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Jim Crockett (1909–1973) was a promoter of live events including professional wrestling, music concerts, plays, minor league baseball, and ice hockey. In 1931, he founded his own professional wrestling promotion, Jim Crockett Promotions. [1] Crockett built JCP as a regional promotion centred on the Carolinas and Virginia. [5]
Crockett died on April 1, 1973, and control of the company was then ceded to his son, 28-year-old Jim Crockett, Jr., who took over the promotion and ultimately renamed it "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling." [citation needed] Jim Crockett Promotions would eventually hold a tag team tournament from 1986 through 1988 in honor of him called the ...
The event's pre-show was broadcast free on YouTube at 6:05pm EDT, a nod to the traditional timeslot JCP's World Championship Wrestling program aired on TBS throughout the 1980s. In the opening contest of the pre-show, New Japan Pro Wrestling star Yuya Uemura faced Ren Narita, a young lion in New Japan's Dojo. Narita took the victory by pinning ...
James Allen Crockett Jr. (August 10, 1944 – March 3, 2021) was an American professional wrestling promoter. From 1973 to 1989, he was part owner of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), a wrestling company affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (also known simply as the Crockett Cup) is a professional wrestling event produced annually by the professional wrestling promotion, National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The event features a tag team professional wrestling tournament with the Crockett Cup awarded to the winning tag team.
Alan Richard Blake (November 12, 1957 – July 27, 2024) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Vladimir Petrov.Petrov wrestled in various North American promotions including Jim Crockett Promotions and the Universal Wrestling Federation, most notably as a member of The Russian Team and Paul Jones' Army with Ivan Koloff during the 1980s.
Jim Cornette 1980s Thomas Couch † Tommy Rogers 1988 [46] James Crockett Jr. † Jim Crockett Jr. David Crockett (wrestling) David Crockett James Crockett † Jim Crockett 1940s-1973 William Cruickshanks: Bill Dundee 1985–1987 [47] Roland Daniels † Elijah Akeem Leroy Brown 1981–1982 1984 [48] Barry Darsow: Krusher Khruschev 1984–1986 ...
Randy Mulkey (born May 31, 1964) is a retired American professional wrestler as a jobber to the stars who worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation the late 1980s. [2] [3]