NWA Roster in Year 1978: Full List of Wrestlers

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1978. 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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1978

NWA: All (122)

Professor Toru Tanaka

Super Destroyer Mark II

Superstar Billy Graham

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

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Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Harley Race

Won: February 6, 1977

Toronto, ON | House show

693+ days

693+

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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Ricky Steamboat Won: December 17, 1978 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| House Show 14+ days	14+ days
	Ric Flair Won: April 9, 1978 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 252 days	252 days
	Mr. Wrestling Won: March 19, 1978 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 21 days	21 days
	Blackjack Mulligan Won: January 1, 1978 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 77 days	77 days
	Ricky Steamboat Won: October 31, 1977 Charleston, SC \| House Show 62 days	62 days

NWA Television Championship	Paul Jones Won: June 7, 1978 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 207+ days	207+ days
	Baron von Raschke Won: March 26, 1978 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 73 days	73 days
	Johnny Weaver Won: March 5, 1978 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 21 days	21 days
	Baron von Raschke Won: October 12, 1977 Raleigh, NC \| Live event 144 days During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA Television Championship" after he was billed as having won a tournament for all the regional NWA Television Champions.	144 days

NWA World Tag Team Championship	Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka Won: December 26, 1978 Richmond, VA \| House show 5+ days	5+ days
	Greg Valentine & Baron von Raschke Won: June 7, 1978 Raleigh, NC \| House show 202 days	202 days
	Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones Won: April 23, 1978 Greensboro, NC \| House show 45 days Defeated The Masked Superstar & Ken Patera in a tournament final to win the vacant titles.	45 days
	Vacant Won: March 10, 1978 44 days Ric Flair & Greg Valentine were forced to vacate their titles by NWA for continually ending their matches via disqualification.	44 days
	Ric Flair & Greg Valentine Won: October 30, 1977 Greensboro, NC \| House show 131 days	131 days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

8139+ 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.

8139+

days

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The profile of each NWA wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.

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NWA Roster in Year 1978: Full List of Wrestlers

NWA: All (122)

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

Blackjack Lanza & Bob Orton Jr.

The Blond Bombers

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

The Brisco Brothers

Chief Jay Strongbow & High Chief Peter Maivia

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Funks

Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson

Jim Garvin & Steve Keirn

Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Pedro Morales & Rocky Johnson

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

The Valiant Brothers

The Von Erichs

Wild Samoans

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Mr. Wrestling

NWA Television Championship

Paul Jones

Johnny Weaver

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka

Greg Valentine & Baron von Raschke

Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones

Vacant

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

NWA Women's Championship

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