NWA Roster in 1962: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1962. 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 (71)
Men
Women
Teams
Lord Blears & Nick Bockwinkel
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship | Antonino Rocca
Defeated Buddy Rogers to win the new title. | 1278+
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship | "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
During this reign, Bruno Sammartino defeated Rogers but refused to accept the title because Rogers had wrestled with an injury, so the title was returned to Rogers. Also Bobo Brazil refused the title because of a groin injury that Rogers had claimed to have; however Brazil was then declared champion because a doctor had determined that Rogers had not suffered an injury, but this title change is not recognized by NWA (and neither Rogers' rematch win). Also Killer Kowalski defeated Rogers after Rogers broke his ankle; NWA does not recognize any of Rogers' losses. | 549+
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WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship | Vacant
Buddy Rogers vacated the championship after defeating Pat O'Connor for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. | 549+
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Tor Yamata
The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971. | 1712+
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship | "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers & Johnny Barend
| 179+
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Johnny Valentine & Bob Ellis
| 175
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The Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan
Defeated Chief Big Heart & Johnny Valentine to win the titles. | 399
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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. | 2295+
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NWA Women's Championship | The Fabulous Moolah
Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title. | 2295+
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NWA United States Women's Championship | Kathy Starr
The title history is unrecorded from 1961-10-04 to 1965-05-01. | 453+
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship | Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda
The titles history is unrecorded from 1958-12-04 to 1961-11-23, and then from 1961-11-23 to 1967-11-02.Lyda were billed as "NWA titlists" when they defeated Chris Clark & Ann Regan (holders of the Southern Women's Tag Team Championship) to become "undisputed women's tag team champions". | 403+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Danny Hodge
| 892+
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