CWA Roster in 1986: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full CWA Roster in the year 1986. This includes the list of all CWA Wrestlers, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in Continental Wrestling Association.

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1986

CWA: All (26)

Teams

Champions

AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship	Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: September 8, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show	114+ days
	Bam Bam Bigelow Won: July 28, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show Won a battle royal.	42 days
	Vacant Won: June 30, 1986 Vacated when Buddy Landel left the CWA	28 days
	Buddy Landel Won: June 16, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show Defeated The Flame in a tournament final.	14 days
	Vacant Won: June 2, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show Championship vacated immediately after the match	14 days
	Buddy Landel Won: June 2, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show	0 days
	Bill Dundee Won: May 2, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show	31 days
	Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: April 8, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| CWA Show	24 days

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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Vacant Won: December 15, 1986 The title was vacated when The Great Kabuki left CWA.	16+ days
	The Great Kabuki Won: November 1, 1986 Jackson, TN \| House show Defeated Paul Diamond in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	44 days
	Vacant Won: November 1, 1986 The title was vacated for undocumented reasons.	0 days
	Big Bubba Won: October 27, 1986 Memphis, TN \| House show	5 days
	Tracy Smothers Won: October 20, 1986 Memphis, TN \| House show	7 days
	Boy Tony Won: October 7, 1986 Memphis, TN \| House show	13 days
	Tracy Smothers Won: August 11, 1986 Memphis, TN \| House show	57 days
	Vacant Won: July 1, 1986 The title was vacated when Dutch Mantel left CWA.	41 days

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CWA/AWA International Heavyweight Championship	Big Bubba Won: October 6, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	86+ days
	Vacant Won: September 8, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show Vacated for undocumented reasons	28 days
	Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: July 14, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show This was a "loser leaves town" match.	56 days
	Bill Dundee Won: May 5, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	70 days
	Billy Travis Won: March 24, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	42 days
	Abdul Gaddafi Won: March 3, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	21 days
	Rick Casey Won: February 3, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	28 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: November 9, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	86 days

AWA Southern Tag Team Championship	Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis Won: November 17, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	44+ days
	The Sheepherders Jonathan Boyd & Bigfoot Won: November 10, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show Defeated Jeff Jarrett and Billy Travis in a tournament final.	7 days
	Vacant Won: November 3, 1986 Championship vacated when Bubba turned on Lawler after their win.	7 days
	Big Bubba & Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: November 3, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	0 days
	Don Bass & Dirty Rhodes Won: September 1, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	63 days
	Uncle Elmer & Cousin Junior Won: August 30, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	2 days
	Fire & Flame Won: July 18, 1986 Jackson, Tennessee \| House Show	43 days
	Uncle Elmer & Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: June 23, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House Show	25 days

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CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship	Badd CompanyPaul Diamond & Pat Tanaka Won: December 15, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show This was a stretcher match	16+ days
	Tarzan Goto & Akio Sato Won: November 15, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	30 days
	Jeff Jarrett & Paul Diamond Won: November 3, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	12 days
	Tarzan Goto & Akio Sato Won: September 1, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	63 days
	Jeff Jarrett & Pat Tanaka Won: August 25, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show	7 days
	Tarzan Goto & Akio Sato Won: July 14, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show Defeated Jarrett and Tanaka in a rematch to win the held up title.	42 days
	Vacant Won: July 1, 1986 Title held up after a match against Jeff Jarrett and Pat Tanaka.	13 days
	Tarzan Goto & Akio Sato Won: June 1, 1986 Memphis, Tennessee \| House show Billed as champions upon arrival.	30 days

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Roy · 7 hours ago
kiana james might as well be inactive, i havent seen her since her last match against giulia
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 11 hours ago
I'm once again preaching Fred Rosser is removed off the WWE roster here given he was a one time guest coach at the wwe performance center and there was no indication anywhere else saying he signed to wwe not even he himself said anything about being signed only stating being a guest coach
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MrAicrow · 15 hours ago
RIP Jim Herd

That WCW booker who almost made Ric Flair Spartacus and created the Ding Dongs
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Amanda Pax · 1 days ago
Giulia and Sol Ruca or Paige add Wargames 2026
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Roy · 1 days ago
creed brothers leaving is just… not it.
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Alex Garcia · 1 days ago
Is Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee still with LWO or no
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  Wright · 20 hours ago
  
  @Alex Garcia According to the WWE, they are still members.
  
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Vishnoah · 1 days ago
AFter Crown Jewel,
Rey Fenix active on RAW and become top candidate for IC Title
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Jackson Conley · 1 days ago
Jacob is back!!! And the 2 words have been said!!!!! "WAR GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 1 days ago
Donovan Dijak is no longer in MLW anymore and is back to being a free agent
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Nkrst · 2 days ago
Some updates to MLW following Saturday Night SuperFight:
- Tessa Blanchard and Yota Tsuji debuted and won their respective matches.
- The Good Brothers and Austin Aries retained their respective titles.

Also, the roster needs quite a few updates, such as the addition of Zamaya, Diego Hill, Labron Kozone, Jumbo, Brick Savage, Don Gato, and others.

There should also be the addition of CONTRA, led by Josef Samael, and other factions.

Joe Dombrowski should also be added to the commentary team, since Rich Bocchini is currently just an interviewer.

If you could update the roster, that would be awesome. Sorry for the long message!
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
I just want to say AEW on Twitter X made a post wishing Keith Lee a happy birthday so if you want definitive proof other than being listed on the roster page on their website that hes still employed there you go
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
LA Knight is inactive (literally only doing dark matches and house shows)

Stephanie Vaquer is inactive (had a match at a house show on November 5th and 6th in Portland and Bangor Maine she also had a match at the hawaii live tour shows)
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
It still shows that Stratton has the briefcase on this roster, but also has the title, so that needs to he fixed.
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Vishnoah · 2 days ago
Tiffy is heel

Btw new team Penta and Jevon
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APLDAGOAT · 3 days ago
Well obviously WWE doesn’t agree with my predictions not one of them except for Chelsea green and even then she didn’t even walk out with the title
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Lensky · 3 days ago
Imma be honest, ive been a wwe only guy for 10-12 years, nowadays i'd watch an aew ple or an episode of dynamite if im bored, but besides that it's been strictly wwe. it's been such a terrible year for wwe(and it's not just me saying it), and it's getting hard to defend them, they do nothing but go backwards. I'll give them until the rumble, but im not liking anything im seeing from them, i'll have to consider a short-term switch to aew if things somehow get worse.
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Roy · 3 days ago
tommaso ciampa is your new national champion
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MrAicrow · 3 days ago
AAA has gone of the rails, My god, It's amazing
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MrAicrow · 3 days ago
How was Crown Jewel 2026 for you guys

My only problem was the Womens Crown Jewel Match, It was bad and Tiffy cashing in made it worse
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  The R · 3 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow I don't think it was the worst PLE of the year, but it was definitely on the podium.
  
  Cody vs Orton was just fine, but the feud has done nothing for either guy. Hopefully they can both move on to other things.
  
  The tag title switch was a curious decision and I think Oba's appearance was unnecessary and detracted from Penta and Evans winning. I can't imagine they'll be champions for long.
  
  Liv vs Chelsea was what it was and Tiffy's MITB cash-in had to be the most predictable one ever. However, I'm glad Stratton is now a heel; it's the only time she ever shows any personality.
  
  Reigns vs Zayn was the best bout on the card, but like the opener, it just felt like there were zero stakes.
  
  I'd give Crown Jewel a 2/5.
  
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  Firstname Lastname · 3 days ago
  
  It was probably the worst Women's MITB cash-in (it's between that and Nikki ASH, imo), but I think worst of all time is a bit of an exaggeration when ones like Austin Theory's and Baron Corbin's exist.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow Close contender for worst PPV of the year.
  It took place in Saudi Arabia still even after you know what was still happening.
  
  the crowd was so quiet you could hear a pen drop when Cody finally punt kicked Randy Orton,which completely ruined the "Hightlight of the Night".
  
  then the vision losing the tag titles wasn't bad, it was just we knew who was going to win after Oba Femi's Music hit, & they have been teasing Bron Breakker breaking away from The Vision and this was a perfect way to do that, it's just that Oba Femi kinda ruined in In My Opinion.
  
  then The Women's Crown jewel championship match, I have a lot to say about this but I don't feel like starting something so i'm just gonna say match could've gone either way but fans knew Chelsea would win.
  
  Tiffany Stratton's heel turn was predictable, once again. the cash in was the worst thing to happen in that night & I felt like Chelsea's Reign should've gone on way longer. and WWE still hasn't pulled the trigger on Roxxane when they know it's time but of course we can never get what we want when it comes to Creative using AI.
  
  I Agree with The R on the Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn match, there were no Stakes at all.
  
  If you ask me to rate it out of 5 I say 1.5/5
  
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow I'd give it a 7 out if 10. I usually judge events by matches, and every match was good. Oh course, the cash-in is the one reason its not an 8.
  
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EverBlast · 3 days ago
Tiffany Stratton cashes in on Chelsea Green to win the WWE Women's Championship, she turns heel.
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