NWA Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

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 (145)

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

Harley Race

Haystacks Calhoun

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Professor Toru Tanaka

Super Destroyer Mark II

"Superstar" Billy Graham

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Harley Race

Won: February 6, 1977

Toronto, ON | House show

693+ days

693+

days

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 Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Randy Savage Won: November 11, 1978 Nashville, TN \| House show 50+ days	50+ days
	Dutch Mantel Won: November 11, 1978 Nashville, TN \| House show 0 days	0 days
	Mexican Angel Won: September 20, 1978 Nashville, TN \| House show 52 days Won a tournament to win the vacant title.	52 days
	Vacant Won: September 1, 1978 19 days The title was vacated after a match between Blue Yankee and Dutch Mantel.	19 days
	Blue Yankee Won: August 12, 1978 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 20 days	20 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: July 22, 1978 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 21 days	21 days
	Whipper Watson Jr. Won: July 12, 1978 Nashville, TN \| House show 10 days	10 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: May 28, 1978 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 45 days	45 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship	Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka Won: December 26, 1978 Richmond, VA \| House show 5+ days	5+ days
	Greg "The Hammer" 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 "The Hammer" 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

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: October 9, 1978

Fort Worth, TX | Live event

83+ days

83+

days

Evelyn Stevens

Won: October 8, 1978

Dallas, TX | Live event

1 day

day

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: April 2, 1968

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan | Live event

3841 days

3841

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

Won: December 1, 1978

30+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01.

30+

days

Sandy Parker

Won: November 25, 1976

736 days

The title history is unrecorded from 1974-11-01 to 1976-11-25, and then from 1976-11-25 to 1978-12-01. Parker was recognized as champion only in Northern California.

736

days

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship	Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams Won: August 25, 1978 St. Petersburg, FL \| Live event 128+ days The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26.	128+ days
	Leilani Kai & Judy Martin Won: August 23, 1978 Key West, FL \| Live event 2 days	2 days
	Beverly Shade & Natasha the Hatchet Lady Won: August 1, 1978 Memphis, TN \| Live event 22 days The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. Beverly & Natasha were only recognized as champions in Memphis, TN.	22 days
	Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams Won: February 27, 1977 St. Petersburg, FL \| Live event 672+ days The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.	672+ days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Al Madril Won: June 25, 1978 Houston, TX \| HW House show 33 days	33 days
	Nelson Royal Won: April 7, 1978 House show 79 days	79 days
	Chavo Guerrero Won: February 24, 1978 House show 42 days	42 days
	Nelson Royal Won: December 6, 1976 New Orleans, LA \| House show 445 days	445 days

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Jota Eme · 22 hours ago
Idk if someone ever asked for this before but I think you should add the feature of creating a custom roster and share on this website. No matter the year, era or company. It would be a cool thing for the fans.
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Braun Strowman returned to the ring in a dark match after SmackDown
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Nakamura just returned yesterday. Remove the inactive logo
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ty eash · 4 days ago
While we are on the discussion for ECW aluumni, could you guys also add Big Sal E. Graziano? He's like, the only FBI member that's missing here.
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Joe Limbus · 5 days ago
Mustafa Saed is missing from the ECW alumni....he was New Jacks tag team partner, they won the ECW titles together
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  @Joe Limbus He will be done soon, great suggestion!
  
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Carter Berndt · 11 days ago
Can you update Karrion Kross's picture, he has had long hair for a while.
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PrivatePenguin 95 · 12 days ago
Why aren't jade and Perez listed as a team
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James Basolo · 12 days ago
The Blackpool Combat Club are called the "Death Riders" now.
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Ryan Landrau · 12 days ago
Will you add a WWEID section
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  @Ryan Landrau Might be difficult to add every single one, especially as the program will be expansive across the entire USA and presumably abroad too with tens of hundreds of talents. I think wrestlers will be added once they graduate to the NXT system, we still have other profiles to begin, such as with the NWA Hall of Fame or some remaining minor WCW/ECW talent. It might be a good idea to feature a list somewhere on here
  
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Josh Watson · 13 days ago
Update the wwe teams
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GHOST · 17 days ago
BEEF is in OVW as well
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Lexis turned face
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update raw logo background
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  @gary vaughan With what? I'm legit curious. The logo is up-to-date. If you have a link to the background you mean, let us know.
  
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David R. · 1 months ago
These people who cry update background are total losers. It's a background, chill out
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  fWRENzy! · 28 days ago
  
  @David R. does the background even need updating?
  
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Shotzi & Tegan Nox Tag Team Comeback Please.🙏❤️
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fWRENzy! · 1 months ago
ok so I clicked face/heel split and the NXT women's division is a little weird (i.e. Stephanie Vaquer is the only one on Upper Card, Michin and Natalya are still on NXT midcard, and they have been inactive.)
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  @fWRENzy! Yup we're still finishing up NXT, work in progress :)
  
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  @fWRENzy! Women will be completed soon, we just finished up the men's NXT roster!
  
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Hello,
I have a full list of my rosters for WWE 2K24 Universe mode, and I would really like to know what tools you guys use for your rosters on your website. Thank You.
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NWA Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (145)

Men

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 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

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 Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Mexican Angel

Vacant

Blue Yankee

Whipper Watson Jr.

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine & Baron von Raschke

Ricky Steamboat & Paul Jones

Vacant

Ric Flair & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

Evelyn Stevens

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

Sandy Parker

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Leilani Kai & Judy Martin

Beverly Shade & Natasha the Hatchet Lady

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Al Madril

Nelson Royal

Nelson Royal

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