NWA Roster in 1977: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1977. 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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1977

NWA: All (163)

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"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

Harley Race

Won: February 6, 1977

Toronto, ON | House show

328+ days

328+

days

Terry Funk

Won: December 10, 1975

Miami Beach, FL | House show

424 days

424

days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Ricky Steamboat Won: October 31, 1977 Charleston, SC \| House Show 61+ days	61+ days
	Ric Flair Won: July 29, 1977 Richmond, VA \| House Show 94 days	94 days
	Bobo Brazil Won: July 7, 1977 Norfolk, VA \| House Show 22 days	22 days
	Blackjack Mulligan Won: December 15, 1976 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 204 days	204 days

NWA Television Championship	Baron von Raschke Won: October 12, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 80+ days During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA Television Championship" after he was billed as having won a tournament for all the regional NWA Television Champions.	80+ days
	Ricky Steamboat Won: June 15, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 119 days	119 days
	Ric Flair Won: April 4, 1977 Greenville, SC \| Live event 72 days	72 days
	Rufus R. Jones Won: February 15, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 48 days	48 days
	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: January 19, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 27 days	27 days
	Rufus R. Jones Won: November 30, 1976 Charleston, SC \| Live event 50 days	50 days

NWA American Heavyweight Championship	Fritz von Erich Won: December 12, 1977 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show 19+ days	19+ days
	Ox Baker Won: September 30, 1977 Houston, Texas \| House show 73 days	73 days
	Big John Studd Won: July 25, 1977 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show 67 days	67 days
	Bruiser Brody Won: April 13, 1977 Dallas, Texas \| House show 103 days	103 days
	Fritz von Erich Won: April 12, 1977 Dallas, Texas \| House show 1 day	1 day
	Bruiser Brody Won: January 3, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia \| House show 99 days	99 days
	Fritz von Erich Won: December 29, 1974 Dallas, Texas \| House show 736 days	736 days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Al Madril Won: November 2, 1977 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 59+ days	59+ days
	Ox Baker Won: July 1, 1977 Houston, Texas \| House show 124 days Records unclear as to whom he defeated.	124 days
	Jimmy Snuka Won: May 20, 1977 Houston, Texas \| House show 42 days Defeated El Gran Goliath.	42 days
	Scott Casey Won: May 1, 1977 Texas \| House show 19 days	19 days
	Moondog Mayne Won: March 1, 1977 Texas \| House show 61 days	61 days
	Seigfreid Steinke Won: October 1, 1976 Texas \| House show 151 days	151 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: October 30, 1977 Greensboro, NC \| House show 62+ days	62+ days
	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: October 14, 1977 Atlanta, GA \| House show 16 days	16 days
	Dusty Rhodes & Dick Slater Won: September 23, 1977 Atlanta, GA \| House show 21 days	21 days
	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: May 8, 1977 Charlotte, NC \| House show 138 days	138 days
	Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: December 26, 1976 Greensboro, NC \| House show 133 days	133 days

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

Won: July 28, 1977

Osaka, Japan | New Year Golden Series 1977

156+ days

156+

days

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke UedaTiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Won: February 2, 1977

Sapporo, Japan | New Year Golden Series 1976

176 days

176

days

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

Won: February 5, 1976

363 days

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

363

days

NWA American Tag Team Championship

Vacant

Won: December 1, 1974

1126+ days

Championship vacated and abandoned by NWA Big Time Wrestling.

1126+

days

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship	Gino Hernandez & Jimmy SnukaJimmy Snuka Gino Hernandez Won: August 31, 1977 Texas \| House show 122+ days	122+ days
	Bull Ramos & Captain USABig John Studd Bull Ramos Won: August 19, 1977 Houston, Texas \| House show 12 days	12 days
	Bruiser Brody & Mike YorkBruiser Brody & Mike York Won: April 15, 1977 Houston, Texas \| House show 126 days	126 days
	José Lothario & Cien CarasJosé Lothario & Cien Caras Won: March 15, 1977 Texas \| House show 31 days	31 days
	Lord Al Hayes & Big O Lord Al Hayes & Big O Won: February 1, 1977 Texas \| House show 42 days	42 days
	Tony Charles & Les Thornton Tony Charles & Les Thornton Won: January 1, 1977 Texas \| House show 31 days	31 days
	José Lothario & Rocky JohnsonJosé Lothario & Rocky Johnson Won: March 3, 1976 Texas \| House show 304 days	304 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

Won: January 1, 1969

3286+ days

Championship abandoned

3286+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Nelson Royal

Won: December 6, 1976

New Orleans, LA | House show

390+ days

390+

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Alfonso Dantés Won: April 21, 1977 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 254+ days	254+ days
	Chavo Guerrero Won: March 15, 1977 Los Angeles, California \| Live event 37 days	37 days
	"Rowdy" Roddy Piper Won: March 13, 1977 Los Angeles, California \| Live event 2 days	2 days
	Chavo Guerrero Won: February 11, 1977 Los Angeles, California \| Live event 30 days	30 days
	Alfonso Dantés Won: October 24, 1976 Guadalajara, Jalisco \| Live event 110 days	110 days

		El Faraón Won: November 25, 1977 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 36+ days	36+ days
		Joe Plardy Won: October 12, 1977 Acapulco, Guerrero \| Live event 44 days	44 days
		Ringo Mendoza Won: July 3, 1977 Guadalajara, Jalisco \| Live event 101 days	101 days
		Perro Aguayo Won: March 11, 1977 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 114 days	114 days
		El Faraón Won: October 22, 1976 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event 140 days	140 days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Fishman

Won: April 9, 1976

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

631+ days

631+

days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Fritz von Erich

Won: October 1, 1977

Texas | House show

91+ days

It is not clear who Von Erich defeated to win the championship

91+

days

Big John Studd

Won: July 7, 1977

Texas | House show

86 days

It is not clear who Captain USA defeated to win the championship

days

Davey O'Hannon

Won: January 1, 1976

Texas | House show

553 days

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

553

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

7774+ 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.

7774+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: April 2, 1968

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | Live event

3560+ days

3560+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Sandy Parker

Won: November 25, 1976

401+ 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.

401+

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: February 27, 1977

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

307+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.

307+

days

Donna Christianello & Toni Rose

Won: August 23, 1975

Boston, MA | Live event

554 days

554

days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Don Kent Won: December 10, 1977 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 21+ days	21+ days
	Lanny Poffo Won: October 9, 1977 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 62 days	62 days
	Vacant Won: September 28, 1977 11 days The title was vacated when Jackie Fargo was injured.	11 days
	Jackie Fargo Won: May 28, 1977 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 123 days	123 days
	The Executioner Won: April 15, 1977 Huntsville, AL \| House show 43 days	43 days
	Ken Lucas Won: February 13, 1977 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 61 days	61 days
	Russian Stomper Won: January 1, 1977 Madison, IN \| House show 43 days	43 days
	Tommy Rich Won: November 1, 1976 House show 61 days	61 days

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I think Tony d Angelo is a heel because he attacked Jevon Evan’s who is a face and his next target is Oba femi who is also a face
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Trish Stratus is not a smackdown superstar as per wwe website
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Made some card position updates after NXT 12/06! Also did historical card position work for Billy Gunn/Road Dogg
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The last Real Champion · 1 days ago
Tony D is Twenner upper card and Oba Femi is The NXT Champion
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Eduardo Eyrich · 1 days ago
Tony D’Angelo Is Back!!!
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
TONY D'ANGELO IS BACK and he is tweener attacked Jevon Evans making a statement
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
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Rich Swann is a face he turned on AJ Francis on TNA
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Americanos aren't in NXT anymore, right?
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Yayne Harrison joined the ID program
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Keith Meyer · 5 days ago
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NWA Roster in 1977: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (163)

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

Boris Malenko & Kim Duk

The Brisco Brothers

Buddy Rose & Jesse Ventura

Chavo & Mando Guerrero

Chief Jay Strongbow & High Chief Peter Maivia

Dick Slater & Dusty Rhodes

The Funks

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta

Golden Combi

The McGuire Twins

Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Pat Patterson & Ivan Koloff

Pedro Morales & Rocky Johnson

The Poffos

Power Fighters

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

The Valiant Brothers

The Von Erichs

Wild Samoans

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA Television Championship

NWA American Heavyweight Championship

Ox Baker

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Al Madril

Ox Baker

Scott Casey

Moondog Mayne

Seigfreid Steinke

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

Dusty Rhodes & Dick Slater

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke UedaTiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

NWA American Tag Team Championship

Vacant

NWA Texas Tag Team Championship

Gino Hernandez & Jimmy SnukaJimmy Snuka Gino Hernandez

Bull Ramos & Captain USABig John Studd Bull Ramos

Bruiser Brody & Mike YorkBruiser Brody & Mike York

José Lothario & Cien CarasJosé Lothario & Cien Caras

Lord Al Hayes & Big O Lord Al Hayes & Big O

Tony Charles & Les Thornton Tony Charles & Les Thornton

José Lothario & Rocky JohnsonJosé Lothario & Rocky Johnson

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Nelson Royal

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Alfonso Dantés

Alfonso Dantés

El Faraón

Joe Plardy

Ringo Mendoza

Perro Aguayo

El Faraón

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Fishman

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Davey O'Hannon

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship