NWA Roster in 1998: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1998. 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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1998NWA: All (29)
Abdullah the Butcher
B. Brian Blair
Barry Windham
Buddy Landel
C.W. Anderson
Dan Severn
Devon Storm
Dory Funk Jr.
Dr. Luther
Erin O'Grady
Hellraiser
The Iron Sheik
Jeff Hardy
Joey Matthews
Julio Sanchez
King Kong Bundy
Lance Diamond
Mosh
Pitbull #1
Pitbull #2
Redd Dogg
Richard Slinger
Rocco Rock
Sid Vicious
Steve Corino
Stevie Richards
Thrasher
Tony Kozina
Venom
Teams
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | | Dan Severn Won: February 24, 1995 Erlanger, KY | House show | 1406+ days |
NWA National Heavyweight Championship | ![Doug Gilbert[2]](/images/wrestling/wrestlers/v/vacant.png "Doug Gilbert[2]") | Doug Gilbert Won: October 24, 1998 Cherry Hill, NJ | NWA 50th Anniversary Show | 68+ days |
| Stevie Richards Won: August 22, 1998 Mount Holly, NJ | Live event | 63 days | |
| Doug Gilbert Won: March 27, 1998 Mount Holly, NJ | Live event Defeated Barry Windham and Rocco Rock in a 3-Way Match to win the vacant title | 148 days | |
| Vacant Won: November 8, 1997 The title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | 139 days |
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship | | Rodney Begnaud Won: November 27, 1998 North Richland Hills, Texas | House show Defeated Action Jackson and Kit Carson in a triangle match. | 34+ days |
| Perry Jackson Won: July 31, 1998 North Richland Hills, Texas | House show Defeated Kit Carson. | 119 days | |
| Vacant Won: July 30, 1998 Adias injured. | 1 day | |
| Brian Adias Won: July 3, 1998 North Richland Hills, Texas | House show Defeated Kritical Mass in tournament final to win vacant title. | 27 days | |
| Vacant Won: June 28, 1998 Stripped for refusing to pay a fine. | 5 days | |
| Rod Price Won: May 1, 1998 Dallas, Texas | House show Defeated Perry Jackson in tournament final. | 58 days | |
| Vacant Won: March 1, 1992 Title incative. | 2252 days |
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship | | Chris Michaels Won: December 26, 1998 Nashville, TN | 5+ days |
| The Colorado Kid Won: August 1, 1998 Nashville, TN Defeated Recon to win the vacant title. Colorado Kid had already won the Music City Wrestling title from Recon on July 25 in Lebanon, TN. This match was decided to be for the NWA title by the NWA Board of Directors and MCW. NWA title then replaced the MCW title, as both were being defended in MCW. | 147 days | |
| Vacant Won: March 2, 1998 NWA stripped Barry Windham of the title. | 152 days | |
| Barry Windham Won: March 1, 1998 Windham was awarded the title by Jim Cornette after Jarrett left Cornette's NWA group. | 1 day | |
 | Jeff JarrettDefeated Barry Windham to win the vacant title. | 55 days | |
| Vacant Won: December 29, 1997 The title was vacated so it could be used in an NWA angle in WWF. | 7 days |
NWA World Tag Team Championship | | The Brotherhood Knuckles Nelson & Eric Sbraccia Won: October 24, 1998 Cherry Hill, NJ | NWA 50th Anniversary Show | 68+ days |
| The Border Patrol Agent Gunn & Agent Maxx Won: October 10, 1998 Cameron, NC | Live event | 14 days | |
 | Barry Windham & Tully Blanchard Won: September 12, 1998 Lincolnton, NC | Live event | 28 days | |
| The Border Patrol Agent Gunn & Agent Maxx Won: August 14, 1998 Greenville, NC | Live event | 29 days | |
  | The Midnight ExpressBob Holly & Bart GunnThey left WWF with the titles. | 137 days | |
| The HeadbangersThrasher & Mosh | 35 days | |
  | The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert GibsonThe titles were awarded to The Rock 'n' Roll Express, and they debuted on WWF programming as champions on the January 12, 1998 episode of Raw is War. | 42 days | |
| 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. | 96 days |
NWA United States Tag Team Championship | | The Misfits Derek Domino & Harley Lewis Won: November 13, 1998 Hazlet, New Jersey | Live event | 48+ days |
| The PitbullsPitbull #1 & Pitbull #2 Won: August 22, 1998 Mount Holly, New Jersey | Live event | 83 days | |
| Steve Corino & Lance Diamond Won: July 31, 1998 Mount Holly, New Jersey | Live event | 22 days | |
| The Misfits Derek Domino & Harley Lewis Won: March 22, 1998 Garfield, New Jersey | Live event | 131 days | |
| Devon Storm Ace Darling Won: February 28, 1998 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Live event | 22 days | |
| The Misfits Derek Domino & Harley Lewis Won: February 7, 1998 Somerdale, New Jersey | Live event Defeated Twiggy Ramirez and Devon Storm to win the vacant titles. | 21 days | |
| Vacant Won: January 22, 1998 Rotten surrendered the titles to NWA management for unknown reasons. | 16 days | |
| Blaze & Ian Rotten Won: September 20, 1997 Bardstown, Kentucky | Live event | 124 days |
NWA North American Tag Team Championship | | Tennessee Volunteers Reno Riggins & Steven Dunn Won: August 29, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee | Live Show | 124+ days |
| MCW Blacksheep Wolfie D & Flash Flanagan Won: August 2, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee | Live Show | 27 days | |
| Vacant Won: July 25, 1998 | 8 days | |
| Tennessee Volunteers Reno Riggins & Steven Dunn Won: May 30, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee | Live Show Reno Riggins and Dunn attack King; Riggins takes King's place on the team. Renamed NWA North American Tag Team Championship soon after. | 56 days | |
| Southern Rockers Steven Dunn & Rex King Won: May 30, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee | Live Show Defeat Chris Michaels and Shane Eden. | 0 days | |
| Vacant Won: May 1, 1998 When Dinsmore is injured. | 29 days | |
  | Limited EditionNick Dinsmore & Rob Conway Won: April 4, 1998 Nashville, Tennessee | Live Show Defeat Tennessee Volunteers, Ladies Night Out and Rock and Roll Express in a four-way match. | 27 days | |
| Ringlords Speedy Gonzales & Rick Slagle Won: March 21, 1998 North Carolina | Live Show Reigning ASW North American champions and recognized as NWA champions. | 14 days |
NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship | | The Misfits Harley Lewis & Derek Domino & Lupus Won: February 21, 1998 Overbrook, New Jersey | Championship Wrestling America Live event Defeated Slayer and The Lost Boys (Wolf and Yar) to win the revived title. | 283 days |
| Vacant Won: February 1, 1989 Tenryu and The Roads Warriors vacated the championship so Tenryu could focus on winning the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in All Japan Pro Wrestling. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) later promotes the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship as a successor in 1991. In 1994, Tenryu creates the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship as a successor. | 3307 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. | 421+ days |
NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship | | Black Warrior Won: March 10, 1998 Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 296+ days |
| Shocker Won: May 4, 1997 Mexico City, Mexico | Live event | 310 days |
NWA World Middleweight Championship | | Vacant Won: January 1, 1998 Último Dragón was forced to vacate the championship due to an arm injury. | 364+ days |
 | Último Dragón Won: November 8, 1994 Tokyo, Japan | WAR-ISM 1994 Match promoted by WAR. Último Dragón stops defending the title around 1997. | 1150 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. | 421+ days |
NWA World Women's Championship |  | Vacant Won: October 1, 1996 Debbie Combs was stripped of the title. | 821+ days |
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