NWA Roster in 1985: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1985. 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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1985

NWA: All (159)

Abdullah the Butcher

Akio Sato

American Starship Eagle

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Larry “The Axe” Hennig

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Ric Flair

Won: May 24, 1984

Yokosuka, Japan | House show

586+ days

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

WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship	The Grappler Won: December 9, 1985 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show 22+ days WCCW withdraws from the NWA in February 1986.	22+ days
	Brian Adias Won: September 27, 1985 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show 73 days	73 days
	Gino Hernandez Won: September 2, 1985 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show 25 days	25 days
	Brian Adias Won: July 29, 1985 Fort Worth, Texas \| House show 35 days	35 days
	Gino Hernandez Won: June 23, 1984 San Antonio, Texas \| House show 401 days Defeated Ric Flair to win the championship.	401 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Magnum T.A. Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 33+ days	33+ days
	Tully Blanchard Won: July 21, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 130 days	130 days
	Magnum T.A. Won: March 23, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 120 days	120 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: October 7, 1984 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 167 days Defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final for the vacant title.	167 days

NWA World Television Championship	Vacant Won: October 19, 1985 73+ days Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an injury.	73+ days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: July 6, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| NWA The Great American Bash 1985 105 days	105 days
	Tully Blanchard Won: April 28, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 69 days	69 days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: March 16, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 43 days 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	353 days

NWA National Heavyweight Championship	Dusty Rhodes Won: December 19, 1985 Albuquerque, NM 12+ days Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match, after Buddy Landel was fired due to his drug problem.	12+ days
	Buddy Landel Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1985: The Gathering 21 days	21 days
	Terry Taylor Won: September 22, 1985 Atlanta, GA 67 days	67 days
	Black Bart Won: June 1, 1985 Atlanta, GA \| NWA World Championship Wrestling 113 days	113 days
	Miss Atlanta Lively Won: October 11, 1984 Baltimore, MD \| GCW Night of Champions 233 days	233 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Koko Ware Won: November 16, 1985 Memphis, TN \| House show 45+ days	45+ days
	Tom Branch Won: November 1, 1985 Kansas City, MO \| House show 15 days	15 days
	Harley Race Won: October 7, 1985 Memphis, TN \| House show 25 days	25 days
	Koko Ware Won: September 1, 1985 North Vernon, IN \| House show 36 days	36 days
	Bota the Witch Doctor Won: August 15, 1985 Richmond, IN \| House show 17 days	17 days
	Koko Ware Won: August 12, 1985 Memphis, TN \| House show 3 days Defeated Bota the Witch Doctor in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	3 days
	Vacant Won: July 29, 1985 14 days 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	14 days

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WCCW American Heavyweight Championship	"Ravishing" Rick Rude Won: November 4, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show 57+ days	57+ days
	Iceman King Parsons Won: July 5, 1985 Dallas, Texas \| House show 122 days	122 days
	Chris Adams Won: February 8, 1985 Dallas, Texas \| House show 147 days Aired February 16, 1985 on WCCW Episode #164	147 days
	Kerry von Erich Won: October 29, 1984 Ft. Worth, Texas \| House show 102 days	102 days

WCCW Television Championship	Mark Youngblood Won: December 23, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW show 8+ days	8+ days
	Jack Victory Won: December 9, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW show 14 days	14 days
	Dave Peterson Won: December 2, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW show 7 days Defeated The Grappler.	7 days
	Vacant Won: November 1, 1985 31 days Parsons was injured by Rick Rude and could not compete.	31 days
	Iceman Parsons Won: October 21, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW show 11 days	11 days
	John Tatum Won: August 5, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW show 77 days Defeated Shawn Cody to win the vacant championship	77 days
	Vacant Won: August 5, 1985 0 days Parsons no-showed a title match against John Tatum.	0 days
	Iceman Parsons Won: July 15, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW show 21 days	21 days

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WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

The Great Kabuki

Won: July 1, 1985

Texas | House show

183+ days

Won a tournament to win the vacant title.

183+

days

Vacant

Won: January 1, 1985

181 days

Championship vacated for undocumented reasons

181

days

Gino Hernandez

Won: October 1, 1984

Texas | House show

92 days

days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1985: The Gathering 33+ days	33+ days
	The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Won: October 13, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| House show 46 days	46 days
	The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: July 9, 1985 Shelby, NC \| House show 96 days	96 days
	The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Won: March 18, 1985 Fayetteville, NC \| House show 113 days 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	149 days

WCCW American Tag Team Championship	Chris Adams & Gino HernandezChris Adams & Gino Hernandez Won: November 28, 1985 Dallas, Texas \| Thanksgiving Star Wars 33+ days Defeated Kerry and Kevin Von Erich in a rematch.	33+ days
	Vacant Won: October 18, 1985 41 days Championship vacated after a match against Chris Adam and Gino Hernandes ended inconclusively.	41 days
	The Von ErichsKerry von Erich & Kevin von Erich Won: September 20, 1985 Dallas, Texas \| WCCW Show 28 days Defeated Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez in a rematch.	28 days
	Vacant Won: September 13, 1985 7 days Championship vacated after a match against Kerry and Kevin Von Erich ended in a double disqualification.	7 days
	Chris Adams & Gino HernandezChris Adams & Gino Hernandez Won: June 24, 1985 Ft. Worth, Texas \| WCCW Show 81 days	81 days
	The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers Won: May 5, 1985 Irving, Texas \| Parade of Champions 50 days Defeated The Midnight Express in a two-ring match despite one of the Midnight Express pinning one of the Fantastics. The count by referee Rick Hazzard ended at 3 just before a count by referee David Manning with a Fantastic pinning the other Midnight Express member started.	50 days
	Vacant Won: January 24, 1985 101 days Championship vacated after a match where the Midnight Express' manager Jim Cornette interfere in the match.	101 days
	The Midnight ExpressDennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton Won: January 11, 1985 Dallas, Texas \| WCCW Episode #161 13 days	13 days

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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Denny Brown Won: September 15, 1985 Atlanta, GA \| JCP House show 107+ days	107+ days
	Gary Royal Won: August 15, 1985 Kansas City, KS \| \| CSW House show 31 days	31 days
	Denny Brown Won: August 1, 1985 14 days 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: August 1, 1985 0 days The title was vacated after NJPW, the promotion which The Cobra performed for, pulled out of NWA.	0 days
	The Cobra Won: July 28, 1985 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Burning Spirit in Summer (1985) 4 days	4 days
	Hiro Saito Won: July 28, 1985 Osaka, Japan \| NJPW Burning Spirit in Summer (1985) 0 days	0 days
	The Cobra Won: November 3, 1983 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Toukon Series 1983 633 days Defeated Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant title. During this reign, Les Thornton was recognized by some promoters in the USA as champion due to The Cobra working for WWF. On 1943-11-14, GCW announced that Les Thornton won a fictitious tournament to become champion (unofficial). Then, on 1984-06-02, American promoters vacated their version of the title after Les Thornton joined WWF; Thornton continued to bill himself as champion, defending the title on WWF events as the "WWF Lt. Hvywt Championship". Then, on 1984-07-13, JCP announced that Hector Guerrero won a fictitious tournament to become champion (unofficial). Then, on 1984-10-02, Mike Davis defeated Guerrero to win this unofficial version of the title; then, on 1984-11-22, Denny Brown defeated Davis to win this unofficial version of the title.	633 days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Won: June 21, 1985

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

193+ days

193+

days

MS-1

Won: February 13, 1985

Acapulco, Guerrero | Live event

128 days

128

days

Ringo Mendoza

Won: October 23, 1983

Guadalajara, Jalisco | Live event

479 days

479

days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Chamaco Valaguez

Won: July 20, 1985

Puebla, Puebla | Live event

164+ days

164+

days

La Fiera

Won: April 5, 1985

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

106 days

106

days

Gran Hamada

Won: November 18, 1984

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

138 days

138

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship

El Dandy

Won: November 17, 1985

Mexico City, Mexico | EMLL show

44+ days

44+

days

Vacant

Won: July 20, 1985

120 days

EMLL vacated the championship after Valaguez won the NWA World Middleweight Championship.

120

days

Chamaco Valaguez

Won: July 26, 1984

Cuernavaca, Morelos | EMLL show

359 days

359

days

Vacant

Won: December 31, 1983

731+ days

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

804+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1983-10-19 to 1986-09-10. Martin was recognized as champion only in East Texas.

804+

days

WWF Women's Tag Team Championship

The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin

Won: August 1, 1985

Cairo, Egypt | House Show

152+ days

152+

days

Velvet McIntyre & Desiree Petersen

Won: December 7, 1984

Pittsburgh, PA | House Show

237 days

Victoria suffered a career-ending neck injury on September 1, 1984. Petersen took her place as McIntyre's partner.

237

days

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Wright Hill · 3 hours ago
Bret Hart has been on a WWE Legends/Ambassadors deal since January 1st, 2022. Though, recently there have been disputes regarding him and the WWE on it.

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Max · 7 hours ago
Arianna grace is a heel she betrayed santino marella I don’t really know why she turned face again
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Draysin Martin · 8 hours ago
I wake up AND I SEE BDE FINALLY HAS A TNA PROFILE
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Draysin Martin · 21 hours ago
I think Max Caster & Anthony Bowens are back as a tag team just not the acclaimed just Max Caster & Anthony Bowens
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Draysin Martin · 23 hours ago
Aleister Black & Zelina Vega's tag team name is Necessary Evil
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Texas Steve · 1 days ago
Wendy Choo is a Face,Arron Rourke and Marcus Mathers are a tag team,and Kam Hendrix is now on Evolve
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Rastin · 2 days ago
Grayson Waller is a member of the New Day.
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  @Rastin Are you sure? Just double checked and pretty certain he's still only aligned with them. If you can provide a date of the episode or a source that says he's part of them then it'd be easier to update
  
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  @TopKekyoin He's with them since spring.If he's not a member he is the manager of New Day.
  
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Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
Are we just going to ignore that all the United empire members are face Callum Newman, HENARE, & Great O-Khan should be face and Jeff Cobb had a turn on November 5th 2023 as a face and then turned heel when he made his WWE debut all of those guys should be face from November 5th 2023
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Thea Hail just won the NXT Women’s North American Championship
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Mick Foley has parted ways with WWE
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  @j8yderful Not until June 2026
  
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The last Real Champion · 3 days ago
Austin Theory and Rey Mysterio are upper card. And correct me if I am wrong but haven't the street profits been off tv since clash in Paris
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I think Randy Orton should be a part time wrestler we barely see him
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Did a massive update to Randy Savage's profile! Updated his timeline photos (13 new pics), manager timeline, and did card positions of him spanning 1985 to 2000 (plus his small TNA run)

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Bravo Americano's Official render is on wwe's getty images page
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Bravo Americano's Official render is on wwe's getty images page
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Add 'Bayley & Lyra Valkyria' to the Teams section. After teaming up for one-off matches earlier in the year, Bayley and Lyra have been booked as a tag team since Bayley returned with her split personality character back in September and have only faced other tag wrestlers in tag or singles matches since then, even main eventing Raw in a tag title match against Alexa and Charlotte back in October. Considering Lash and Nia, who haven't tagged together outside of WarGames, are on the Teams page, Bayley & Lyra should definitely be there.
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AUSTIN THEORY IS THE MASKED MAN!!!
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Rey Mysterio should be upper card since he's feuding with Logan Paul who is also apart of the Vision
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NWA Roster in 1985: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (159)

Men

Women

Teams

Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto

America's Team

American Express

American Starship

The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew

Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

The Armstrongs

Austin Idol & Jerry Lawler

The Axe Attack

Barry & Kendall Windham

The Cosmic Cowboys

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Fabulous Ones

The Four Horsemen

The Freedom Fighters

The Funks

Golden Combi

The Guerreros

Jake Roberts & The Barbarian

Jim Neidhart & Krusher Kruschev

Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami

Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody

The Midnight Express

The Midnight Rockers

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

Paul Jones' Army

The Rising Suns

The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom

Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden

The Rock N' Roll Express

The Russians

Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase

Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams

U.S. Express

The Von Erichs

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship

The Grappler

Brian Adias

Gino Hernandez

Brian Adias

Gino Hernandez

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Television Championship

Vacant

NWA National Heavyweight Championship

Black Bart

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tom Branch

Bota the Witch Doctor

Vacant

WCCW American Heavyweight Championship

Iceman King Parsons

WCCW Television Championship

Mark Youngblood

Jack Victory

Dave Peterson

Vacant

Iceman Parsons

John Tatum

Vacant

Iceman Parsons

WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Championship

Vacant

Gino Hernandez

NWA World Tag Team Championship

The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson

The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff

The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson

The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff

Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez

WCCW American Tag Team Championship

Chris Adams & Gino HernandezChris Adams & Gino Hernandez

Vacant