NWA Roster in 1981: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
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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NWA: All (132)
Men
Women
Teams
The Armstrongs
The Assassins
Bill Watts & Junkyard Dog
The Blond Bombers
Bobby Eaton & Koko Ware
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
Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody
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 | Ric Flair
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+
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Dusty Rhodes
| 88
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Harley Race
| 51
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Tommy Rich
| 4
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Harley Race
| 230
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Sgt. Slaughter
Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title. | 88+
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Vacant
The title was vacated when Wahoo McDaniel was injured by Abdullah the Butcher. | 26
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Wahoo McDaniel
| 31
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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
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
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Ric Flair
For unknown reasons, this reign is not recognized by WWE.com | 64
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NWA Television Championship | Ivan Koloff
| 58+
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Ron Bass
| 58
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Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
| 84
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Sweet Ebony Diamond
| 15
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Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
| 24
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Sweet Ebony Diamond
Won a tournament to win the vacant title. | 7
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Vacant
The title was vacated after Roddy Piper won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. | 92
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"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Defeats Paul Jones in tournament final to win the vacant title. | 87
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NWA National Heavyweight Championship | The Masked Superstar
| 36+
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Tommy Rich
| 58
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The Masked Superstar
During this reigns, on 1981-09-19, the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship was unified with the National Heavyweight Championship. | 44
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Steve Olsonoski
| 139
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The Mongolian Stomper
| 107
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Dutch Mantel
| 35
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Steve Keirn
| 14
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Bugsy McGraw
| 14
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Steve Keirn
| 49
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Ron Bass
Continental Wrestling Association took control of the vacant title and Bass was awarded as champion. | 5
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Vacant
The title was vacated when NWA Mid-America ceased to operate, and Jerry Jarrett gained control of the title. | 273
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NWA World Tag Team Championship | The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson
| 244+
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The Masked Superstar & Paul Jones
| 40
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"Crippler" Ray Stevens & Ivan Koloff
| 28
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The Masked Superstar & Paul Jones
| 87
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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. | 9235+
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NWA Women's Championship | The Fabulous Moolah
| 1179+
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NWA United States Women's Championship | Judy Martin
During this reign, although Joyce Grable remaining as the reigning champion, Princess Little Heart was recognized as the champion in Mobile, AL starting from 1980-01-05. Then Judy Martin defeated Heart to win the title on 1980-11-22 in Atlanta, GA, and then Velvet McIntyre defeated Martin to win the title on 1983-02-13 in San Antonio, TX. | 35+
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Joyce Grable
The title history is unrecorded from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01. | 1091
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship | Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable
| 610+
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Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. | 1768+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Les Thornton
| 47+
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Joe Lightfoot
| 7
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Les Thornton
| 22
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Jerry Brisco
| 30
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Les Thornton
| 88
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Terry Taylor
| 13
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Les Thornton
| 127
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Jerry Stubbs
| 5
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Extras
Managers
Commentators
Ring Announcers
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Presidents
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Producers
Coaches
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