NWA Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1979. 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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1979

NWA: All (187)

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

Jerry Roberts

Jesse "The Body" Ventura

Larry “The Axe” Hennig

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Professor Toru Tanaka

Super Destroyer Mark II

"Superstar" Billy Graham

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Harley Race Won: November 7, 1979 Amagasaki, Japan \| House show	54+ days
	Giant Baba Won: October 31, 1979 Nagoya, Japan \| House show	7 days
	Harley Race Won: August 26, 1979 Orlando, FL \| House show	66 days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: August 21, 1979 Tampa, FL \| House show	5 days
	Harley Race Won: February 6, 1977 Toronto, ON \| House show	926 days

NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Mark Lewin Won: December 10, 1979 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show	21+ days
	David von Erich Won: February 4, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	309 days
	Gino Hernandez Won: December 17, 1978 Dallas, Texas \| House show	49 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Jimmy Snuka Won: September 1, 1979 Charlotte, NC \| House Show Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.	121+ days
	Vacant Won: August 12, 1979 The title was vacated when Ric Flair won the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days prior.	20 days
	Ric Flair Won: April 1, 1979 Greensboro, NC \| House Show	133 days
	Ricky Steamboat Won: December 17, 1978 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| House Show	105 days

NWA Television Championship	Vacant Won: October 24, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| Live event The title was vacated after Ricky Steamboat won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Jay Youngblood.	68+ days
	Ricky Steamboat Won: June 10, 1979 Asheville, NC \| Live event	136 days
	Paul Jones Won: June 7, 1978 Raleigh, NC \| Live event	368 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Bobby Eaton Won: December 1, 1979 Miami, FL \| House show	30+ days
	Chris Colt Won: November 25, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show	6 days
	Bobby Eaton Won: October 24, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show	32 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: October 20, 1979 Chattanooga, TN \| House show	4 days
	Dennis Condrey Won: June 2, 1979 Chattanooga, TN \| House show Defeated Gorgeous George Jr. to win the title.	140 days
	Ron Garfield Won: May 23, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show	10 days
	Chris Colt Won: April 29, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show	24 days
	Bobby Eaton Won: February 1, 1979 House show	87 days

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NWA American Heavyweight Championship	Bruiser Brody Won: November 30, 1979 Houston, Texas \| House show	31+ days
	The Spoiler Won: October 7, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	54 days
	El Halcón Won: August 5, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	63 days
	The Spoiler Won: June 2, 1979 Houston, Texas \| House show Awarded due to injury to Wahoo McDaniel	64 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: May 13, 1979 Houston, Texas \| House show	20 days
	The Spoiler Won: April 1, 1979 Puerto Rico \| House show	42 days
	Kevin von Erich Won: December 25, 1978 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show	97 days

NWA Texas Television Championship	José Lothario Won: November 30, 1979 Texas \| BTW show	31+ days
	Bill Irwin Won: June 2, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW show	181 days
	The Spoiler Won: January 7, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW show Won the championship in a battle royal	146 days

NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship	Dusty Rhodes Won: December 21, 1979 Houston, Texas \| House show	10+ days
	Mark Lewin Won: December 1, 1979 Texas \| House show	20 days
	Vacant Won: October 1, 1979 Championship vacated for undocumented reasons	61 days
	Bruiser Brody Won: September 1, 1979 Texas \| House show	30 days
	Professor Toru Tanaka Won: August 1, 1979 Texas \| House show	31 days
	Bruiser Brody Won: July 29, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	3 days
	Mark Lewin Won: July 22, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	7 days
	Bruiser Brody Won: June 10, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	42 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship	Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood Won: October 24, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| House show	68+ days
	Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones Won: August 22, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| House show	63 days
	Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan Won: August 8, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| House show	14 days
	Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones Won: April 29, 1979 Wilmington, NC \| House show	101 days
	Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka Won: December 26, 1978 Richmond, VA \| House show	124 days

NWA North American Tag Team Championship	Riki Choshu & Seiji SakaguchiRiki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi Won: June 15, 1979 Tokyo, Japan \| Big Fight Series	199+ days
	Hiro Matsuda & Masa SaitoHiro Matsuda & Masa Saito Won: April 5, 1979 Fukuoka, Japan \| Asia Champion Series	71 days
	Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi Won: July 28, 1977 Osaka, Japan \| New Year Golden Series 1977	616 days

NWA American Tag Team Championship	El Halcón & Jose LotharioJosé Lothario El Halcón Won: December 28, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	3+ days
	Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus Won: December 14, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	14 days
	Jose Lothario & Tiger Conway Jr. Jose Lothario & Tiger Conway Jr. Won: November 16, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	28 days
	Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus Won: November 1, 1979 Texas \| BTW Show	15 days
	El Halcón & Jose LotharioJosé Lothario El Halcón Won: August 24, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	69 days
	Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus Gino Hernandez & El Gran Markus Won: July 20, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	35 days
	El Halcón & Jose LotharioJosé Lothario El Halcón Won: June 1, 1979 Houston, Texas \| BTW Show	49 days
	Mark Lewin & The Spoiler Mark Lewin & The Spoiler Won: February 19, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas \| BTW Show	102 days

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NWA Texas Tag Team Championship	Vacant Won: December 1, 1979 championship vacated for undocumented reasons	30+ days
	The Spoiler & Mark Lewin The Spoiler & Mark Lewin Won: September 17, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show	75 days
	Kerry Von Erich & Bruiser BrodyKerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody Won: July 23, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show Defeated Mark Lewin and Killer Tim Brooks.	56 days
	Vacant Won: July 23, 1979 championship vacated for undocumented reasons	0 days
	David Von Erich & Tiger Conway Jr.David von Erich & Tiger Conway Jr. Won: March 18, 1979 Dallas, Texas \| House show	127 days
	Bill White & El Gran Goliath Bill White & El Gran Goliath Won: February 26, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show	20 days
	Bull Ramos & Tiger Conway Jr. Bull Ramos & Tiger Conway Jr. Won: December 17, 1978 Dallas, Texas \| House show Defeated Lewin and Killer Karl Krupp.	71 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Inactive

Won: January 1, 1969

Championship abandoned

4016+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship		Vacant Won: December 9, 1979 Nelson Royal vacated the title upon retiring from wrestling. During this vacancy, on 1979-12-10, Steve Keirn defeated Chavo Guerrero in the final of a tournament (promoted by Hollywood Wrestling) to seemingly win the vacant title, but NWA did not recognize Keirn as champion; Keirn received recognition from the NWA territories CWF, HW and NJPW, and this unofficial version was later renamed the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship.	22+ days
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship		Nelson Royal Won: July 28, 1979 House show	134 days

NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship

Steve Keirn

Won: December 10, 1979 Los Angeles, California | CWF Event

Defeated Chavo Guerrero in a decision match to be recognized as World Junior Heavyweight Champion in Florida and Los Angeles.

21+

days

		Satoru Sayama Won: September 9, 1979 Guadalajara, Jalisco \| Live event	113+ days
		Ringo Mendoza Won: February 3, 1979 Acapulco, Guerrero \| Live event	218 days
		Tony Salazar Won: August 13, 1978 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	174 days

NWA World Welterweight Championship		Américo Rocca Won: April 30, 1979 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show	245+ days
NWA World Welterweight Championship		Fishman Won: April 9, 1976 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show	1116 days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956 Baltimore, MD | Live Event

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.

8504+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: October 9, 1978 Fort Worth, TX | Live event

448+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

Won: December 1, 1978

The title history is unrecorded from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01.

395+

days

NWA World Ladies Tag Team Championship	Leilani Kai & Judy Martin Won: December 26, 1979 Live event The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26. It is uncertain who Kai & Martin defeated to win the titles.	5+ days
	Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams Won: August 25, 1978 St. Petersburg, FL \| Live event The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26.	488 days
	Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams Won: February 27, 1977 St. Petersburg, FL \| Live event The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.	1037+ days

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