NWA Roster in 1985: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1985. 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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1985

NWA: All (125)

Abdullah the Butcher

American Starship Eagle

Bruce Prichard / Brother Love

"Crippler" Ray Stevens

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams

Jerry "The King" Lawler

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Thunderbolt Patterson

Men

Women

Teams

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Ric Flair

Won: May 24, 1984

Yokosuka, Japan | House show

586+ days

By early 1985, JCP controlled many NWA territories and attempted going national, thus limiting title matches primarily to performers under contract with JCP.

586+

days

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship	Magnum T.A. Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| House Show 33+ days	33+ days
	Tully Blanchard Won: July 21, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 130 days	130 days
	Magnum T.A. Won: March 23, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 120 days	120 days
	Wahoo McDaniel Won: October 7, 1984 Charlotte, NC \| House Show 167 days Defeated Manny Fernandez in a tournament final for the vacant title.	167 days

NWA World Television Championship	Vacant Won: October 19, 1985 73+ days Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an injury.	73+ days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: July 6, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| NWA The Great American Bash 1985 105 days	105 days
	Tully Blanchard Won: April 28, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| Live event 69 days	69 days
	Dusty Rhodes Won: March 16, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| Live event 43 days During this reign, the title was renamed as "NWA World Television Championship".	43 days
	Tully Blanchard Won: March 28, 1984 Spartanburg, SC \| Live event 353 days	353 days

NWA National Heavyweight Championship	Dusty Rhodes Won: December 19, 1985 Albuquerque, NM 12+ days Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match, after Buddy Landel was fired due to his drug problem.	12+ days
	Buddy Landel Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1985: The Gathering 21 days	21 days
	Terry Taylor Won: September 22, 1985 Atlanta, GA 67 days	67 days
	Black Bart Won: June 1, 1985 Atlanta, GA \| NWA World Championship Wrestling 113 days	113 days
	Miss Atlanta Lively Won: October 11, 1984 Baltimore, MD \| GCW Night of Champions 233 days	233 days

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship	Koko Ware Won: November 16, 1985 Memphis, TN \| House show 45+ days	45+ days
	Tom Branch Won: November 1, 1985 Kansas City, MO \| House show 15 days	15 days
	Harley Race Won: October 7, 1985 Memphis, TN \| House show 25 days	25 days
	Koko Ware Won: September 1, 1985 North Vernon, IN \| House show 36 days	36 days
	Bota the Witch Doctor Won: August 15, 1985 Richmond, IN \| House show 17 days	17 days
	Vacant Won: July 29, 1985 14 days The title was vacated when Jerry Lawler won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship	14 days
	Jerry "The King" Lawler Won: July 15, 1985 Memphis, TN \| House show 14 days	14 days
	Man Mountain Link Won: July 1, 1985 House show 14 days Man Mountain Link was awarded the title.	14 days

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NWA World Tag Team Championship	The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: November 28, 1985 Greensboro, NC \| NWA Starrcade 1985: The Gathering 33+ days	33+ days
	The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Won: October 13, 1985 Charlotte, NC \| House show 46 days	46 days
	The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson Won: July 9, 1985 Shelby, NC \| House show 96 days	96 days
	The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff Won: March 18, 1985 Fayetteville, NC \| House show 113 days During this reign, Krusher Krushchev joined the Koloffs and NWA applied the Freebird Rule, allowing all three members to defend the title.	113 days
	Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez Won: October 20, 1984 Raleigh, NC \| House show 149 days	149 days

NWA Women's Championship

Vacant

Won: December 31, 1983

731+ days

The WWF withdrew from the NWA in 1983, and The Fabulous Moolah sold the championship to the WWF.

731+

days

NWA United States Women's Championship

Judy Martin

Won: October 19, 1983

804+ days

The title history is unrecorded from 1983-10-19 to 1986-09-10. Martin was recognized as champion only in East Texas.

804+

days

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

Won: February 27, 1977

St. Petersburg, FL | Live event

3229+ days

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

3229+

days

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Denny Brown Won: September 15, 1985 Atlanta, GA \| JCP House show 107+ days	107+ days
	Gary Royal Won: August 15, 1985 Kansas City, KS \| \| CSW House show 31 days	31 days
	Denny Brown Won: August 1, 1985 14 days Brown previously unofficialy won a disputed version of the title at Starrcade '84. He received official recognition as champion by NWA vice president Shohei Baba, promoter of AJPW, on August 1 after NJPW, which had controlled the title since 1982, withdrew from NWA.	14 days
	The Cobra Won: November 3, 1983 Tokyo, Japan \| NJPW Toukon Series 1983 633 days Defeated Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant title. During this reign, Les Thornton was recognized by some promoters in the USA as champion due to The Cobra working for WWF. On 1943-11-14, GCW announced that Les Thornton won a fictitious tournament to become champion (unofficial). Then, on 1984-06-02, American promoters vacated their version of the title after Les Thornton joined WWF; Thornton continued to bill himself as champion, defending the title on WWF events as the "WWF Lt. Hvywt Championship". Then, on 1984-07-13, JCP announced that Hector Guerrero won a fictitious tournament to become champion (unofficial). Then, on 1984-10-02, Mike Davis defeated Guerrero to win this unofficial version of the title; then, on 1984-11-22, Denny Brown defeated Davis to win this unofficial version of the title.	633 days

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ty eash · 20 hours ago
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ty eash · 21 hours 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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NWA Roster in 1985: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

NWA: All (125)

Men

Women

Teams

America's Team

American Express

American Starship

The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew

The Armstrongs

The Fabulous Freebirds

The Fabulous Ones

The Funks

Jake Roberts & The Barbarian

Jim Neidhart & Krusher Kruschev

Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody

The Midnight Express

Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens

Paul Jones' Army

The Rising Suns

The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom

The Rock N' Roll Express

The Rockers / The Midnight Rockers

The Russians

Stan Hansen & Ted DiBiase

Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams

U.S. Express

The Von Erichs

Champions

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

NWA United States Heavyweight Championship

NWA World Television Championship

Vacant

NWA National Heavyweight Championship

Buddy Landel

Black Bart

NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship

Tom Branch

Bota the Witch Doctor

Vacant

Man Mountain Link

NWA World Tag Team Championship

The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson

The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff

The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson

The Russian TeamIvan Koloff & Nikita Koloff

Dusty Rhodes & Manny Fernandez

NWA Women's Championship

Vacant

NWA United States Women's Championship

Judy Martin

NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship

Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams

NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Denny Brown

Gary Royal

Denny Brown

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