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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SULTAN KING · 47 minutes ago
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Is it possible to delete Nikki Bella from WWE 2K26 Return and they put her in WWE 2K25 and she is not considered new in WWE 2K26 and is it possible to remove Shayna Baszler and is it possible to remove her from the list of deleted and she returned to WWE and her character will be in WWE 2K26
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Wright Hill · 7 hours ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias a WWE ambassador?
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Constance Affinito · 23 hours ago
Also Wesley Blake and Steve Maclin's 2020 TV renders need serious updates
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
A few changes
Candice LeRae on NXT, Mid (but still Low on Smackdown)
Lainey Reid midcard
Shinsuke inactive
Roman has been on Raw since July 15
Maybe add 3 other El Grandes on the roster because were not even sure Tyler and Pete are the grandes
Stevie Turners wrestling career seems like its over, but still signed to WWE
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  Draysin Martin · 23 hours ago
  
  @Constance Affinito That's not how it Works know how Rhea Ripley & Stephanie Vaquer Returned to NXT well they were upper cards but for Candice on Smackdown she's low Card so if she got put on NXT she'd be a Low card
  
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  Constance Affinito · 23 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Ok that makes sense
  
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SULTAN KING · 1 days ago
it possible to put these girls on the list of women?

Dani Sekelsky And Penina Tuilaepa And
Sirena Linton And Zena Sterling And Aria Bennett And Chantel Monroe And Jin Tala And
Kali Armstrong And Kylie Rae And Layla Diggs And Masyn Holiday And Zara Zakher And Zayda Steel Please Add This In Women Roster
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SULTAN KING · 1 days ago
‏ it possible to put these girls on the list of women?

Dani Sekelsky And Penina Tuilaepa And
Sirena Linton And Zena Sterling And Aria Bennett And Chantel Monroe And Jin Tala And
Kali Armstrong And Kylie Rae And Layla Diggs And Masyn Holiday And Zara Zakher And Zayda Steel
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SULTAN KING · 1 days ago
Why are there girls you didn't put in the women's list even though they are women wrestlers.??
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Aya ✨ · 1 days ago
Current Bayley is the definition of 'Tweener'
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  Wright Hill · 1 days ago
  
  @Aya ✨ That's True!!
  
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Los psycho Circus are Face
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Giosiu35 · 2 days ago
Make Bayley a tweener
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Dyenemo · 2 days ago
Okay then
Jey is tweener, this time
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Jackson Conley · 2 days ago
la knight prob tweener
same as Jey
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  Dyenemo · 2 days ago
  
  @Jackson Conley LA Knight just revenge for Jey spear last week
  
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John "Bradshaw" Layfield doesn't have a contract with WWE.
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  @j8yderful Yes he is
  
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  j8yderful · 1 days ago
  
  @Giosiu35 Literally said in a podcast he doesnt soooo ...
  
  Sportskeeda Wrestling on x then go to sept 15 tweet and read there
  
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
In LA Knight's first run in WWE (2013-2014) he was Slate Randal, not Shaun Ricker
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Needs new renders WWE
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Talla Tonga
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fWRENzy! · 4 days ago
No pop for Tyler Breeze in his return? I expected at least a couple more people cheering not just ONE LADY 😔
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Draysin Martin · 4 days ago
Max Caster is now a Tweener as he & Anthony Bowens delt with Lee Johnson & Blake Christian
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SULTAN KING · 4 days ago
Why didn't you put all the girls in the women's list and why are there girls that you didn't put in the women's list and put them only in LFG and Evolve and is the list complete and you can't put them all in the women's list or what
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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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