NWA Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

National Wrestling Alliance: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1979. 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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1979

NWA: All (159)

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

Jerry Roberts

Jesse "The Body" Ventura

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

Professor Toru Tanaka

Super Destroyer Mark II

"Superstar" Billy Graham

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship	Harley Race Won: November 7, 1979 Amagasaki, Japan \| House show 54+ days	54+ days
	Giant Baba Won: October 31, 1979 Nagoya, Japan \| House show 7 days	7 days
	Harley Race Won: August 26, 1979 Orlando, FL \| House show 66 days	66 days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: August 21, 1979 Tampa, FL \| House show 5 days	5 days
	Harley Race Won: February 6, 1977 Toronto, ON \| House show 926 days	926 days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Jimmy Snuka Won: September 1, 1979 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 121+ days Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.	121+ days
	Vacant Won: August 12, 1979 20 days The title was vacated when Ric Flair won the NWA World Tag Team Championship four days prior.	20 days
	Ric Flair Won: April 1, 1979 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 133 days	133 days
	Ricky Steamboat Won: December 17, 1978 Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| House Show 105 days	105 days

NWA Television Championship

Vacant

Won: October 24, 1979

Raleigh, NC | Live event

68+ days

The title was vacated after Ricky Steamboat won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Jay Youngblood.

68+

days

Ricky Steamboat

Won: June 10, 1979

Asheville, NC | Live event

136 days

136

days

Paul Jones

Won: June 7, 1978

Raleigh, NC | Live event

368 days

368

days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Bobby Eaton Won: December 1, 1979 Miami, FL \| House show 30+ days	30+ days
	Chris Colt Won: November 25, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show 6 days	6 days
	Bobby Eaton Won: October 24, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show 32 days	32 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: October 20, 1979 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 4 days	4 days
	Dennis Condrey Won: June 2, 1979 Chattanooga, TN \| House show 140 days Defeated Gorgeous George Jr. to win the title.	140 days
	Ron Garfield Won: May 23, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show 10 days	10 days
	Chris Colt Won: April 29, 1979 Nashville, TN \| House show 24 days	24 days
	Bobby Eaton Won: February 1, 1979 House show 87 days	87 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship	Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood Won: October 24, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| House show 68+ days	68+ days
	Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones Won: August 22, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| House show 63 days	63 days
	Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan Won: August 8, 1979 Raleigh, NC \| House show 14 days	14 days
	Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones Won: April 29, 1979 Wilmington, NC \| House show 101 days	101 days
	Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka Won: December 26, 1978 Richmond, VA \| House show 124 days	124 days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

8504+ 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.

8504+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: October 9, 1978

Fort Worth, TX | Live event

448+ days

448+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

Won: December 1, 1978

395+ days

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

395+

days

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Leilani Kai & Judy Martin

Won: December 26, 1979

Live event

5+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26. It is uncertain who Kai & Martin defeated to win the titles.

days

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: August 25, 1978

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

488 days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1978-08-25 to 1979-12-26.

488

days

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: February 27, 1977

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

1037+ days

The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.

1037+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Won: December 9, 1979

22+ days

Nelson Royal vacated the title upon retiring from wrestling. During this vacancy, on 1979-12-10, Steve Keirn defeated Chavo Guerrero in the final of a tournament (promoted by Hollywood Wrestling) to seemingly win the vacant title, but NWA did not recognize Keirn as champion; Keirn received recognition from the NWA territories CWF, HW and NJPW, and this unofficial version was later renamed the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship.

22+

days

Nelson Royal

Won: July 28, 1979

House show

134 days

134

days

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Jota Eme · 19 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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GHOST · 3 days ago
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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Add Sami zayn to OG bloodline
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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 · 12 days ago
Update the wwe teams
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GHOST · 17 days ago
BEEF is in OVW as well
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Vince Russo · 19 days ago
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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  @David R. dude, stop trying to sound like a big man, its so weird
  
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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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Hi there, I love to see you sort the wrestling rosters from date to date.
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NWA Roster in 1979: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (159)

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

Antonio Inoki & Tatsumi Fujinami

The Blond Bombers

Bob Armstrong & Robert Fuller

The Brisco Brothers

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Funks

The Heenan Family

Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson

Jim Garvin & Steve Keirn

Jimmy Snuka & Ray Stevens

Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody

The McGuire Twins

Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

The Sheepherders / Los Pastores / The Kiwi Sheepherders / The Kiwis

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

Tito Santana & Ivan Putski

The Valiant Brothers

The Von Erichs

Wild Samoans

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

NWA Television Championship

Vacant

Paul Jones

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Chris Colt

Dennis Condrey

Ron Garfield

Chris Colt

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood

Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones

Ric Flair & Blackjack Mulligan

Baron von Raschke & Paul Jones

Paul Orndorff & Jimmy Snuka

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA United States Women's Championship

Joyce Grable

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Leilani Kai & Judy Martin

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Vacant

Nelson Royal

Extras

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