NWA Roster in 1988: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1988. 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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1988

NWA: All (65)

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams

Ron Simmons / Faarooq

Ronnie Garvin

Shane Douglas

The Sheik

Sir Oliver Humperdink

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Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Ric Flair

Won: November 26, 1987 Chicago, IL | NWA Starrcade 1987: Chi-Town Heat

On November 21, 1988 NWA's flagship promotion JCP was purchased by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

401+

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WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship	Iceman Parsons Won: August 5, 1988 Dallas, Texas \| House show	148+ days
	Kevin von Erich Won: July 4, 1988 Dallas, Texas \| House show Awarded when Taylor leaves promotion.	32 days
	Terry Taylor Won: February 26, 1988 Dallas, Texas \| House show	129 days
	Matt Borne Won: November 10, 1987 Midland, Texas \| House show	108 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Barry Windham Won: May 13, 1988 Houston, TX \| House Show Defeated Nikita Koloff in a tournament final for the vacant title.	232+ days
	Vacant Won: April 9, 1988 Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title and suspended for 120 days for attacking NWA President Jim Crockett.	34 days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: November 26, 1987 Chicago, IL \| House Show	135 days

NWA World Television Championship	Rick Steiner Won: December 26, 1988 Norfolk, VA \| WCW Starrcade 1988: True Gritt	5+ days
	Mike Rotunda Won: January 26, 1988 Raleigh, NC \| Live event On November 21, 1988 the NWA's flagship promotion JCP was purchased by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW).	335 days
	Nikita Koloff Won: August 17, 1987 Fayetteville, NC \| Live event At Starrcade 1987, Koloff defeated Terry Taylor to unify the UWF Television Championship into the NWA World Television Championship.	162 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Won: December 7, 1987 Memphis, TN | House show

343

days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	The Road WarriorsRoad Warrior Hawk & Animal Warrior Won: October 29, 1988 New Orleans, LA \| Worldwide	63+ days
	The Midnight ExpressBobby Eaton & Stan Lane Won: September 10, 1988 Philadelphia, PA \| House show Anr Anderson & Tully Blanchard legitimately left for the WWF after this title defeat.	49 days
	Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard Won: April 20, 1988 Jacksonville, FL \| World Championship Wrestling	143 days
	Lex Luger & Barry Windham Won: March 27, 1988 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Clash of the Champions I	24 days
	Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard Won: September 29, 1987 Misenheimer, NC \| NWA Pro Wrestling	180 days

NWA United States Tag Team Championship	The Varsity ClubKevin Sullivan & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams Won: December 26, 1988 Norfolk, VA \| WCW Starrcade 1988: True Gritt	5+ days
	The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers Won: December 7, 1988 Chattanooga, TN \| WCW Clash of the Champions IV: Season's Beatings Defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons in a tournament final to win the vacant titles.	19 days
	Vacant Won: September 10, 1988 NWA vacated the titles after Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane won the NWA World Tag Team Championship.	88 days
	The Midnight ExpressStan Lane & Bobby Eaton Won: July 10, 1988 Baltimore, MD \| NWA The Great American Bash 1988	62 days
	The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers Won: May 14, 1988 Chattanooga, TN \| World Championship Wrestling	57 days
	The Midnight ExpressStan Lane & Bobby Eaton Won: May 16, 1987 Atlanta, GA \| World Championship Wrestling Defeated Barry Windham & Ron Garvin in a tournament final to win the vacant titles.	364 days

NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship	Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Warrior & Road Warrior Hawk Won: December 7, 1988 Chattanooga, Tennessee \| Clash of the Champions IV Animal defeated Dusty Rhodes in a singles match to win the championship and awarded Rhodes' share of the title to Tenryu.	24+ days
	Vacant Won: October 25, 1988 Road Warriors turned on Dusty Rhodes.	43 days
	Dusty Rhodes, Animal Warrior & Road Warrior Hawk Won: July 9, 1988 Chicago, Illinois \| JCP Live event Defeated Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson.	108 days
	Vacant Won: June 4, 1988 Vacated when The Powers of Pain left for the WWF.	35 days
	Ivan Koloff, The Warlord & The Barbarian Won: February 12, 1988 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \| JCP Live event	113 days
	Dusty Rhodes, Animal Warrior & Road Warrior Hawk Won: May 17, 1986 Baltimore, Maryland \| JCP Live event	636 days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Les Anderson Won: November 18, 1988 ACW House show This reign is recognized by NWA but not Pro Wrestling Zero1 as part of their NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship history.	43+ days
	Nelson Royal Won: August 2, 1988 Knoxville, TN \| USACW House show USA Championship Wrestling closed in October 1988; Royal later founded Atlantic Coast Wrestling and continued to bill himself as world junior champion.	108 days
	Scott Armstrong Won: July 30, 1988 Chattanooga, TN \| USACW House show	3 days
	Nelson Royal Won: July 23, 1988 Hazard, KY \| USACW House show	7 days
	Scott Armstrong Won: July 22, 1988 Knoxville, TN \| USACW House show	1 day
	Nelson Royal Won: October 16, 1987 Columbia, SC \| JCP House show Defeated Denny Brown to win the vacant title;. Royal takes the title to Knoxville, TN's USA Championship Wrestling promotion in May 1988. Masanobu Fuchi, AJPW reigning World Junior Heavyweight Champion, received disputed recognition as the new c1987-10-16hampion; however, Royal continued promoting the title until 1989, when it was abandoned.	280 days

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship	Lizmark Won: December 9, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| CMLL Juicio Final	22+ days
	Fabuloso Blondy Won: June 24, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	168 days
	Lizmark Won: March 20, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	96 days
	Cien Caras Won: June 24, 1987 Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico \| Live event	270 days

NWA World Middleweight Championship	Emilio Charles Jr. Won: August 12, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	141+ days
	Atlantis Won: July 28, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	15 days
	Emilio Charles Jr. Won: July 17, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	11 days
	Atlantis Won: June 10, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	37 days
	Kung Fu Won: October 6, 1987 Mexico City, Mexico \| Live event	248 days

NWA World Welterweight Championship	Fuerza Guerrera Won: October 4, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show	88+ days
	Solar II Won: July 30, 1988 Cuernavaca, Morelos \| EMLL show	66 days
	Américo Rocca Won: November 2, 1986 Mexico City, Mexico \| EMLL show	636 days

NWA World Women's Championship

Debbie Combs

Won: April 10, 1987 Kansas City, MO | Live event

Defeated Penny Mitchell to win the vacant title.

631+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Misty Blue Simmes

Won: September 10, 1986

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

507

days

WWF Women's Tag Team Championship	The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin Won: June 8, 1988 Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan \| House Show	206+ days
	The Jumping Bomb AngelsItsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno Won: January 24, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada \| WWF Royal Rumble 1988	136 days
	The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin Won: August 1, 1985 Cairo, Egypt \| House Show	906 days

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Nkrst · 11 minutes ago
Taya Valkyrie has officially left AEW.
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Roy · 14 hours ago
new render for Otis please!
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 15 hours ago
I noticed Scorpio Sky isn't listed here on the AEW roster i know there was a report that his contract was up in october but his name was still shown on the entrance video for skyflight last collision during Matt Sydal and Darius Martin's entrances so he must've signed a new deal also still listed on the official roster page on AEW's website also he had a match on Ring Of Honor recently
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  Wright · 12 hours ago
  
  @DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh AEW is great at managing their online roster. Hell, Keith Lee is still signed to them, and SDH took him off of the AEW roster, despite him still being signed. He's just inactive, still on AEW's roster.
  
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Roy · 1 days ago
what does tko have planned for maxxine dupri ngl… last i checked she only won ONCE for intercontinental championship off of becky lynch. Also imo her heel work this time round… doesn’t really sit right w me.
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Micah K · 1 days ago
La knight inactive
Jd mcdougha low carder. He isnt really in any major story right now
I haven’t seen Erik and Ivar in weeks
New photos for Bronco Nima and Lucien price. More of the 946 attires same with Royce keys.
The Tongans have new renders on the wwe website same with Shinskie nakumara
Cody Rhodes absolutely needs a new photo.
El grande Americano isn’t a mid carder anymore he is a inactive
And yeah
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Okay, for the people who stay awake and watch New Japan Pro Wrestling here's some updates:
Will Ospreay will face Callum Newman at Wrestle Kingdom 21
Kenny Omega challenges for the IWGP World Heavyweight championship when he goes one on one against Yota tsuji and the match will also be at Wrestle Kingdom 21. I would say Callum stays Tweener, Kenny is definitely acting Tweener, he's on AEW Hiatus while acting as a heel in new Japan.
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Roy · 1 days ago
I haven’t really seen LA Knight since his loss at MITB.
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MrAicrow · 1 days ago
Cruz Montana is a part of 946, Did not see that coming
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
I Am Coming back forget I said that I was going to take a break. Listen Chad was not trying to get a second chance, every since he came to smackdown hotel he has been doing nothing but harassing others, especially me & Roy. I literally posted an apology and Roy commented he accepted Roy's apology but not mine. when I announced the break he said about time! You really think he's looking for a second chance? Nah, he's tricking you to play innocent one.
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Roy · 1 days ago
CRUZ MONTANA IS ON RAW AS A HEEL
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  Wright · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy We knew he wasn't long for NXT. He was an established TNA name, but you have to feel Bad for Tony D'Angelo. He's been in NXT for 5-6 years, and yet Santana was there for a few months and is now on Raw.
  
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright its like a pattern, wwe releases people that have worked under them for a while and then brings in the new nxt superstars to replace those people… like some of those nxt superstars dont even last in nxt more than Tony D and still gets to be called up.
  
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Wright · 1 days ago
I have a question for everyone here: what do you consider to be the most underrated professional wrestling entrance theme song, in your opinion?

Me personally, I'd have to go with Joe Gacy's NXT theme, "Love is Blind."
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  Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright I'm Coming back just for this one comment. I Like songs where the crowd sings along to or has a chant in it. I like Will Ospreay's theme "Elevated"
  
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin i quite agree with draysin, songs where crowds chant the lyrics are the best, id go with edge’s theme.. been a banger for 2 decades
  
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  Chad · 1 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Come back for more.
  
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  Wright · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy Great pick, but I asked for an underrated song...
  
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright alright lets see, Matt Cardona/Zack Ryder’s old entrance “When The Lights Go Down” by Downstait
  
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
Solo's in the bloodline
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  MrAicrow · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito They have ruined the Solo Sikoa story, Great job WWE
  
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow They're doing it because of the WarGames match bloodline will probably have against 946, but I think he should've had a little more time as a singles guy
  
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Fergus · 2 days ago
Gunther should be upper card again because he’s feuding with Finn Bálor
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sky_h1ghr · 2 days ago
Finn Bálor should be moved back to mid card since he's feuding mainly with Gunther nowadays with Sami, Punk, and Owens being the upper carders of SmackDown. Nia and Lash should also be moved back to mid card but since they're not appearing on SmackDown for weeks now, they could be moved to inactive list. Nikki and Roxanne should go up to the upper card after contending on Chelsea's title recently.
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Nkrst · 2 days ago
Paul Walter Hauser has departed MLW.
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Wright · 2 days ago
Alexa Bliss, Bron Breakker and Brutus Creed deserve new renders.
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Fred Rosser/Darren Young stated on Twitter X that he was just a guest coach during his time at the performance center and isn't part of WWE as a full time employee
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Paul Walter Hauser has cut ties with MLW due to creative differences
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Davey Castegnaro · 2 days ago
El Grande Americano, Cruz Del Toro, and Joaquin Wilde should all be moved to Inactive since they all appear on AAA now instead of WWE.
Meanwhile, the War Raiders and Damian Priest should be taken off the AAA roster since those guys haven't appeared over there in a hot minute.
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Lensky · 2 days ago
TLC is coming back! On December 12, NXT is bringing back the TLC ppv, it's the first time we'll be seeing it since 2020
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @Lensky This is SO exciting!
  
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NWA Roster in 1988: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (65)

Men

Women

Teams

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

The Beach Boys

The Bushwhackers / The Sheepherders

Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff

The Four Horsemen

Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin

Lex Luger & Ole Anderson

The Midnight Express

The Original Midnight Express

The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom

The Rock N' Roll Express

The Russians

Sting & Lex Luger

The Super Powers

The Texas Broncos

The Twin Towers

The Varsity Club

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship

Iceman Parsons

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Television Championship

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Tag Team Championship

The Road WarriorsRoad Warrior Hawk & Animal Warrior

The Midnight ExpressBobby Eaton & Stan Lane

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

Lex Luger & Barry Windham

Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

NWA United States Tag Team Championship

The Varsity ClubKevin Sullivan & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams

The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers

The Midnight ExpressStan Lane & Bobby Eaton

The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers

The Midnight ExpressStan Lane & Bobby Eaton

NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship

Genichiro Tenryu, Animal Warrior & Road Warrior Hawk

Dusty Rhodes, Animal Warrior & Road Warrior Hawk

Ivan Koloff, The Warlord & The Barbarian

Dusty Rhodes, Animal Warrior & Road Warrior Hawk

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Les Anderson

Nelson Royal

Nelson Royal

Nelson Royal

NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

Lizmark

Fabuloso Blondy

Lizmark

Cien Caras

NWA World Middleweight Championship

Emilio Charles Jr.

Atlantis

Emilio Charles Jr.

Atlantis

Kung Fu

NWA World Welterweight Championship

Fuerza Guerrera

Solar II

Américo Rocca

NWA World Women's Championship

Debbie Combs

NWA United States Women's Championship

Misty Blue Simmes

WWF Women's Tag Team Championship

The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin

The Jumping Bomb AngelsItsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno

The Glamour GirlsLeilani Kai & Judy Martin

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