WWWF Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full WWWF Roster in the year 1978. This includes the list of all WWWF 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 World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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Teams
Chief Jay Strongbow & High Chief Peter Maivia
Dino Bravo & Dominic DeNucci
Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka
Power Fighters
The Valiant Brothers
Champions
WWWF Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Bob Backlund
The title was renamed WWF Heavyweight Championship when WWWF became WWF in March 1979. Backlund lost the title to Antonio Inoki in Japan in 1979 but regained the belt within a week, and the WWF never acknowledged the title change in the USA. | 314+
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![]() | "Superstar" Billy Graham
| 296
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WWWF World Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() | Larry Zbyszko & Tony Garea
| 40+
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The Yukon Lumberjacks Yukon Eric & Yukon Pierre
| 148
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![]() ![]() | Dominic DeNucci & Dino Bravo
| 104
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![]() ![]() | Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka
Fuji & Tanaka defeated Tony Garea & Larry Zbyszko in a tournament final for the vacant title. | 168
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WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
Fujinami moved to NJPW with the title. During this reigns the title was renamed to WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship. | 342+
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Carlos José Estrada
Defeated Tony Garea to establish the title as WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, for a partnership between WWWF and NJPW. | 3
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WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Antonio Inoki
The WWWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship was created for a partnership between WWWF and NJPW, and was awarded by Vincent J. McMahon to Inoki for his achievements in matches against fighters from other combat sports. During this reigns the title changes name to WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship. | 13+
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