NWA Roster in 1987: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions
On this page you find the full NWA Roster in the year 1987. 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 (94)
Men
Women
Teams
The Andersons / The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
The Armstrongs
The Brain Busters
The Bushwhackers / The Sheepherders
Dick Murdoch & Ivan Koloff
The Fabulous Freebirds
The Fabulous Ones
The Four Horsemen
Hot Stuff & Hyatt International
Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin
The Midnight Express
The Midnight Rockers
The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
The Rock N' Roll Express
The Super Powers
Terry Gordy & Steve Williams
Champions
NWA World Heavyweight Championship | Ric Flair
On November 21, 1988 NWA's flagship promotion JCP was purchased by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW). | 35+
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NWA United States Heavyweight Championship | Dusty Rhodes
| 35+
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NWA World Television Championship | Nikita Koloff
At Starrcade 1987, Koloff defeated Terry Taylor to unify the UWF Television Championship into the NWA World Television Championship. | 136+
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NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship | Jerry "The King" Lawler
| 24+
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NWA World Tag Team Championship | Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard
| 93+
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NWA United States Tag Team Championship | The Midnight ExpressStan Lane & Bobby Eaton
Defeated Barry Windham & Ron Garvin in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. | 229+
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NWA Women's Championship | Debbie Combs
Defeated Penny Mitchell to win the vacant title. | 265+
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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. | 477+
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NWA World Women's Tag Team Championship | Joyce Grable & Vicki Williams
The titles history is unrecorded from 1977-02-27 to 1978-08-01. | 3959+
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NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Nelson Royal
Defeated Denny Brown to win the vacant title;. Royal takes the title to Knoxville, TN's USA Championship Wrestling promotion in May 1988. Masanobu Fuchi, AJPW reigning World Junior Heavyweight Champion, received disputed recognition as the new c1987-10-16hampion; however, Royal continued promoting the title until 1989, when it was abandoned. | 76+
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Extras
Part Time Wrestler
Managers
Commentators
Ring Announcers
Interviewer
President
Promoters
Director of Operation
Referees
Producers
Coaches
Ambassador
The profile of each NWA wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.
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