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

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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 (178)

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

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

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Jimmy Snuka Won: September 1, 1979 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 121+ days Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.	121+ days
	Vacant Won: August 12, 1979 20 days 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	133 days
	Ricky Steamboat Won: December 17, 1978 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| House Show 105 days	105 days

NWA Television Championship

Vacant

Won: October 24, 1979

Raleigh, NC | Live event

68+ days

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

136

days

Paul Jones

Won: June 7, 1978

Raleigh, NC | Live event

368 days

368

days

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

199+

days

Hiro Matsuda & Masa SaitoHiro Matsuda & Masa Saito

Won: April 5, 1979

Fukuoka, Japan | Asia Champion Series

71 days

days

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

Won: July 28, 1977

Osaka, Japan | New Year Golden Series 1977

616 days

616

days

NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship

Steve Keirn

Won: December 10, 1979

Los Angeles, California | CWF Event

21+ days

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

21+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Won: December 9, 1979

22+ days

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

Nelson Royal

Won: July 28, 1979

House show

134 days

134

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

8504+ 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.

8504+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: October 9, 1978

Fort Worth, TX | Live event

448+ days

448+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

Won: December 1, 1978

395+ days

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

395+

days

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Leilani Kai & Judy Martin

Won: December 26, 1979

Live event

5+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26. It is uncertain who Kai & Martin defeated to win the titles.

days

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: August 25, 1978

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

488 days

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

1037+ days

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

1037+

days

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

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Dyenemo · 3 hours ago
Va
And her match set up to Wrestlepalooza

Vaquer vs Iyo
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Rastin · 5 hours ago
Can you please add Ridge Holland,Karmen Petrovic,Brooks Jensen,Tyra Mea Steele,Jax Presley,Harley Riggins,and Dante Chen to evolve roster?
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  Draysin Martin · 4 hours ago
  
  @Rastin Why Tyra? she's literally in a Storyline with Tavion Heights feuding with the Green regime & Ethan Page
  
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Dyenemo · 8 hours ago
I thinks, you should put Becky Lynch as uppercard

She join with her husband stable, Vision
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WWE DAMAGE CTRL · 13 hours ago
U need to put Becky in the vision after tonight’s probably
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TopKekyoin · 14 hours ago
Thea Hail, Karmen Petrovic, Ridge Holland, Bronco Nima and Lucien Price are all low carders I feel like. They all barely appear on NXT anymore and when they do they're just there to lose. Ridge Holland + Karmen Petrovic especially with them now being Evolve wrestlers too. Aside from them I think the NXT card looks perfect on this site atm
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  Draysin Martin · 8 hours ago
  
  @TopKekyoin Bronco & Lucien should be inactive when's the last time they appeared on TV?
  
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  TopKekyoin · 6 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin maybe, yeah. I just don't believe they're actually "inactive" (or anyone in nxt) if they just appear from time to time and mainly do house shows. and even when they do appear they're just low carders. people like tamina or naomi make more sense as inactive but thats just imo
  
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Wright Estrada · 20 hours ago
I am 100% fine with all renders. Already aired out mine, and thank goodness. I don't have much more to ask for. MAYBE Jey Uso? But it's still fine.
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WWEConsumer · 22 hours ago
People who need new renders:
Jey Uso
Cody Rhodes
Lyra Valkyria
Ethan Page
Sol Ruca
Becky Lynch
Giullia
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  jackson · 22 hours ago
  
  @WWEConsumer Same as Tiffany Stratton
  
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jackson · 1 days ago
so becky lynch is part of the vision now
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Roman Glazer · 1 days ago
wyatt 6 are definitely heels
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Kason Garrett · 1 days ago
Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso need new renders
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Giosiu35 · 1 days ago
Can you please add Mickie James to the ambassadors section? She signed a legends contract in late 2024, it says on her Wikipedia and AI overview
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Deleted LFG from WWE all as well? It makes no sense. LFG, Evolve, and WWE ID are still considered WWE, so they should be added
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  Andy
  
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  · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito They're developmental shows. They're not on the official WWE roster.
  
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Andy You have a good point, but NXT is there, so it would make sense if the other 3 were (LFG I understand but Evolve and ID maybe, whatever you want, you know more than me)
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 15 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito On WWE.com Roster, they have NXT wrestlers, but don't have wrestlers that are exclusive to LFG, Evolve & ID.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 4 hours ago
  
  @Andy Angel & Berto have new Renders as of December 2024
  
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Kason Garrett · 2 days ago
Omos is in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
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  Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
  
  @Kason Garrett He's already inactive for both Pro Wrestling NOAH (Which I don't know why he left a long time ago) and AAA
  
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Wright Estrada · 2 days ago
Asuka, Bron Breakker, Brutus Creed and El Grande Americano have very outdated renders. Try giving the former three their 2k25 renders, and El Grande his Speed title render. Thank you so much.
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Estrada don't forget Julius his render is also Really outdated also Asuka's 2k Render is outdated from WWE2k24
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Estrada I updated the Creed Brothers. I couldn't find a newer Asuka render. For El Grande, I'd like to give him the render with Kaiser under the mask, but no official ones have been released yet, so I'll wait.
  
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  Giosiu35 · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy Can you update Cody Rhodes, Tiffany Stratton, The Miz, and Drew McIntyre’s renders, they are so outdated from 2021, 2022, and 2023
  
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  Wright Estrada · 1 days ago
  
  @Andy God's Work, you're doing here.
  
  And Bron, sure, they haven't updated him on the website... But they regularly use the render he has in 2k25. (Goatee, not full beard, red "Badass/Meaner Than Evil" singlet)
  
  The thing is that Breakker and Brutus Creed upsetted me the most in terms of how WWE are inconsistent with renders... They're attempting to remedy that with Breakker as far as I know, but still. Not updated.
  
  I actually have the picture that they use for the shows and promotion material. I want to send it to you so you can put it here. I want to know if there is a way
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright Estrada I found Bron's new render, I'll update it.
  
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TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
I feel like Dragon Lee isn't a low carder anymore with how much screentime he has gotten, triplemania main event and a win against tag champ
also, some random site suggestions but could the evolve/id belts be in their own section below nxt? and in wwe:all, either show evolve and ID too, or don't show LFG at all. make it consistent (when you click on women/men, you DO see evolve and id both but in all you do not)
1 more inconsistency is in extras, Adrianna Rizzo is still under the managers tab when she's not anymore
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin Yeah I Agree Dragon lee finally Being pushed is great he does not Deserve to be a Low Carder at all
  
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  Andy
  
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  @TopKekyoin Thanks, all of this has been addressed.
  
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Cody Rhodes is most likely inactive due to paternity leave
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Who Put You On This Planet Huh · 3 days ago
Athena is a heel and Alex Windsor is a babyface. same with Billie starkz being a heel.
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jackson · 3 days ago
AND NEW!!!!! Sami Zayn is united states champ
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  Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
  
  @jackson That's Crazy I almost didn't Believe you
  
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  Wright Estrada · 3 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin For real
  
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Keith Meyer · 3 days ago
Can you update Giulia and jacy photo to her red hair look
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Max · 3 days ago
Tasha steelz Jason hotch and John skyler are heels and are back with mustafa Ali as order 4 they have been for quite a while now rich swann is also a heel and kc Navarro I think is now a face
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  Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
  
  @Max The Great hands & Tasha Steelz are more like Tweeners because all they do is either get involved in Ali's matches that's one Heelish thing and plus Myron Reed is Face as he's back in TNA helping out Zachary Wentz who is face
  
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NWA Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (178)

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

The Blond Bombers

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

The Brisco Brothers

The Cosmic Cowboys

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Funks

The Heenan Family

Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson

Jim Garvin & Steve Keirn

Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens

Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody

The McGuire Twins

Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

The Sheepherders / Los Pastores / The Kiwi Sheepherders / The Kiwis

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda

Tito Santana & Ivan Putski

The Valiant Brothers

The Von Erichs

Wild Samoans

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

NWA Television Championship

Vacant

Paul Jones

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood

Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones

Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka

NWA North American Tag Team Championship

Riki Choshu & Seiji SakaguchiRiki Choshu & Seiji Sakaguchi

Hiro Matsuda & Masa SaitoHiro Matsuda & Masa Saito

Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong KobayashiSeiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayashi

NWA World International Junior Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Nelson Royal

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Leilani Kai & Judy Martin

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Chris Colt

Dennis Condrey

Ron Garfield

Chris Colt

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