NWA Roster in 1982: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1982. 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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1982

NWA: All (147)

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

Harley Race

Hercules Hernandez

"High Chief" Peter Maivia

Jerry "The King" Lawler

Jesse "The Body" Ventura

The Magnificent Muraco

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Ric Flair

Won: September 17, 1981

Kansas City, KS | House show

470+ days

During this reign, The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes under a mask due to being under suspension in Florida) defeated Ric Flair for the title, but he returned it when then-NWA President Bob Geigel asked Rider to unmask or return the title, so the title was returned to Flair. Then Jack Veneno defeated Flair in Santo Domingo but he refused to defend the title outside his native country, so the title was returned to Flair on the same day and the title change was not recognized. Then Carlos Colón won it but the title change was not recognized, so the title was returned to Flair after a "fictional match".

470+

days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine Won: November 4, 1982 Norfolk, VA \| House Show 57+ days	57+ days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: August 22, 1982 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 74 days	74 days
	Sgt. Slaughter Won: June 7, 1982 Greenville, SC \| House Show 76 days Slaughter was awarded the title due to Wahoo McDaniel being injured by Don Muraco and Roddy Piper before the match.	76 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: May 21, 1982 Richmond, VA \| House Show 17 days	17 days
	Sgt. Slaughter Won: October 4, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 229 days Defeated Ricky Steamboat in a tournament final for the vacant title.	229 days

NWA Television Championship	Mike Rotunda Won: December 25, 1982 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 6+ days	6+ days
	Bad Leroy Brown Won: November 25, 1982 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 30 days Won a 20-man battle royal to win the vacant title.	30 days
	Vacant Won: October 26, 1982 30 days Jos Leduc was stripped of the title due to cheating.	30 days
	Jos LeDuc Won: September 19, 1982 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 37 days	37 days
	Jimmy Valiant Won: January 2, 1982 Hampton, VA \| Live event 260 days	260 days
	Ivan Koloff Won: November 3, 1981 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 60 days	60 days

NWA National Heavyweight Championship	Paul Orndorff Won: November 7, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 54+ days While most records show that Orndo1982-11-07rff held and defended the title uninterrupted during this reign, some records show that Killer Karl Kox won the title sometime in December 1982, losing it to Tommy Rich in February 1983, before being regained by Orndorff in March 1983.	54+ days
	The Masked Superstar Won: October 17, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 21 days	21 days
	Paul Orndorff Won: October 3, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 14 days	14 days
	The Super Destroyer Won: August 29, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 35 days Defeated Paul Orndorff in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title.	35 days
	Vacant Won: July 30, 1982 30 days Paul Orndorff vacated the title in order to focus on a challenge for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.	30 days
	Paul Orndorff Won: June 20, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 40 days	40 days
	Buzz Sawyer Won: May 2, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| Live event 49 days	49 days
	Tommy Rich Won: April 19, 1982 Augusta, GA \| Live event 13 days	13 days

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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Jacques Rougeau Won: December 5, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 22 days	22 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: November 22, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 7 days	7 days
	Jesse Barr Won: November 15, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 7 days	7 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: September 6, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 70 days	70 days
	Bill Dundee Won: July 24, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 44 days	44 days
	Bobby Eaton Won: July 12, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 12 days	12 days
	Dutch Mantel Won: July 5, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 7 days	7 days
	King Cobra Won: May 31, 1982 Memphis, TN \| House show 35 days	35 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship	Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle Won: September 12, 1982 House show 110+ days Slaughter & Kernodle won the vacant titles in a fictional tournament final (JCP claimed that they had beaten Antonio Inoki & Giant Baba in Tokyo, Japan). They becomes undisputed championship on December 26, 1982, when the Los Angeles version is abandoned.	110+ days
	Vacant Won: August 22, 1982 21 days NWA forced Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen to relinquish the titles. Ole Anderson returns the belts to JCP at a house show in Charlotte, NC on August 22, 1982.	21 days
	Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen Won: June 26, 1982 Atlanta, GA \| House show 57 days The vacant titles were awarded to Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen by NWA after other tournament finalists Wahoo McDaniel & Magnificent Don Muraco split (in reality, Ole was fired as JCP booker and he took the title belts to Georgia Championship Wrestling).	57 days
	Vacant Won: January 23, 1982 154 days Gene Anderson was legitimately injured, and NWA forced The Minnesota Wrecking Crew to relinquish the titles.	154 days
	The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson Won: May 1, 1981 Richmond, VA \| House show 267 days	267 days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: September 18, 1956

Baltimore, MD | Live Event

9600+ 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.

9600+

days

NWA Women's Championship

The Fabulous Moolah

Won: October 9, 1978

Fort Worth, TX | Live event

1544+ days

1544+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Judy Martin

Won: November 26, 1981

Saint Paul, MN | Live event

400+ days

During this reign, although Joyce Grable remaining as the reigning champion, Princess Little Heart was recognized as the champion in Mobile, AL starting from 1980-01-05. Then Judy Martin defeated Heart to win the title on 1980-11-22 in Atlanta, GA, and then Velvet McIntyre defeated Martin to win the title on 1983-02-13 in San Antonio, TX.

400+

days

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship	Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable Won: May 6, 1982 Kansas City, MO \| Live event 239+ days	239+ days
	Princess Victoria & Sabrina Won: April 29, 1982 Kansas City, MO \| Live event 7 days	7 days
	Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable Won: April 30, 1980 Springfield, MO \| Live event 729 days	729 days
	Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams Won: February 27, 1977 St. Petersburg, FL \| Live event 2133+ days The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01.	2133+ days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Tiger Mask

Won: May 25, 1982

Shizuoka, Japan

| NJPW Big Fight Series 1982

220+ days

In 1983, some North American promoters declared the title vacant due to Tiger Mask wrestling for WWF, which was not a member of NWA; however, during the annual NWA convention, the NWA announced that Tiger Mask was still recognized as the official champion and ordered its territories to recognize him as champion.

220+

days

Les Thornton

Won: November 14, 1981

San Juan, Puerto Rico | CSP House show

192 days

192

days

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You're missing Gunner Scott from WWE in 2006. He was on Smackdown for a hiccup. He wrestled as Brent Albright in OVW.
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ty eash · 1 days ago
Damn. I didn't even know there were two Kamala's. Much power to the guy who suggested him to be in the ECW alumni roster!
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ty eash · 1 days ago
Woah. They just added Mustapha Saed right in front of my eyes rn. I just checked to see if he was there. He wasn't, so I went through the website randomly for a bit, and when I came back, there he is.
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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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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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NWA Roster in 1982: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (147)

Men

Women

Teams

The Armstrongs

The Blond Bombers

Bobby Eaton & Koko Ware

The Brisco Brothers

Buzz Sawyer & Ole Anderson

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Funks

Ivan Koloff & Ole Anderson

Jimmy Snuka & Bruiser Brody

Mr. Fuchi & Mr. Onita

The Rat Pack

Ric Flair & Greg Valentine

Roddy Piper & Greg Valentine

Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody

Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson

The Texas Outlaws

The Von Erichs

Wild Samoans

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA Television Championship

Bad Leroy Brown

Vacant

Jos LeDuc

NWA National Heavyweight Championship

The Super Destroyer

Vacant

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Jesse Barr

Bill Dundee

King Cobra

NWA World Tag Team Championship

Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle

Vacant

Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen

Vacant

The Minnesota Wrecking CrewOle Anderson & Gene Anderson

NWA Women's Championship

NWA Women's Championship

NWA United States Women's Championship

Judy Martin

NWA Women's Tag Team Championship

Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable

Princess Victoria & Sabrina

Wendi Richter & Joyce Grable

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Les Thornton

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