MID-AMERICA Roster in 1953: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full MID-AMERICA Roster in the year 1953. This includes the list of all MID-AMERICA 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 NWA Mid-America.
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1953NWA MA: All (8)
Men
Women
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship |  | Lou Thesz
Awarded of the title when Orville Brown suffered career-ending injuries in an automobile accident on November 1, 1949. During this reign, Leo Nomellini defeated Lou Thesz and both wrestlers continued to claim the title, then Thesz defeated Nomellini in a rematch. These two title changes were not officially recognized. | 1495+
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NWA World Women's Championship |  | Mildred Burke
Burke defeated Clara Mortensen in 1937 to win the original version of the Women's World Championship, and due to her victory she was recognized as the inaugural NWA Women's Champion in 1950. | 1460+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship |  | Baron Michele Leone
| 136+
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Danny McShain
McShain unified the Los Angeles version of the title into the NWA title, defeating Rito Romero on 1952-05-25 in Los Angeles, CA. Whitey Whittler then defeated McShain via disqualification on 1952-10-17 in Oklahoma City, OK to claim a disputed unoffical version of the title; then also Red Berry defeated McShain via disqualification on 1952-11-11 in Dallas, TX to claim the disputed unofficial version of the title. McShain then defeated Whittler on 1952-11-14 in Oklahoma City, OK and Berry on 1952-11-27 in Galveston, TX to end their respective claims. | 637
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Extras
The profile of each NWA MA wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.
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