NWA Roster in 1986: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1986. 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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NWA: All (108)
Men
Women
Teams
America's Team
The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
The Armstrongs
The Bushwhackers / The Sheepherders
Dick Murdoch & The Masked Superstar
The Fabulous Ones
The Four Horsemen
Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta
Hot Stuff & Hyatt International
Kerry von Erich & Bruiser Brody
The Midnight Express
The Rising Suns
The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
The Rock N' Roll Express
The Rockers / The Midnight Rockers
The Russians
The Soul Patrol
The Super Powers
Ted DiBiase & Steve Williams
U.S. Express
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | Ric Flair
| 144+
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Dusty Rhodes
| 14
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Ric Flair
By early 1985, JCP controlled many NWA territories and attempted going national, thus limiting title matches primarily to performers under contract with JCP. | 793
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Nikita Koloff
Defeated Magnum T.A. in a best of seven series for the vacant title, Koloff defeated Wahoo McDaniel on September 28, 1986 to unify the NWA National Heavyweight Championship into the US title. | 136+
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Vacant
Magnum T.A. was stripped of the title for attacking NWA president Bob Geigel. | 80
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Magnum T.A.
| 182
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NWA World Television Championship | Tully Blanchard
| 34+
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Dusty Rhodes
| 79
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Arn Anderson
Defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 248
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Vacant
Rhodes was stripped of the title due to an injury. | 77
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NWA National Heavyweight Championship | Nikita Koloff
This was a title unification match, where Koloff also defended the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship. | 0
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Wahoo McDaniel
| 31
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Tully Blanchard
| 177
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Dusty Rhodes
Rhodes was awarded the title in a phantom match, after Buddy Landel was fired due to his drug problem. | 75
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Vacant
The title was vacated when The Great Kabuki left CWA. | 16+
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The Great Kabuki
Defeated Paul Diamond in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | 44
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Vacant
The title was vacated for undocumented reasons. | 0
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Big Bubba
| 5
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Tracy Smothers
| 7
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Boy Tony
| 13
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Tracy Smothers
| 57
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Vacant
The title was vacated when Dutch Mantel left CWA. | 41
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NWA World Tag Team Championship | "Ravishing" Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez
| 25+
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The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson
| 112
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The Midnight ExpressBobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
| 195
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The Rock 'n' Roll ExpressRicky Morton & Robert Gibson
| 66
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship | Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin
| 18+
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Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev
Defeated Kansas Jayhawks (Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantel) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. | 76
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NWA Women's Championship | Debbie Combs
Won a 9-Woman Battle Royal to win the vacant title. | 322+
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Vacant
The WWF withdrew from the NWA in 1983, and The Fabulous Moolah sold the championship to the WWF. | 774
|
NWA United States Women's Championship | Misty Blue Simmes
The title history is unrecorded from 1983-10-19 to 1986-09-10. Records unclear as to whom Simmes defeated to win the title. | 112+
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Judy Martin
The title history is unrecorded from 1983-10-19 to 1986-09-10. Martin was recognized as champion only in East Texas. | 1057
|
NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship | Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. | 3594+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Denny Brown
| 121+
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Steve Regal
| 30
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Denny Brown
| 321
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Extras
Part Time Wrestlers
Managers
Commentators
Ring Announcers
Interviewers
Promoters
Referee
Producers
Coaches
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