WWF Roster in 1980: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full WWF Roster in the year 1980. 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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1980

WWE: All (42)

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

WWF Heavyweight Championship

Bob Backlund

Won: February 20, 1978

New York, NY | WWF on MSG Network

1045+ days

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.

1045+

days

WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship

Pedro Morales

Won: December 8, 1980

New York, NY | WWF

23+ days

23+

days

Ken Patera

Won: April 21, 1980

New York, NY | WWF on MSG Network

231 days

231

days

Pat Patterson

Won: September 1, 1979

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

233 days

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.

233

days

WWF North American Heavyweight Championship

Seiji Sakaguchi

Won: November 8, 1979

Otaru, Japan | House Show

419+ days

419+

days

WWF World Tag Team Championship	Rick Martel & Tony Garea Won: November 8, 1980 Philadelphia, PA \| House Show 53+ days	53+ days
	The Wild SamoansAfa & Sika Won: September 9, 1980 Allentown, PA \| Championship Wrestling 60 days Defeated Rene Goulet & Tony Garea in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	60 days
	Vacant Won: August 10, 1980 30 days The title was vacated due to Bob Backlund's status as WWF Heavyweight Champion.	30 days
	Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales Won: August 9, 1980 New York, NY \| WWF Showdown at Shea 1980 1 day	1 day
	The Wild SamoansAfa & Sika Won: April 12, 1980 Philadelphia, PA \| House Show 119 days	119 days
	Ivan Putski & Tito Santana Won: October 22, 1979 New York, NY \| House Show 173 days	173 days

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

Tatsumi Fujinami

Won: October 4, 1979

Tokyo, Japan

| NJPW Bloody Fight Series 1979

454+ days

454+

days

WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

Antonio Inoki

Won: December 18, 1978

New York, NY | WWWF

744+ days

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.

744+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

8870+ 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.

8870+

days

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Draysin Martin · 8 hours ago
Anyways here are the Heels for men's division
Mid Card
Action Andretti
Anthony Henry
Anthony ogogo
The Beast mortos
Big Bill
Bishop Kaun
Brandon Cutler
Bryan Keith
Carlie Bravo
Cash Wheeler
Chris Jericho
Claudio Castangoli
Daniel Garcia
Dax Harwood
Dralistico
Gabe Kidd
Hechicero
Josh Alexander
Kazuchika okada
Killswitch
Kip Sabian
Konosuke Takeshita
Kyle Fletcher
Lance Archer
Lee moriarty
Lio Rush
Mark davis
Mr. Instant Replay
Max Caster
Slickity Nickity
Nick wayne
QT Marshall
Ricochet
Rocky romero
Rush
Sammy Guevara
Shane Taylor
Shawn Dean
Toa Liona
Trent Berretta
Wardlow
Wheeler Yuta
Low Card
Face
Angelico
Satnam Singh
Low Card
Heel
Aaron Solo
Ariya Davari
Blake Christian
The Blade
The Butcher
Griff Garrison
Jack jameson
Johnny TV
Josh Woods
Lee Johnson
Mansoor
Mason madden
Preston Vance
Tony Nese
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  Andy
  
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  · 52 minutes ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Hey Draysin, thanks a lot. Would you like to join our team and help us fill in this data for the wrestlers directly? If so, please add me on Discord: andybadwool - thanks!
  
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Wright Hill · 1 days ago
I'll shout it from the rooftops.

EL GRANDE AMERICANO IS THE WWE SPEED CHAMPION.
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  Andy
  
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  · 55 minutes ago
  
  @Wright Hill We feel hesitant in assigning the Speed Championship to Kaiser until he actually defends it or shows up with the title. So far the title was never mentioned since Kaiser took the El Grande identity, so it's fair to assume it's still only tied to Gable.
  
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Hey AEW needs it's own Carders
Upper card (Men's Division)
Face
Adam Copeland
Darby Allin
"Hangman" Adam page
Heel
Jon Moxley
MJF
Tweener
Christian Cage
Mid Card
Ace Austin
Alex Reynolds
Angelo Parker
Anthony Bowens
AR Fox
Austin Gunn
Bandido
Billy Gunn
Bobby Lashley
Brodie Lee Jr.
Brody King
Dante Martin
Darius Martin
Evil Uno
Hologram
Hook
Jay lethal
Jeff Jarrett
John Silver
Juice Robinson
Katsoyuri Shibata
Kevin Knight
Komander
Kota ibushi
Kyle O'reily
mark Briscoe
Matt Menard
Matt Sydal
MVP
Mascara Dorada
Nigel Mcguiness
Powerhouse Hobbs
Quen
Samoa Joe
Scorpio Sky
Shelton Benjamin
"Speedball" Mike Bailey
Tomohiro Ishii
Truth Magnum
Turbo Floyd
Zay
i'll get more Tommorow but that's what I have for now
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Wright Hill · 1 days ago
Jordynne Grace has a new render with her having curly hair on wwe.com.
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Tyler Andreasen · 1 days ago
Daniel Garcia is heel. He joined the Death Riders.
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Shady Elnahas is in NXT
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Harley Riggins and Jax Presley as well
  
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Jackson Conley · 2 days ago
Tiffany Stratton needs a new render
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Max · 2 days ago
Arianna grace is a heel
Rich Swann is a heel
Kc Navarro was kicked out of first class and is face I think
And myron reed is face
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TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
in faces/heels, Tyler Breeze shows up twice. both in NXT and in the main roster
in all or men/women, some of the lfg people still show up, not sure if its intended or not (The Undertaker, Jeremy Borash, Michelle McCool, Bubba Ray Dudley). even Peter Rosenberg from evolve is there
El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is now known as Dr. Wagner III
Jaida Parker is still in "OTM - Out The Mud" when she shouldn't be. the stable name itself is wrong too. check Bronco Nima's stable section on cagematch
Tony D'Angelo should be marked as inactive after his sopranos style ending, and Kit Wilson too for obvious reasons
John Cone is still a referee in WWE, should be added to the site. even if he doesnt appear much anymore
Asuka and Ludwig are probably the best examples of tweeners the company currently has, even more so than the wyatts or pretty deadly, I really think they should be changed as such
AJ Lee probably shouldn't have the Raw background as she doesn't either on the official site
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  Andy
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin Hey, thanks!
  - Fixed Breeze.
  - The LFG people you mentioned show up because they also have additional roles in the company.
  - Updated Dr. Wagner III
  - OTM / Out The Mud are the same, OTM is the acronym. (eg. AOP / Authors of Pain)
  - Kit Wilson is still wrestling on Main Event
  - Fixed John Cone being missing (he's a producer, no longer a referee)
  - What starting dates do you recommend for the Tweener role for Asuka & Ludwig?
  - We put her on Raw as that's where the seems to be, but we'll change it in case it proves to be wrong
  
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  Wright Hill · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy Praise be to Andy.
  
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  TopKekyoin · 2 days ago
  
  @Andy thank you for always listening to us
  yeah, i know otm is an acronym but they started using the name as an acronym over the full name once jaida and scrypts left. do correct me if im wrong on this though
  my bad on kit wilson, you're completely right. what do you think of tony d though? look up "Someone Approached Tony D’Angelo | NXT Jul 29, 2025" on youtube, after this he has not been seen since with people thinking he'll join the main roster soon. just wondering if this should be considered as inactive for story or not.
  Aug. 18, 2025 (or Aug. 4, 2025 unless you would count it as more of a buildup) for Asuka, that's when the stuff with rhea and iyo really started and August 16, 2025 for Ludwig as that's when Triplemania started and we truly saw people cheer him on from that day
  
  random question, do you think you might do the same for aew/roh or maybe njpw too? with the low/high card stuff etc. i love all kind of wrestling and would love to use this site even more for everything and would be willing to help out more with recommendations, but if it will stay wwe centered then i fully understand since it IS the smackdownhotel after all. maybe putting aaa roster on the top of the site next to the rest where it says "wwe roster - aew roster ....... ECW" would be smart too since it's now owned by wwe, and cmll too since its as big as aaa
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin - Not sure about the OTM acronym thing, as I don't follow NXT too much. If you're 100% sure about this I can change this. But otherwise I think it's no big deal. Even wikipedia still calls them Out The Mud.
  - As far as Tony, let's wait a bit to see how long he stays out to see if we need to mark him Inactive.
  - Updated Asuka and Ludwig
  - It's very hard to keep track of the low/mid/upper card thing for WWE already, so I assume it would be very hard to keep track of it accurately for other companies as well. We are a very small team. Would you be interested in helping out on the site itself and making the updates directly? If so, add me on discord: andybadwool
  Thanks!
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Thank you guys for all the help in keeping track of things!
  
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
NXT homecoming needs to be a Special event the Confirmed matches are
NXT North american title match Tyler breeze vs. Ethan Page (C)
Tag Team match #DIY vs. Trick Melo gang
Trios match Fatal Influence vs. Stephanie Vaquer TIffany Stratton & Rhea Ripley
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
TYLER BREEZE IS BACK ON NXT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Wrist
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Constance Affinito · 3 days ago
Bronson Reed got a broken
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WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
Becky Lynch needs a new render
Lyra Valkyria also has the IC title on her
*Becky doesn't*
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  WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
  
  @WWEConsumer Also Tiffany Stratton
  
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Giosiu35 · 3 days ago
Add Kane back to the ambassadors list, he’s still signed to wwe, he needs to be added back
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WWEConsumer · 3 days ago
Jey Uso needs a new render he still has his WM 40 shades
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gary vaughan · 3 days ago
who else is going to return from absence to return to wwe main roster
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TopKekyoin · 3 days ago
if ludwig, tyler and pete aren't tweener, then what is needed to make someone a tweener on this site? from being cheered and even shaking hands with the crowd..
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  Raven Zombie · 2 days ago
  
  @TopKekyoin probably, actually being used on screen? lol, this page literally has Ludwig not on the roster... so they are probably considering him as El Grande, and the other 2 as the nameless other luchas that help him. (even though this Mondays lucha was neither of them)
  
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  TopKekyoin · 1 days ago
  
  @Raven Zombie lol its fine man everyone knows what i meant with ludwig. and mondays 2nd grande was pete dunne, he just shaved his beard
  
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  Andy
  
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  · 1 hours ago
  
  @Raven Zombie Yeah that's the way we're dealing with that at the moment :D
  
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Aya ✨ · 3 days ago
Asuka is anything but a Face now, she is not fully heel yet so i think she fits in the Tweener section.
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Kason Garrett · 4 days ago
Is jey a tweener because he attacked LA knight
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WWF Roster in 1980: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

WWE: All (42)

Men

Women

Teams

Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales

Tito Santana & Ivan Putski

Wild Samoans

Champions

WWF Heavyweight Championship

Bob Backlund

WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship

Pedro Morales

Ken Patera

Pat Patterson

WWF North American Heavyweight Championship

Seiji Sakaguchi

WWF World Tag Team Championship

Rick Martel & Tony Garea

The Wild SamoansAfa & Sika

Vacant

Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales

The Wild SamoansAfa & Sika

Ivan Putski & Tito Santana

WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship

Tatsumi Fujinami

WWF World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship

Antonio Inoki

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Extras

Part Time Wrestler

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Commentators

Ring Announcer

Presidents

Chairman

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

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