NWA Roster in 1997: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1997. This includes the list of all NWA Wrestlers, 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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1997NWA: All (15)
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship |  | Dan Severn Won: February 24, 1995 Erlanger, KY | House show | 1041+ days |
NWA National Heavyweight Championship |  | Vacant Won: November 8, 1997 The title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | 53+ days |
| Salvatore Sincere Won: July 18, 1997 Raeford, NC | Live event | 113 days | |
| Big Slam Won: May 17, 1997 The title was reactivated by NWA and awarded after to Big Slam. | 62 days |
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship | | Vacant Won: December 29, 1997 The title was vacated so it could be used in an NWA angle in WWF. | 2+ days |
| Reckless Youth Won: June 14, 1997 Vineland, NJ | NWA New Jersey | 198 days | |
| Ace Darling Won: April 26, 1997 Wilmington, DE | 49 days | |
| Lance Diamond Won: April 12, 1997 Cherry Hill, NJ | NWA 2nd Annual Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl | 14 days | |
| Reckless Youth Won: September 7, 1996 Yardville, NJ | NWA New Jersey Defeated Derrick Domino to win the title, after Tommy Cairo no-showed. | 217 days |
NWA World Tag Team Championship | | Vacant Won: October 8, 1997 The titles vacated due to agreement with WWF to have the belts defended in that promotion; C. W. Anderson & Pat Anderson were not a part of WWF. | 84+ days |
 | The AndersonsC.W. Anderson & Pat Anderson Won: September 14, 1996 Goldston, NC | Live event Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) to win the vacant titles. | 389 days |
NWA United States Tag Team Championship | | Blaze & Ian Rotten Won: September 20, 1997 Bardstown, Kentucky | Live event | 102+ days |
| The Misfits Derek Domino & Harley Lewis Won: June 14, 1997 Vineland, New Jersey | Live event | 98 days | |
| Beach Bullies Inferno Kid & Ray Odyssey Won: April 12, 1997 Yardville, New Jersey | Live event | 63 days | |
| Downward Spiral Adrian Hall & Twiggy Ramirez Won: March 8, 1997 Paulsboro, New Jersey | Live event | 35 days | |
| The Lost Boys Yar & Wolf Won: December 7, 1996 Mount Holly, New Jersey | Live event | 91 days |
J-Crown Unified Championship | | Vacant Won: November 5, 1997 The title was vacated when the J-Crown was dissolved upon the request of WWF. All of the component titles were returned to their home promotions. | 56+ days |
 | Shinjiro Otani | 87 days | |
 | El Samurai | 35 days | |
 | Jushin "Thunder" Liger | 183 days | |
 | Último Dragón Won: October 1, 1996 Osaka, Japan | WAR Osaka Crush Night! | 95 days |
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship | | Shocker Won: May 4, 1997 Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 241+ days |
| Black Warrior Won: October 15, 1996 Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 201 days |
NWA World Middleweight Championship | | Último Dragón Won: November 8, 1994 Tokyo, Japan | WAR-ISM 1994 Match promoted by WAR. Último Dragón stops defending the title around 1997. | 1149+ days |
NWA World Welterweight Championship | | Vacant Won: November 5, 1997 Otani vacated six of the seven remaining J-Crown titles after being forced by the World Wrestling Federation to return their Light Heavyweight Championship belt, ending the J-Crown Championship. | 56+ days |
| Shinjiro Otani Won: August 10, 1997 Nagoya, Japan | The Four Heaven in Nagoya Dome | 87 days | |
| El Samurai Won: July 6, 1997 Sapporo, Japan | NJPW Summer Struggle | 35 days | |
| Jushin "Thunder" Liger Won: January 4, 1997 Tokyo, Japan | NJPW Wrestling World | 183 days | |
| Último Dragón Won: October 11, 1996 Osaka, Japan | Osaka Crush Night | 85 days |
NWA World Women's Championship |  | Vacant Won: October 1, 1996 Debbie Combs was stripped of the title. | 456+ days |
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