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

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

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

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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+

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 & Road Warrior Animal 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 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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Jackson Conley · 35 minutes ago
I really like where WWE is going with 946. Besides 946, what is the best storyline going on right now in your guys opinion?
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Annia S. Barrón · 1 hours ago
Maybe is my opinion but I think it would be nice if you guys added up the mixed tag teams in AAA as also a part of the tag teams/stables section in the wrestlers profile. Mostly because a lot of the times these tag teams also have a longevity and sometimes even history on AAA
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Davey Castegnaro · 15 hours ago
Rush, Dralistico & Sammy Guevara are all inactive. Haven't seen none of them in a hot minute.
Ilja Dragunov is also inactive since he's officially signed.
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Constance Affinito · 23 hours ago
If The Bella Twins are part-timers, thn Paige must also be a part-timer, or the Bella twins are full-time
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Roy · 1 days ago
johnny gargano could potentially be upper card soon
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  Wright · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy He is in the Upper card at the moment. He's within the WWE title picture.
  
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright you right
  
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy Yes, he is Wright. Wright is Right
  
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  Wright · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Brother, I can't tell you how many times people have made that joke in my life. 😆
  
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright nah man, you “Wright” bout that
  
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Nkrst · 1 days ago
Should we consider La Catalina as part of the WWE roster? Because she has a MITB qualifying match next week and a tag team match on nxt
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Nkrst AAA guys show up on WWE TV a lot, so I think they all should be here
  
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Misfit · 1 days ago
I think Jey, Jimmy, and Jacob should be at least tweeners since they're basically feuding with 946/OTM
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Also Cope & Cage should still be face. Cope said he didn't like the way they beat the Young Bucks, & is trying to keep things peaceful with christian.
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Tomasso Ciampa should be Face since he's in a feud with Kazuchika Okada.
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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 1 days ago
The Creed Brothers needs to remove in Raw roster.
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JeyUsoYeet · 2 days ago
Ilja dragonov signed his aew contract but is waiting to debut
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Roy · 2 days ago
consider blake monroe back on mid card for a building feud with giulia
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Max · 3 days ago
I think Bravo Americano is missing
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  Max · 2 days ago
  
  @Max Never mind
  
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Nkrst · 3 days ago
And also Cara Brown is a part of the new PC rookie class
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Nkrst · 3 days ago
The new PC Rookie Class has been announced on Instagram, and the members are:
Katie Reynolds
Aalyah Gutierrez
Zoë Sager
Ana Da Silva
Jackson Goonrey
Tyran Tuckey

The last two guys are The Dropouts, the Australian tag team that went viral for their entrance.
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  MrAicrow · 2 days ago
  
  @Nkrst Aalyah Gutierrez, Dom's Sister and Rey's Daughter!
  
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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 3 days ago
It's Gal is currently a babyface in Evolve.
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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 3 days ago
I think you need a new render photo for Milosh Jovic until 1st October 2026.
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Mr Eliezer Mbuku the Rock: HIT THE SUMELL · 3 days ago
I think you need to remove Thea Hail and Wren Sinclair from Evolve roster.
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Wright · 3 days ago
From June 6th, 1993 Diesel (Kevin Nash) sported a mullet up until November 1994. Please change his render to him in that mullet.
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  PrimusVsUnicron · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright his debut?
  
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  Wright · 1 days ago
  
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Texas Steve · 3 days ago
Milosh Jovic is on Evolve he's making his debut tonight
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