NWA Roster in 1981: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1981. 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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1981

NWA: All (118)

Blackjack Mulligan Jr.

Professor Toru Tanaka

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Ric Flair Won: September 17, 1981 Kansas City, KS \| House show 105+ days During this reign, The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes under a mask due to being under suspension in Florida) defeated Ric Flair for the title, but he returned it when then-NWA President Bob Geigel asked Rider to unmask or return the title, so the title was returned to Flair. Then Jack Veneno defeated Flair in Santo Domingo but he refused to defend the title outside his native country, so the title was returned to Flair on the same day and the title change was not recognized. Then Carlos Colón won it but the title change was not recognized, so the title was returned to Flair after a "fictional match".	105+ days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: June 21, 1981 Atlanta, GA \| House show 88 days	88 days
	Harley Race Won: May 1, 1981 Gainesville, GA \| House show 51 days	51 days
	Tommy Rich Won: April 27, 1981 Augusta, GA \| House show 4 days	4 days
	Harley Race Won: September 9, 1980 Ōtsu, Japan \| House show 230 days	230 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Sgt. Slaughter Won: October 4, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 88+ days Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.	88+ days
	Vacant Won: September 8, 1981 26 days The title was vacated when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah the Butcher.	26 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: August 8, 1981 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 31 days	31 days
	Roddy Piper Won: January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| House Show 193 days The title became the undisputed NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in January 1981 after the NWA San Francisco office, the last other promotion to recognize its own United States Heavyweight Champion, closed.	193 days
	Ric Flair Won: November 24, 1980 Greenville, SC \| House Show 64 days For unknown reasons, this reign is not recognized by WWE.com	64 days

NWA Television Championship	Ivan Koloff Won: November 3, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 58+ days	58+ days
	Ron Bass Won: September 6, 1981 Asheville, NC \| Live event 58 days	58 days
	Greg Valentine Won: June 14, 1981 Live event 84 days	84 days
	Sweet Ebony Diamond Won: May 30, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 15 days	15 days
	Greg Valentine Won: May 6, 1981 Live event 24 days	24 days
	Sweet Ebony Diamond Won: April 29, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 7 days Won a tournament to win the vacant title.	7 days
	Vacant Won: January 27, 1981 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 92 days The title was vacated after Roddy Piper won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.	92 days
	Roddy Piper Won: November 1, 1980 Richmond, VA \| Live event 87 days Defeats Paul Jones in tournament final to win the vacant title.	87 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: May 1, 1981 Richmond, VA \| House show 244+ days	244+ days
	Masked Superstar & Paul Jones Won: March 22, 1981 Greensboro, NC \| House show 40 days	40 days
	Ray Stevens & Ivan Koloff Won: February 22, 1981 Greensboro, NC \| House show 28 days	28 days
	Masked Superstar & Paul Jones Won: November 27, 1980 Greensboro, NC \| House show 87 days	87 days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

9235+ days

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.

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Jameson Sturgeon · 6 hours ago
Is it just for me or is the Hall Of Fame not letting anyone enter it
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Jameson Sturgeon · 10 hours ago
Remember!

Akira Tozawa has beaten The Miz, The Miz has beaten John Cena, and John Cena has beaten The Rock, Who has beaten Hulk Hogan & The Undertaker. This means that Akira Tozawa is better than numerous WWE/WWF legends.
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  @Jameson Sturgeon Btw I'm joking
  
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Tyler Andreasen · 1 days ago
Even though the wrestler is non-binary, Mike Bailey looks like a man. Can you please fix and move Bailey into the men's side of the Face & Heels list of TNA wrestlers please?
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Yiarel Bernabe · 4 days ago
In WWE in the team area there is no Alpha Academy (Otis, Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri).
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Jason Knight · 4 days ago
Looked under the ECW Roster don’t see it.
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  @Jason Knight Sorry, the site cache hadn't refreshed yet, it's now refreshed and it should be there :)
  
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Jason Knight · 7 days ago
Well I know I was with ECW from 93-2000, WCW & WWF Prior to that. 10th man to hold the ECW TV Title, last man to hold the Eastern TV Title, FIRST to hold the Extreme TV Title.
Either I’m missing something on the complete roster or the roster is not complete.
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  Andy
  
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  @Jason Knight Thank you for bringing this up, we just added your profile!
  
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Tyler Andreasen · 7 days ago
You spelled "Coaches" wrong under "Extras" in other rosters from promotions. Can you fix that please?
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  @Tyler Andreasen Thanks, fixed :)
  
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Mitchell John · 9 days ago
Okay you have Vaquer now add Giulia Roxanne named her now soooooo
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  Mitchell John · 5 days ago
  
  @Mitchell John What's up with all the down's? Giulia is a WWE superstar
  
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  @Mitchell John It likely has to due with your extreme anger with such a small issue.
  
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Mitchell John · 15 days ago
WHERE IS GIULIA AND STEPHANIE VAQUER ON THIS PAGE THEY ARE SIGNED TO WWE YET NOT ON THIS PAGE! YOU HAVE A WWE LOGO BEHIND WRESTLERS ADD THOSE TWO AND PUT THE WWE LOGO BEHIND THEM LIKE YOU DID WITH RAQUEL AND TAMINA AND OTHERS. IS IT HARD TO DO THAT. CAUSE YOU ADDED THE RAW LOGO BEHIND RHEA. SO ADD GIULIA AND VAQUER WITH THE WWE LOGO BEHIND THEM THEN CHANGE IT WHEN THEY DEBUT ON NXT!

I'VE BEEN EXPECTING TO SEE GIULIA ON THIS PAGE AND EVERY TIME SHE IS NOT THERE SO WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG. NOW YOU HAVE VAQUER TO ADD SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!
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GHOST · 1 months ago
Update The Unholy Union's accomplishments, update Drew McIntyre's profile (is he left Raw or not?), and update Wyatt Sick6 members's profiles
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NWA Roster in 1981: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (118)

Men

Women

Teams

The Armstrongs

The Assassins

Bill Watts & Junkyard Dog

The Blond Bombers

The Brisco Brothers

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Funks

Greg Valentine & Ray Stevens

Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson

Ivan Koloff & Ray Stevens

Jack Brisco & Jim Garvin

Jimmy Snuka & Bruiser Brody

Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens

The Midnight Express

Mr. Fuchi & Mr. Onita

Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Roddy Piper & Greg Valentine

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

Ted DiBiase & Robert Fuller

The Texas Outlaws

The Von Erichs

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

NWA Television Championship

Ron Bass

Sweet Ebony Diamond

Sweet Ebony Diamond

Vacant

NWA World Tag Team Championship

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

Masked Superstar & Paul Jones

Ray Stevens & Ivan Koloff

Masked Superstar & Paul Jones

NWA Women's Championship

Extras

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