WWF Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full WWF Roster in the year 1979. This includes the list of all WWF 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 Wrestling Federation.
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WWF 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. | 679+
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WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Pat Patterson
Patterson became the first champion defeating Ted DiBiase to win the WWF North American Heavyweight Championship and defeating Johnny Rodz in a tournament final to unify the North American Heavyweight Championship with the South American Heavyweight Championship to create the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship. | 121+
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WWF North American Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Seiji Sakaguchi
| 53+
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![]() | Pat Patterson
| 142
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![]() | Ted DiBiase
Awarded the title when he signed with WWWF. The following month, WWWF was renamed to WWF, and the title was renamed to WWF North American Heavyweight Championship. | 126
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WWF World Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ivan Putski & Tito Santana
| 70+
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![]() | The Valiant BrothersJohnny Valiant & Jerry Valiant
| 230
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![]() | Larry Zbyszko & Tony Garea
| 105
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WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
| 88+
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![]() | Ryuma Go
| 2
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![]() | Tatsumi Fujinami
Fujinami moved to NJPW with the title. During this reigns the title was renamed to WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship. | 617
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WWF 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. | 378+
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