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 (150)

Abdullah the Butcher

Akio Sato

American Starship Eagle

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams

Jerry "The King" Lawler

"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

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
	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
	Man Mountain Link Won: July 1, 1985 House show 14 days Man Mountain Link was awarded the title.	14 days

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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

NWA Women's Championship

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

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: February 27, 1977

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

3229+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.

3229+

days

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
	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

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Wright · 10 hours ago
You guys excited for Pat McAfee v Gunther?
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Draysin Martin · 15 hours ago
Trick Williams isn't a Heel he's Just Pissed of that's all you think his Mad actions make him Heel?
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  Wright · 11 hours ago
  
  @Draysin Martin I agree. Everyone has bad days. Why can't faces?
  
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Brandon Siddall · 16 hours ago
Why is the current AAA roster so small?
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  Nomad · 15 hours ago
  
  @Brandon Siddall It’s actually not, they just haven’t added the rest of the roster yet
  
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KING ??? · 1 days ago
It is better to put their full real names.
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Shawn Piette · 1 days ago
can you please add chuey martinez to evolve
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Tommy DeRosa · 1 days ago
shouldn't Lexis King and Trick Williams be heels now given the heelish actions they've had with faces on NXT TV last week?
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  Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
  
  @Tommy DeRosa Not to be "That Guy" but trick Trick Williams doesn't have heel behavior he's just Pissed off Man
  
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  Tommy DeRosa · 23 hours ago
  
  @Tommy DeRosa lexis king did sneak attack ricky saints in a backstage segment after he lost his heritage cup
  
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Omar Sabbouh · 1 days ago
With becky now becoming the top heel on raw taking liv's place, and the addition to roxanne and guilia who are 2 heels to raw, I think liv would be a perfect tweener right now! She'll still do her heel work but she gets cheered for it!
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Omar Sabbouh · 2 days ago
Jacob fatu should be a tweener just listen to the cheers and pop!
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Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
Can you guys Change Hank & Tank's theme to Be Burn this Engine Out they've been using since they formed their Tag Team
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TopKekyoin · 3 days ago
kalyx has been put here as a wrestler in smackdown when she isn't. she's only a wrestler in evolve and a referee in smackdown, not a wrestler
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Wright · 3 days ago
My queen, Zelina Vega won the US Championship!!!

Aleister Black is on SmackDown too I guess... Meh... Never liked him.
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  Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
  
  @Wright Bro He never won a Title on the Main Roster we Still wanted Him back for So Long we Had to Wait 4 YEARS!
  
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  Wright · 3 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin I feel for that, but I just never really got into his character.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Wright How about this if you didn't aleister to return who would you want instead
  
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  Wright · 2 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Ooh, nice question. Thanks!
  
  Rusev was near the top, but he came back...
  X-Pac is open to a rumble appearance, and he can do everything he used to.
  Daniel Bryan would blow the roof off.
  Big E returning for one or two more runs will make me very happy.
  Rob Van Dam isn't opposed. And I love watching him.
  My #1 would be Big Show for a final run with the company.
  
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  Wright · 2 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin I'd also like Ziggler, Goldberg, Ryback, Hornswoggle and Zack Ryder back.
  
  Despite how mid it was, I grew up with the PG era, and find a strange comfort in it.
  
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KING ??? · 3 days ago
Can you put one Sol Ruca belt on the right and the other on the left?
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KING ??? · 3 days ago
Add Aleister Black On SmackDown
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Wright · 3 days ago
I would consider Breakker high card. He joined Heyman and Rollins.
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Carter Berndt · 4 days ago
They added new renders for people like Karrion Kross, Wes Lee, Andre Chase, and Secret Hervice on WWE.com so if you want some new photos, they are there.
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tim France · 4 days ago
Change Jimmy uso picture and jey uso
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Add masato yakushiji
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Ilovewrasslineo · 5 days ago
John cena got a new championship render
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gary vaughan · 6 days ago
yep ryback it is then you can add him then
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gary vaughan · 6 days ago
add Mason Ryan David Otunga Heath Slater Justin Gabriel Darren Young Ryback Curtis Axel Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt to be part of the main roster
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  Wright · 6 days ago
  
  @gary vaughan Why? They're all gone from the ring, as much as I like Ryback.
  
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  PrivatePenguin 95 · 5 days ago
  
  @gary vaughan plus, bray Wyatt died last year, Daniel Bryan is in aew as Bryan Danielson, and i think Justin gabriel is still in roh as pj black
  
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NWA Roster in 1985: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (150)

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 Cosmic Cowboys

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Fabulous Ones

The Four Horsemen

The Freedom Fighters

The Funks

Golden Combi

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

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

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

Man Mountain Link

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

NWA Women's Championship

Vacant

NWA United States Women's Championship

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Denny Brown

Gary Royal

Denny Brown

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