NWA Roster in 1959: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1959. 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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NWA: All (63)
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Women
Teams
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship | Antonino Rocca
Defeated Buddy Rogers to win the new title. | 182+
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship | Pat O'Connor
During this reign, Gene LeBell defeated O'Connor, but then he struck a Texas wrestling commissioner with the title belt and the decision was reversed. The title was returned to O'Connor and these two title changes were not recognized. | 356+
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Dick Hutton
| 421
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Tor Yamata
The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971. | 616+
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship | Dr. Jerry Graham & Johnny Valentine
Defeated Don Curtis & Mark Lewin to win the vacant titles. | 47+
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Vacant
The titles were vacated when Eddie Graham left the promotion. | 105
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The Golden GrahamsEddie Graham & Dr. Jerry Graham
| 66
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Don Curtis & Mark Lewin
| 167
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NWA Women's Championship | The Fabulous Moolah
During this reigns the following title changes took place: Bette Boucher, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Yukiko Tomoe, then The Fabulous Moolah, then Evelyn Stevens, then The Fabulous Moolah; however, WWE recognizes Moolah's reign as being uninterrupted until 1984. The title was known as the NWA World Women's Championship until May 19, 1984, when Moolah sold the rights to the championship to the WWF, and the title was renamed to WWF Women's Championship. | 1199+
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NWA Women's Championship | The Fabulous Moolah
Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title. | 1199+
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NWA United States Women's Championship | Nell Stewart
The title history is unrecorded from 1957-12-03 to 1959-07-07, and then from 1959-07-07 to 1961-09-24. | 177+
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Barbara Baker
The title history is unrecorded from 1957-12-03 to 1959-07-07. Baker was recognized as champion in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and probably other states. | 711
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship | Kay Noble & Lolita Martinez
The titles history is unrecorded from 1958-06-16 to 1958-12-04, and then from 1958-12-04 to 1961-11-23. As of 1959-02-24, Penny Banner is listed as a co-holder of the titles, since she wasn't involved in losing them. | 392+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Angelo Savoldi
| 132+
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Mike DiBiase
| 84
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Angelo Savoldi
| 84
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Ivan the Terrible
| 14
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Angelo Savoldi
| 224
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