brisco & Thunderbolt Patterson

The McGuire Twins

Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Peter Maivia & Rocky Johnson

Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff

The Texas Outlaws

The Valiant Brothers

Wild Samoans

The Wright Brothers

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

The Missouri Mauler

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tony Charles

NWA American Heavyweight Championship

The Missouri Mauler

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Johnny Powers & Pat PattersonJohnny Powers & Pat Patterson

NWA American Tag Team Championship

Jose Lothario & Mil MáscarasJosé Lothario & Mil Máscaras

Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath

Jose Lothario & Ivan PutskiJosé Lothario & Ivan Putski

Mark Lewin & The Spoiler Mark Lewin & The Spoiler

Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler Brute Bernard & Missouri Mauler

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

José Lothario & Mil MáscarasJosé Lothario & Mil Máscaras

Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath

José Lothario & Ivan PutskiJosé Lothario & Ivan Putski

Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath

José Lothario & Ivan PutskiJosé Lothario & Ivan Putski

José Lothario & Mil MáscarasJosé Lothario & Mil Máscaras

Black Gordman & Goliath Black Gordman & Goliath

Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

NWA Mid-Southern Tag Team Championship

Tojo Yamamoto & Jerry JarrettJerry Jarrett Tojo Yamamoto

Jerry Lawler & Al GreeneJerry Lawler & Al Greene

Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin

Ron Garvin & Terry Garvin Ron Garvin & Terry Garvin

Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin Tommy Gilbert & Eddie Marlin

The Mighty Yankees Frank Morrell & Eddie Sullivan

Jerry Lawler & ScorpionJerry Lawler & Scorpion

Vacant

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Ken Mantell

Danny Hodge

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Ray Mendoza

Kim Sung Ho

Alfonso Dantés

NWA World Middleweight Championship

René Guajardo

Aníbal

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Mano Negra

Vacant

Alberto Muñoz

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA United States Women's Championship