JCP Roster in 1985: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full JCP Roster in the year 1985. This includes the list of all JCP Wrestlers, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in Jim Crockett Promotions.
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1985JCP: All (48)
Abdullah the Butcher
American Starship Coyote
American Starship Eagle
Arn Anderson
The Assassin
Billy Graham
Bob Backlund
Bobby Eaton
Buddy Landel
Buzz Sawyer
Dennis Condrey
Dick Slater
Dory Funk Jr.
Dusty Rhodes
The Great Kabuki
Harley Race
Ivan Koloff
J.J. Dillon
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Jim Backlund
Jim Cornette
Jim Crockett Jr.
Jimmy Valiant
Kevin Sullivan
Konga The Barbarian
Krusher Kruschev
Magnum T.A.
Miss Atlanta Lively
Nikita Koloff
Ole Anderson
Pat Tanaka
Paul Diamond
Paul Ellering
"Pistol" Pez Whatley
Ric Flair
Ricky Morton
Ricky Steamboat
Rising Sun #1
Road Warrior Animal
Road Warrior Hawk
Robert Gibson
Stan Lane
Steve Keirn
Tatsutoshi Goto
Terry Taylor
Thunderbolt Patterson
Tully Blanchard
Wahoo McDaniel
Teams
America's Team
American Starship
The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
The Fabulous Ones
The Four Horsemen
The Midnight Express
Paul Jones' Army
The Rising Suns
The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
The Rock N' Roll Express
The Russians
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | | Ric Flair Won: May 24, 1984 Yokosuka, Japan | House show By early 1985, JCP controlled many NWA territories and attempted going national, thus limiting title matches primarily to performers under contract with JCP. | 586+ days |
NWA National Heavyweight Championship | | Dusty Rhodes Won: December 19, 1985 Albuquerque, NM Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match, after Buddy Landel was fired due to his drug problem. | 12+ days |
| Buddy Landel | 21 days | |
| Terry Taylor Won: September 22, 1985 Atlanta, GA | 67 days | |
![Black Bart[1]](/images/wrestling/wrestlers/v/vacant.png "Black Bart[1]") | Black Bart Won: June 1, 1985 Atlanta, GA | NWA World Championship Wrestling | 113 days | |
| Miss Atlanta Lively Won: October 11, 1984 Baltimore, MD | GCW Night of Champions | 233 days |
NWA World Television Championship | | Vacant Won: October 19, 1985 Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an injury. | 73+ days |
| Dusty Rhodes | 105 days | |
| Tully Blanchard Won: April 28, 1985 Charlotte, NC | Live event | 69 days | |
| Dusty Rhodes Won: March 16, 1985 Greensboro, NC | Live event During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA World Television Championship". | 43 days | |
| Tully Blanchard Won: March 28, 1984 Spartanburg, SC | Live event | 353 days |
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship |  | Koko Ware Won: November 16, 1985 Memphis, TN | House show | 45+ days |
| Tom Branch Won: November 1, 1985 Kansas City, MO | House show | 15 days | |
| Harley Race Won: October 7, 1985 Memphis, TN | House show | 25 days | |
| Koko Ware Won: September 1, 1985 North Vernon, IN | House show | 36 days | |
| Bota the Witch Doctor Won: August 15, 1985 Richmond, IN | House show | 17 days | |
| Koko Ware Won: August 12, 1985 Memphis, TN | House show Defeated Bota the Witch Doctor in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 3 days | |
| Vacant Won: July 29, 1985 The title was vacated when Jerry Lawler won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship | 14 days | |
| Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: July 15, 1985 Memphis, TN | House show | 14 days |
NWA World Tag Team Championship | | The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson | 33+ days |
| The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Won: October 13, 1985 Charlotte, NC | House show | 46 days | |
| The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: July 9, 1985 Shelby, NC | House show | 96 days | |
| The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Won: March 18, 1985 Fayetteville, NC | House show During this reign, Krusher Krushchev joined the Koloffs and NWA applied the Freebird Rule, allowing all three members to defend the title. | 113 days | |
| Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez Won: October 20, 1984 Raleigh, NC | House show | 149 days |
NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | | Denny Brown Won: September 15, 1985 Atlanta, GA | JCP House show | 107+ days |
| Gary Royal Won: August 15, 1985 Kansas City, KS | | CSW House show | 31 days | |
| Denny Brown Won: August 1, 1985 Brown previously unofficialy won a disputed version of the title at Starrcade '84. He received official recognition as champion by NWA vice president Shohei Baba, promoter of AJPW, on August 1 after NJPW, which had controlled the title since 1982, withdrew from NWA. | 14 days |
 |  | Vacant Won: December 31, 1983 The WWF withdrew from the NWA in 1983, and The Fabulous Moolah sold the championship to the WWF. | 731+ days |
NWA United States Women's Championship |  | Judy Martin Won: October 19, 1983 The title history is unrecorded from 1983-10-19 to 1986-09-10. Martin was recognized as champion only in East Texas. | 804+ days |
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