NWA Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1978. 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 (136)
Men
Women
Teams
Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
Blackjack Lanza & Bob Orton Jr.
The Blond Bombers
Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller
The Brisco Brothers
Chief Jay Strongbow & High Chief Peter Maivia
The Fabulous Freebirds
The Funks
Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson
Jim Garvin & Steve Keirn
Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka
Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones
Pedro Morales & Rocky Johnson
Ric Flair & Greg Valentine
Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson
The Valiant Brothers
The Von Erichs
Wild Samoans
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | Harley Race
| 693+
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Ricky Steamboat
| 14+
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Ric Flair
| 252
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Mr. Wrestling
| 21
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Blackjack Mulligan
| 77
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Ricky Steamboat
| 62
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NWA Television Championship | Paul Jones
| 207+
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Baron von Raschke
| 73
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Johnny Weaver
| 21
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Baron von Raschke
During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA Television Championship" after he was billed as having won a tournament for all the regional NWA Television Champions. | 144
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Randy Savage
| 50+
| |
Dutch Mantel
| 0
| ||
Mexican Angel
Won a tournament to win the vacant title. | 52
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Vacant
The title was vacated after a match between Blue Yankee and Dutch Mantel. | 19
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Blue Yankee
| 20
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Dutch Mantel
| 21
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Whipper Watson Jr.
| 10
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Dutch Mantel
| 45
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NWA World Tag Team Championship | Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka
| 5+
| |
Greg "The Hammer" Valentine & Baron von Raschke
| 202
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Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones
Defeated The Masked Superstar & Ken Patera in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. | 45
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Vacant
Ric Flair & Greg Valentine were forced to vacate their titles by NWA for continually ending their matches via disqualification. | 44
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Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
| 131
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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. | 8139+
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NWA Women's Championship | The Fabulous Moolah
| 83+
| |
Evelyn Stevens
| 1
| ||
The Fabulous Moolah
| 3841
|
NWA United States Women's Championship | Joyce Grable
The title history is unrecorded from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01. | 30+
| |
Sandy Parker
The title history is unrecorded from 1974-11-01 to 1976-11-25, and then from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01. Parker was recognized as champion only in Northern California. | 736
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship | Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26. | 128+
| |
Leilani Kai & Judy Martin
| 2
| ||
Beverly Shade & Natasha the Hatchet Lady
The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. Beverly & Natasha were only recognized as champions in Memphis, TN. | 22
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Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. | 672+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Al Madril
| 33
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Nelson Royal
| 79
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Chavo Guerrero
| 42
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Nelson Royal
| 445
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