NWA Roster in 1976: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1976. 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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1976

NWA: All (151)

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Harley Race

Haystacks Calhoun

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Professor Toru Tanaka

"Superstar" Billy Graham

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Terry Funk

Won: December 10, 1975

Miami Beach, FL | House show

387+ days

387+

days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Blackjack Mulligan Won: December 15, 1976 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 16+ days	16+ days
	Paul Jones Won: December 9, 1976 Winston-Salem, NC \| House Show 6 days For unknown reasons, this reign is not recognized by WWE.com	6 days
	Blackjack Mulligan Won: November 28, 1976 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 11 days For unknown reasons, this reign is not recognized by WWE.com	11 days
	Paul Jones Won: October 16, 1976 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 43 days	43 days
	Blackjack Mulligan Won: March 13, 1976 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 217 days	217 days
	Paul Jones Won: November 27, 1975 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 107 days	107 days

NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship	Rufus R. Jones Won: November 30, 1976 Charleston, SC \| Live event 31+ days	31+ days
	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: November 8, 1976 Fayetteville, NC \| Live event 22 days	22 days
	Mr. Wrestling Won: October 16, 1976 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 23 days	23 days
	Angelo Mosca Won: August 11, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 66 days	66 days
	Paul Jones Won: June 30, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 42 days	42 days
	Angelo Mosca Won: April 14, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 77 days Defeated Tim Woods in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	77 days
	Vacant Won: December 3, 1975 133 days Paul Jones gave up the title after he won the NWA Mid-Atlantic United States Heavyweight Championship.	133 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: December 26, 1976 Greensboro, NC \| House show 5+ days	5+ days
	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: June 28, 1976 Greenville, SC \| House show 181 days	181 days
	Dino Bravo & Mr. Wrestling Won: May 5, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| TV Taping at WRAL-TV 54 days	54 days
	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: February 3, 1976 Raleigh, NC \| House show 92 days	92 days
	Wahoo McDaniel & Rufus R. Jones Won: January 27, 1976 Columbia, SC \| House show 7 days	7 days
	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: June 11, 1975 Raleigh, NC \| TV Taping at WRAL-TV 230 days	230 days

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

Won: February 5, 1976

330+ days

Defeated Tiger Jeet Singh and Voodoo Mulumba in a tournament final to win the vacant championship.

330+

days

Vacant

Won: January 1, 1976

Osaka, Japan | Toukon Series 1975

35 days

The championship was vacated after Antonio Inoki chose to focus on martial arts competition.

days

Antonio Inoki & Seiji SakaguchiAntonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi

Won: October 2, 1975

91 days

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Nelson Royal Won: December 6, 1976 New Orleans, LA \| House show 25+ days	25+ days
	Ron Starr Won: December 2, 1976 New Orleans, LA \| House show 4 days	4 days
	Pat Barrett Won: September 28, 1976 Shreveport, LA \| House show 65 days Defeated Nelson Royal in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	65 days
	Vacant Won: March 15, 1976 197 days Danny Hodge vacated the title after being injured in a car accident.	197 days
	Danny Hodge Won: March 2, 1976 Shreveport, LA \| House show 13 days	13 days
	Hiro Matsuda Won: June 14, 1975 St. Petersburg, FL \| CWF House show 262 days	262 days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Alfonso Dantés Won: October 24, 1976 Guadalajara, Jalisco \| Live event 68+ days	68+ days
	Carlos Plata Won: July 16, 1976 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 100 days	100 days
	Adorable Rubí Won: February 27, 1976 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 140 days	140 days
	Dr. Wagner Won: September 22, 1974 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL 41 Aniversario 523 days Dr. Wagner defeated El Halcon in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	523 days

El Faraón

Won: October 22, 1976

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

70+ days

70+

days

Perro Aguayo

Won: July 4, 1975

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

476 days

Perro Aguayo won a tournament to claim the vacant championship.

476

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Fishman

Won: April 9, 1976

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

266+ days

266+

days

Mano Negra

Won: January 19, 1976

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

81 days

days

Blue Demon

Won: June 29, 1975

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

204 days

204

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

7409+ 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.

7409+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: April 2, 1968

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | Live event

3195+ days

3195+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Sandy Parker

Won: November 25, 1976

36+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1974-11-01 to 1976-11-25, and then from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01. Parker was recognized as champion only in Northern California.

36+

days

Betty Niccoli

Won: November 1, 1974

755 days

The title history is unrecorded from 1974-11-01 to 1976-11-25. It is uncertain if Ann Casey won the title before (on February 1974) or after (on December 1974) Niccoli.

755

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Donna Christianello & Toni Rose

Won: August 23, 1975

Boston, MA | Live event

496+ days

496+

days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Tommy Rich Won: November 1, 1976 House show 60+ days	60+ days
	Bill Dundee Won: October 1, 1976 House show 31 days	31 days
	Bob Armstrong Won: September 25, 1976 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 6 days	6 days
	Big Bad John Won: September 1, 1976 House show 24 days	24 days
	Bob Armstrong Won: August 14, 1976 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 18 days	18 days
	Bill Dundee Won: June 1, 1976 Seymour, IN \| House show 74 days The title history is unrecorded from March 1976 to June 1976.	74 days
	Dick Steinborn Won: March 1, 1976 House show 92 days The title history is unrecorded from December 1975 to March 1976, and then from March 1976 to June 1976.	92 days
	Jackie Fargo Won: December 1, 1975 House show 91 days The title history is unrecorded from 1975-09-09 to December 1975, and then from December 1975 to March 1976.	91 days

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NEW: We enabled historic Card Position for the WWE Face & Heel breakdown pages of previous years. Mostly, we made sure that Upper Carders from all years are covered. Mid/Low card distinction is not complete (and likely never will, too many wrestlers), but you can now see who were the top guys on any date in history.
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  Constance Affinito · 12 days ago
  
  @Andy Ohh that's awesome!! Did you do that for Mae Young's page yet?
  
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  Draysin Martin · 11 days ago
  
  @Andy This should be done for the Superstars who didn't get card positions yet including names like
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  Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'reilly, & Roderick Strong)
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  That's all I have any other Superstars that are needed please comment them below
  
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  @Andy So proud to have worked on this project!
  
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  Constance Affinito · 7 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo Hey, ,would you do Vladimir Kozlov? I'd love to see his card positions! But if you can't that's ok
  
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  @Constance Affinito Just completed him and Santino :)
  
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Draysin Martin · 11 hours ago
I make a suggestion On All Promotions they said have all time promotions tag teams of who has been apart of every faction in every promotion
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Davey Castegnaro · 21 hours ago
The Butcher and The Blade aren't in AEW no more I don't think.
Happy Thanksgiving btw! 🦃🍽️
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  Draysin Martin · 20 hours ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro They are still in AEW The Butcher is just on Hiatus due to the Blade's lower back injury
  
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Constance Affinito · 23 hours ago
Happy Thanksgiving, smackdown hotel
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
El grande seems like a full-blown heel
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  Constance Affinito · 23 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Also, Ivy Nile has been inactive since Evolution 2025
  
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  Annia S. Barrón · 23 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito I think hes still in tweener territory bc of how well received is in triple a
  
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  Draysin Martin · 23 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito She recently appeared on the most recent raw
  
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  Constance Affinito · 22 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin She did? I didn't see that full Raw. I see all the events but missed the Raw.
  
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  Wright Hill · 22 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Not true! She confronted Maxxine on Raw for the IC.
  
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Might sound stupid but I would say that all Members of Shane Taylor Promotions are currently Tweener because they are acting less heelish and are Embracing fans which is something Heels don't usually do so i'd say Tweener since May 28th 2025
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Tiffany is injured
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Tito Santana's render still from 1991 😶
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Wright Hill · 2 days ago
Rhyno is signed as an ambassador for WWE.
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Wright Hill · 2 days ago
Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar & Jimmy Uso are on Monday Night Raw. If not Reigns or Lesnar... Then 100% Jimmy Uso.

I would also call Reigns a part-timer....
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Oh Roman is a part timer 100%, he has had 5 matches (excluding Royal Rumble) in 2025
  
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill I'll be honest I like Roman, and wish he'd stay, but he is always inactive
  
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Nikki Cross might just be a manager now, she hasn't wrestled (untelevised) since December 29, 2024, and not on TV since September 9, 2024.
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Thomas Keane-wyer · 3 days ago
Apollo crews returned from injury and it was on AAA, Apollo crews isn't on the injured list anymore.
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TheGreatplaidmoose · 4 days ago
Trill London is back in Evolve. He had a tag match with Tate Wilder vs. Swipe Right this past week.
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  Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
  
  @TheGreatplaidmoose Though that evolve was broadcasted recently, the actual event was on October 17th
  
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Bee · 5 days ago
ftr are the new aew world tag team champions
ricochet is the inaugural aew national champion
mark briscoe is the new aew tnt champion
the elite (kenny omega, matt jackson & nick jackson) are seemingly back together
samoa joe is the new aew world champion
swerve strickland has returned
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  Draysin Martin · 5 days ago
  
  @Bee Is Hook apart of The Opps again? because why was he wearing an The Opps shirt?
  
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  @Draysin Martin i think so, all signs definitely point to him joining the opps again
  
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Draysin Martin · 5 days ago
CARRY ON WAYWARD SON THE ELITE ARE BACK TOGETHER
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Constance Affinito · 6 days ago
If everybody else in the WarGames matches are Upper-Card, shouldn't Bliss and Charlotte be too?
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  @Constance Affinito Actually, no, Lash Legend isn't
  
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Brandon Phillips · 7 days ago
Why does the current wrestlers where it says all wwe keep on going down
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  Constance Affinito · 7 days ago
  
  @Brandon Phillips People are joining Evolve, and for some reason, they don't put Evolve people on WWE All. Like former LFG guys. Nobody's been released in a while though.
  
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سلطان جنتيلي · 7 days ago
Please update their photos

Alicia Taylor / Jackie Redmond / Lilian Garcia / Sarah Schreiber / Tiffany Stratton / Sol Ruca / Kiana James / Bianca Belair / Trish Stratus / Natalya / Nia Jax / Karmen Petrovic / Thea Hail / Skylar Raye / Carlee Bright / Tatum Paxley / Izzi Dame / Sirena Linton / Pj Vasa
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  @سلطان جنتيلي And Kendal Grey // Please
  
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The last Real Champion · 7 days ago
Could you put Alexa, Charlotte and Lash all in upper card because they are in War Games
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Draysin Martin · 7 days ago
Can you fix the Face/Heel turn Details for Dark Order's Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno, & John Silver they never had a Heel turn in 2023
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NWA Roster in 1976: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (151)

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

Bob Backlund & Steve Keirn

The Brisco Brothers

Buddy Rose & Jesse Ventura

The Executioners

The Funks

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta

Jackie Fargo & Jerry Jarrett

The McGuire Twins

Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

The Poffos

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

Stan Hansen & Frank Goodish

Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff

The Valiant Brothers

Wild Samoans

The Wright Brothers

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Paul Jones

Paul Jones

Paul Jones

NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Championship

Mr. Wrestling

Paul Jones

Vacant

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

Dino Bravo & Mr. Wrestling

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

Wahoo McDaniel & Rufus R. Jones

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

Vacant

Antonio Inoki & Seiji SakaguchiAntonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Nelson Royal

Ron Starr

Pat Barrett

Vacant

Danny Hodge

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Alfonso Dantés

Carlos Plata

Adorable Rubí

El Faraón

Perro Aguayo

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Fishman

Mano Negra

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA United States Women's Championship

Sandy Parker

Betty Niccoli

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Donna Christianello & Toni Rose

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Bill Dundee

Big Bad John

Bill Dundee

Dick Steinborn

Extras

Part Time Wrestlers

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Commentators

Ring Announcers

Interviewer