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

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

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 (154)

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Harley Race

Haystacks Calhoun

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Larry “The Axe” Hennig

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 American Heavyweight Championship

Fritz von Erich

Won: December 29, 1974

Dallas, Texas | House show

733+ days

733+

days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Seigfreid Steinke Won: October 1, 1976 Texas \| House show 91+ days	91+ days
	Rocky Johnson Won: September 1, 1976 Texas \| House show 30 days	30 days
	Seigfreid Steinke Won: August 20, 1976 Houston, Texas \| House show 12 days	12 days
	Rocky Johnson Won: August 11, 1976 Texas \| House show 9 days	9 days
	Stan Hansen Won: February 20, 1976 Houston, Texas \| House show 173 days	173 days
	"High Chief" Peter Maivia Won: November 26, 1975 Houston, Texas \| House show 86 days Defeated Stan Hansen.	86 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 American Tag Team Championship

Vacant

Won: December 1, 1974

761+ days

Championship vacated and abandoned by NWA Big Time Wrestling.

761+

days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

José Lothario & Rocky JohnsonJosé Lothario & Rocky Johnson

Won: March 3, 1976

Texas | House show

303+ days

303+

days

Stan Hansen & Killer Tim BrooksStan Hansen & Killer Tim Brooks

Won: January 1, 1976

Texas | House show

62 days

days

José Lothario & Al MadrilJosé Lothario & Al Madril

Won: August 1, 1975

Texas | House show

153 days

153

days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

Won: January 1, 1969

2921+ days

Championship abandoned

2921+

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 Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Davey O'Hannon

Won: January 1, 1976

Texas | House show

365+ days

It is not clear who O'Hannon defeated to win the championship

365+

days

José Lothario

Won: September 23, 1975

Dallas, Texas | House show

100 days

100

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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Proud to announce that the actual AAA roster is now complete!
https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/roster/?promotion=aaa
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  @Fabio "Fantomius" Broggi Nice! Good job! Did the people I told you to put help at all?
  
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Joshua Araujo

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Recently completed the card positions of Owen Hart, added about 10 new images to his page too!

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Draysin Martin · 12 hours ago
Are Reiwa Three Musketeers still a faction like when's the last time they've teamed?
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PrivatePenguin 95 · 21 hours ago
Why does jimmy uso have the old raw logo?
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Texas Steve · 1 days ago
Malik Blade is back from injury and he's on Evolve now
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
So many new renders! Thanks!
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Kason Garrett · 2 days ago
Joe Henry won tna world title
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Scott Ritter · 2 days ago
What happened to all the other promotion tabs? I loved how good of a resource this was. :/
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  @Scott Ritter I recommend using this page: https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/
  You can filter by any promotion you want under "Current Promotion"
  
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Jey zeen · 2 days ago
Raquel Rodriguez in upper card since shes after the womens world championship
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Jaxon Hunt · 2 days ago
Take Jimmy Uso off smackdown & keep him just on raw please
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  Unknown · 2 days ago
  
  @Jaxon Hunt No because Jimmy is not officially on raw in wwe website
  
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  Jaxon Hunt · 2 days ago
  
  @Unknown that doesn’t mean anything
  
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Jaxon Hunt Yes it does until WWE actually puts Jimmy on raw then Jimmy is on both Raw & Smackdown
  
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Unknown Wwe website isn't always accurate, they don't even have a profile for everybody, like Lance Cade
  
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  Unknown · 14 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Then why haven’t they put on roman reigns on raw here lol
  
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Wright Hill · 3 days ago
The New Day is now called "The New G'day."
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Kason Garrett · 3 days ago
Lyra Valkyria and Jimmy Uso have outdated renders
Becky Lynch is inactive
John Cena is uppercard, he is facing Gunther
Rhea and Damian are back to being terror twins they confronted Aliester and Zelina
Guilia's render still has the US title replace that one from the previous one
The New Day have Grayson Waller in their corner so put him as their managed wrestlers
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smah · 3 days ago
some NXT happenings tonight
ricky saints turned heel after interrupting the match between oba and je'von by pulling the ref out when je'von was about to win
tony D probably is midcard, seems to be him vs ethan page for the NA title, he wasn't involved with the top title angle
thea hail to mid card - i've thought this for a while because she's clearly above the girls in the low card that are never on tv, and she's had some prominent spots lately, now she is entering a program with blake monroe around the NA title, she's definitely not a low carder
i also think there's too many women in the upper card, currently it should just be jacy and kendal i think, no others are in top title contention or a main event level feud
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
I have a suggestion since Wrestlers have Finishers why not add Signature moves for example
Kyle Fletcher
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Corner Rocket Kick
Michinoku Driver - Sit out Scoop Slam Piledriver
Half & Half Suplex
Elevated Liger Bomb
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Wright Hill · 3 days ago
For 2011-01-30, could you change Kevin Nash's name to Diesel as he went as the Diesel persona for the Royal Rumble?
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Joshua Araujo

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Just finished card positions for Dustin Rhodes/Goldust!! Also added a bunch of new images and miscellaneous data

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  Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo Looks great! Would you be able to do Owen Hart?
  
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  @Joshua Araujo Can you do it for some TNA wrestlers like Mike Santana & AJ Francis?
  
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Bear Bronson in TNA now
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The Usos are official back as a tag team on Raw
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  @LewisBell072003 Well Durr always been like that
  
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Wright Hill · 4 days ago
Jimmy and Jey Uso are back as a tag team! "The Usos"

Also... JIMMY ON RAW.
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  @Wright Hill They always have been
  
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Kendal Grey went from Low-Card to Mid-Card to Upper-Card in barely 3 months! Good for her!
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NWA Roster in 1976: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (154)

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

Bob Backlund & Steve Keirn

Bob Orton & Bob Orton Jr.

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

Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden

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 American Heavyweight Championship

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Seigfreid Steinke

Seigfreid Steinke

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 American Tag Team Championship

Vacant

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

José Lothario & Rocky JohnsonJosé Lothario & Rocky Johnson

Stan Hansen & Killer Tim BrooksStan Hansen & Killer Tim Brooks

José Lothario & Al MadrilJosé Lothario & Al Madril

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

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 Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Davey O'Hannon

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship