NWA Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
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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Women
Teams
Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik
Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami
Blackjack Lanza & Bob Orton Jr.
The Blond Bombers
Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller
The Brisco Brothers
Chief Jay Strongbow & High Chief Peter Maivia
The Cosmic Cowboys
The Fabulous Freebirds
The Funks
Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson
Jim Garvin & Steve Keirn
The McGuire Twins
Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka
Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones
Pedro Morales & Rocky Johnson
Ric Flair & Greg Valentine
Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson
Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda
The Valiant Brothers
The Von Erichs
Wild Samoans
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Harley Race
| 693+
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Ricky Steamboat
| 14+
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NWA Television Championship![]() | Paul Jones
| 207+
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship![]() | ![]() | Randy Savage
| 50+
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NWA World Tag Team Championship![]() | ![]() ![]() | Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka
| 5+
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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. | 8139+
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NWA Women's Championship![]() | ![]() | The Fabulous Moolah
| 83+
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NWA United States Women's Championship![]() | Joyce Grable
The title history is unrecorded from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01. | 30+
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NWA Women's Tag Team Championship![]() | Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26. | 128+
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Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. | 672+
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Extras
Part Time Wrestlers
Managers
Commentators
Ring Announcers
Interviewers
Presidents
Chairman
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Referee
Producers
Coaches
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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