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

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1986. 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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1986

NWA: All (129)

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Kevin the Magnificent

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Ron Simmons / Faarooq

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Ric Flair

Won: August 9, 1986

St. Louis, MO | House show

144+ days

144+

days

Dusty Rhodes

Won: July 26, 1986

Greensboro, NC

| NWA The Great American Bash 1986

14 days

days

Ric Flair

Won: May 24, 1984

Yokosuka, Japan | House show

793 days

By early 1985, JCP controlled many NWA territories and attempted going national, thus limiting title matches primarily to performers under contract with JCP.

793

days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Nikita Koloff

Won: August 17, 1986

Charlotte, NC | House Show

136+ days

Defeated Magnum T.A. in a best of seven series for the vacant title, Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel on September 28, 1986 to unify the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into the US title.

136+

days

Vacant

Won: May 29, 1986

80 days

Magnum T.A. was stripped of the title for attacking NWA president Bob Geigel.

days

Magnum T.A.

Won: November 28, 1985

Greensboro, NC | House Show

182 days

182

days

NWA World Television Championship	Tully Blanchard Won: November 27, 1986 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1986: Night of the Skywalkers 34+ days	34+ days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: September 9, 1986 Columbia, SC \| Live event 79 days	79 days
	Arn Anderson Won: January 4, 1986 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 248 days Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title.	248 days
	Vacant Won: October 19, 1985 77 days Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an injury.	77 days

NWA National Heavyweight Championship	Nikita Koloff Won: September 28, 1986 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 0 days This was a title unification match, where Koloff also defended the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.	0 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: August 28, 1986 Los Angeles, CA \| Live event 31 days	31 days
	Tully Blanchard Won: March 4, 1986 Spartanburg, SC \| MACW TV Taping 177 days	177 days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: December 19, 1985 Albuquerque, NM 75 days Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match, after Buddy Landel was fired due to his drug problem.	75 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	"Ravishing" Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez Won: December 6, 1986 Atlanta, GA \| World Championship Wrestling 25+ days	25+ days
	The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: August 16, 1986 Philadelphia, PA \| House show 112 days	112 days
	The Midnight ExpressBobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey Won: February 2, 1986 Atlanta, GA \| Superstars on the Superstation 195 days	195 days
	The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1985: The Gathering 66 days	66 days

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin

Won: December 13, 1986

Spartanburg, SC | NWA Pro Wrestling

18+ days

18+

days

Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev

Won: September 28, 1986

Atlanta, GA | House show

76 days

Defeated Kansas Jayhawks (Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantel) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Denny Brown

Won: September 1, 1986

Greenville, SC | JCP House show

121+ days

121+

days

Steve Regal

Won: August 2, 1986

Atlanta, GA | JCP House show

30 days

days

Denny Brown

Won: September 15, 1985

Atlanta, GA | JCP House show

321 days

321

days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

Won: June 21, 1985

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

558+ days

558+

days

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Kung Fu

Won: October 17, 1986

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

75+ days

75+

days

Gran Cochisse

Won: May 18, 1986

Mexico City, Mexico | Live event

152 days

152

days

Chamaco Valaguez

Won: July 20, 1985

Puebla, Puebla | Live event

302 days

302

days

NWA World Welterweight Championship	Américo Rocca Won: November 2, 1986 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show 59+ days	59+ days
	El Dandy Won: August 24, 1986 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show 70 days	70 days
	Monarca Cruz Won: April 7, 1986 Monterrey, Nuevo León \| EMLL show 139 days	139 days
	El Dandy Won: November 17, 1985 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show 141 days	141 days

NWA World Women's Championship

Debbie Combs

Won: February 12, 1986

Honolulu, HI | Live event

322+ days

Won a 9-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title.

322+

days

Vacant

Won: December 31, 1983

774 days

The WWF withdrew from the NWA in 1983, and The Fabulous Moolah sold the championship to the WWF.

774

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Misty Blue Simmes

Won: September 10, 1986

112+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1983-10-19 to 1986-09-10. Records unclear as to whom Simmes defeated to win the title.

112+

days

Judy Martin

Won: October 19, 1983

1057 days

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

1057

days

WWF Women's Tag Team Championship

The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin

Won: August 1, 1985

Cairo, Egypt | House Show

517+ days

517+

days

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: February 27, 1977

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

3594+ days

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

3594+

days

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

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Wright Hill · 8 hours ago
R-E-Y Mysterio is back!
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Logan Paul is back on Tv, And I think its safe to assume the creeds, Ivy Nile and Candice Le Rae are off tv
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  Draysin Martin · 9 hours ago
  
  @The last Real Champion Not Candice Lerae she's been Appearing
  
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Draysin Martin · 12 hours ago
I think Roderick Strong & Komander are apart of the Conglomeration now
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Constance Affinito · 15 hours ago
The Fabulous Moolah actually debuted in September 7, 1948, defeating June Byers as Lillian Ellison, had that name until quitting wrestling on January 20, 1950, went back to wrestling on June 7
2, 1953 as Slave Girl Moolah defeating Lady Angel (but did go back and forth between that, and Lillian Ellison), became The Fabulous Moolah on April 3, 1957 (but also switched between Slave Girl Moolah, last used Slave Girl Moolah on December 16, 1965, and last used Lillian Ellison on April 24, 1954 but briefly used it on a 1978 event), quit wrestling again on September 3, 1988 (but wrestled 1 match in 1989, and 1 on 1996, and returned to wrestling on March 19, 1999, went to WWE again on September 27, 1999, quit wrestling AGAIN on June 10, 2000, and returned to wwe again on November 26, 2002, and retired for good on September 21, 2004. This information can be proven on cagematch.com, and this took a while to right.
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Nicholas Weintraub · 23 hours ago
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Zelina vega is now just Zelina on the wwe website
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  Wright Hill · 2 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito He SAYS he isn't. And he SAYS that he's going to be full time every couple months... What a load of BS.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 4 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro No I just looked it up online it says Wardlow is still a member of the Don Callis family and he's also recovering from an Injury
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NWA Roster in 1986: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (129)

Men

Women

Teams

Akio Sato & Tarzan Goto

America's Team

The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew

Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

The Armstrongs

Austin Idol & Jerry Lawler

The Bushwhackers / The Sheepherders

The Cosmic Cowboys

Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar

The Fabulous Ones

The Four Horsemen

The Freedom Fighters

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta

Golden Combi

Hot Stuff & Hyatt International

Kengo Kimura & Tatsumi Fujinami

Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody

The Midnight Express

The Midnight Rockers

The Rising Suns

The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom

The Rock N' Roll Express

The Russians

The Soul Patrol

The Super Powers

Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams

U.S. Express

The Von Erichs

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

NWA World Television Championship

Vacant

NWA National Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Tag Team Championship

"Ravishing" Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez

The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson

The Midnight ExpressBobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey

The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin

Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Denny Brown

Steve Regal

Denny Brown

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Kung Fu

Gran Cochisse

Chamaco Valaguez

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Américo Rocca

El Dandy

Monarca Cruz

El Dandy

NWA World Women's Championship

Debbie Combs

Vacant

NWA United States Women's Championship

Misty Blue Simmes

WWF Women's Tag Team Championship

The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Vacant

Boy Tony

Vacant

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