NWA Roster in 1988: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1988. This includes the list of all NWA Wrestlers, 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 (50)
Teams
The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
The Brain Busters
The Bushwhackers / The Sheepherders
Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff
The Four Horsemen
Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin
Lex Luger & Ole Anderson
The Midnight Express
The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
The Rock N' Roll Express
The Russians
Sting & Lex Luger
The Super Powers
The Twin Towers
The Varsity Club
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | Ric Flair
On November 21, 1988 NWA's flagship promotion JCP was purchased by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW). | 401+
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Barry Windham
Defeated Nikita Koloff in a tournament final for the vacant title. | 232+
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Vacant
Dusty Rhodes was stripped of the title and suspended for 120 days for attacking NWA President Jim Crockett. | 34
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Dusty Rhodes
| 135
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NWA World Television Championship | Rick Steiner
| 5+
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Mike Rotunda
On November 21, 1988 the NWA's flagship promotion JCP was purchased by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW). | 335
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Nikita Koloff
At Starrcade 1987, Koloff defeated Terry Taylor to unify the UWF Television Championship into the NWA World Television Championship. | 162
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NWA World Tag Team Championship | The Road WarriorsRoad Warrior Hawk & Road Warrior Animal
| 63+
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The Midnight ExpressBobby Eaton & Stan Lane
Anr Anderson & Tully Blanchard legitimately left for the WWF after this title defeat. | 49
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Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
| 143
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Lex Luger & Barry Windham
| 24
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Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
| 180
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship | The Varsity ClubKevin Sullivan
| 5+
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The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers
Defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. | 19
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Vacant
NWA vacated the titles after Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane won the NWA World Tag Team Championship. | 88
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The Midnight ExpressStan Lane
| 62
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The Fantastics Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers
| 57
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The Midnight ExpressStan Lane
Defeated Barry Windham & Ron Garvin in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. | 364
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Extras
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Managers
Commentators
Interviewer
President
Promoters
Referee
Producer
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