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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André the Giant
Arnold Skaaland
"Baron" Mikel Scicluna
"Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
Bob Backlund
Bruno Sammartino
"Captain" Lou Albano
Chief Jay Strongbow
Dino Bravo
Dominic DeNucci
The Fabulous Moolah
Freddie Blassie
George Steele
Gorilla Monsoon
The Grand Wizard
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Harley Race
Haystacks Calhoun
"High Chief" Peter Maivia
Hisashi Shinma
Howard Finkel
Ivan Koloff
Ivan Putski
James Dudley
Jimmy Valiant
Johnny Rodz
Johnny Valiant
Judy Martin
Ken Patera
Larry Zbyszko
Leilani Kai
Mil Máscaras
Mr. Fuji
Nikolai Volkoff
Professor Toru Tanaka
S.D. Jones
Seiji Sakaguchi
Stan Stasiak
Strong Kobayashi
"Superstar" Billy Graham
Tatsumi Fujinami
Ted DiBiase
Vince McMahon
Vincent J. McMahon
Willem Ruska
Men
André the Giant
Arnold Skaaland
"Baron" Mikel Scicluna
"Big Cat" Ernie Ladd
Bob Backlund
Bruno Sammartino
"Captain" Lou Albano
Chief Jay Strongbow
Dino Bravo
Dominic DeNucci
Freddie Blassie
George Steele
Gorilla Monsoon
The Grand Wizard
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
Harley Race
Haystacks Calhoun
"High Chief" Peter Maivia
Hisashi Shinma
Howard Finkel
Ivan Koloff
Ivan Putski
James Dudley
Jimmy Valiant
Johnny Rodz
Johnny Valiant
Ken Patera
Larry Zbyszko
Mil Máscaras
Mr. Fuji
Nikolai Volkoff
Professor Toru Tanaka
S.D. Jones
Seiji Sakaguchi
Stan Stasiak
Strong Kobayashi
"Superstar" Billy Graham
Tatsumi Fujinami
Ted DiBiase
Vince McMahon
Vincent J. McMahon
Willem Ruska
Women
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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NWA Women's Championship | | The Fabulous Moolah
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. | 8139+
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