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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NWA: All (14)
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Dan Severn
| 1041+
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NWA National Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | 53+
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Salvatore Sincere
| 113
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Big Slam
The title was reactivated by NWA and awarded after to Big Slam. | 62
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NWA North American Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant
The title was vacated so it could be used in an NWA angle in WWF. | 2+
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Reckless Youth
| 198
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Ace Darling
| 49
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Lance Diamond
| 14
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Reckless Youth
Defeated Derrick Domino to win the title, after Tommy Cairo no-showed. | 217
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NWA World Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Vacant
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+
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![]() | The AndersonsC.W. Anderson & Pat Anderson
Defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) to win the vacant titles. | 389
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J-Crown Unified Championship![]() | ![]() | Vacant
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+
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![]() | Shinjiro Otani
| 87
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![]() | El Samurai
| 35
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![]() | Jushin "Thunder" Liger
| 183
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![]() | Último Dragón
| 95
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![]() | ![]() | Vacant
Debbie Combs was stripped of the title. | 456+
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Extras
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