NWA Roster in 1961: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1961. 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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1961NWA: All (74)
Angelo Mosca
Angelo Poffo
Antonino Rocca
Argentina Apollo
Arnold Skaaland
Assassin #1
Baron Gattoni
Bearcat Wright
Billy White Wolf
"Blond Bomber" Ray Stevens
Bobo Brazil
Bruno Sammartino
Cora Combs
The Country Plowboy
The Crusher
Dick Beyer
Dick The Bruiser
Dominic Bravo
Don Wright
Dr. Jerry Graham
Eddie Graham
Ethel Johnson
The Fabulous Moolah
Freddie Blassie
Fritz von Erich
Giant Baba
Gino Marella
Gordon Solie
Gorgeous George
Happy Humphrey
Haystacks Calhoun
Hiro Matsuda
Jackie Fargo
Jim Barnett
Joe Blanchard
Joe Lanza
Joe Scarpa
Johnny Barend
Johnny Valentine
Johnny Walker
José Lothario
Judy Grable
June Byers
Karl Gotch
Killer Kowalski
Lance Russell
Len Rossi
Leroy McGuirk
Lord James Blears
Lou Albano
Lou Thesz
Luther Lindsay
Mae Young
Maurice Vachon
Michiaki Yoshimura
Mike DiBiase
Mikel Scicluna
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
Nick Bockwinkel
Nick Gulas
Otto von Krupp
The Outlaw
Pat O'Connor
Paul Boesch
Pedro Morales
Primo Carnera
Rikidōzan
Ron Wright
"Sailor" Art Thomas
The Sheik
Sputnik Monroe
Stan Stasiak
Toots Mondt
Vincent J. McMahon
Men
Angelo Mosca
Angelo Poffo
Antonino Rocca
Argentina Apollo
Arnold Skaaland
Assassin #1
Baron Gattoni
Bearcat Wright
Billy White Wolf
"Blond Bomber" Ray Stevens
Bobo Brazil
Bruno Sammartino
The Country Plowboy
The Crusher
Dick Beyer
Dick The Bruiser
Dominic Bravo
Don Wright
Dr. Jerry Graham
Eddie Graham
Freddie Blassie
Fritz von Erich
Giant Baba
Gino Marella
Gordon Solie
Gorgeous George
Happy Humphrey
Haystacks Calhoun
Hiro Matsuda
Jackie Fargo
Jim Barnett
Joe Blanchard
Joe Lanza
Joe Scarpa
Johnny Barend
Johnny Valentine
Johnny Walker
José Lothario
Karl Gotch
Killer Kowalski
Lance Russell
Len Rossi
Leroy McGuirk
Lord James Blears
Lou Albano
Lou Thesz
Luther Lindsay
Maurice Vachon
Michiaki Yoshimura
Mike DiBiase
Mikel Scicluna
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
Nick Bockwinkel
Nick Gulas
Otto von Krupp
The Outlaw
Pat O'Connor
Paul Boesch
Pedro Morales
Primo Carnera
Rikidōzan
Ron Wright
"Sailor" Art Thomas
The Sheik
Sputnik Monroe
Stan Stasiak
Toots Mondt
Vincent J. McMahon
Women
Champions
NWA International Heavyweight Championship | | Antonino Rocca
Defeated Buddy Rogers to win the new title. | 913+
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NWA World Heavyweight Championship | | "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
During this reign, Bruno Sammartino defeated Rogers but refused to accept the title because Rogers had wrestled with an injury, so the title was returned to Rogers. Also Bobo Brazil refused the title because of a groin injury that Rogers had claimed to have; however Brazil was then declared champion because a doctor had determined that Rogers had not suffered an injury, but this title change is not recognized by NWA (and neither Rogers' rematch win). Also Killer Kowalski defeated Rogers after Rogers broke his ankle; NWA does not recognize any of Rogers' losses. | 184+
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| Pat O'Connor
During this reign, Gene LeBell defeated O'Connor, but then he struck a Texas wrestling commissioner with the title belt and the decision was reversed. The title was returned to O'Connor and these two title changes were not recognized. | 903
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship |  | Vacant
Buddy Rogers vacated the championship after defeating Pat O'Connor for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. | 184+
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| "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers
Rogers was recognized as the inaugural holder of the Northeast version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. | 436
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Tor Yamata
The title history is unrecorded from 1958-04-24 to July 1971. | 1347+
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship | The Fabulous Kangaroos Al Costello & Roy Heffernan
Defeated Chief Big Heart & Johnny Valentine to win the titles. | 388+
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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. | 1930+
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NWA Women's Championship | | The Fabulous Moolah
Won a 13-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title. | 1930+
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NWA United States Women's Championship | Kathy Starr
The title history is unrecorded from 1961-10-04 to 1965-05-01. | 88+
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Judy Glover
The title history is unrecorded from 1959-07-07 to 1961-09-24. According to The Honolulu Advertiser, Glover won a tournament to win the title. | 10
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Nell Stewart
The title history is unrecorded from 1957-12-03 to 1959-07-07, and then from 1959-07-07 to 1961-09-24. | 810
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship | Adrienne Ames & Pat Lyda
The titles history is unrecorded from 1958-12-04 to 1961-11-23, and then from 1961-11-23 to 1967-11-02.Lyda were billed as "NWA titlists" when they defeated Chris Clark & Ann Regan (holders of the Southern Women's Tag Team Championship) to become "undisputed women's tag team champions". | 38+
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Kay Noble & Lolita Martinez
The titles history is unrecorded from 1958-06-16 to 1958-12-04, and then from 1958-12-04 to 1961-11-23. As of 1959-02-24, Penny Banner is listed as a co-holder of the titles, since she wasn't involved in losing them. | 1085
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Danny Hodge
| 527+
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