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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]
This is a list of all closed-circuit television and pay-per-view events held by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and its predecessor Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).. From 1983 to 1987, these events aired live on closed-circuit television under the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) banner.
For many decades, from its founding in 1948 until the mid-1980s, the NWA acted as a governing body of America's many regional wrestling promotions, and membership in the NWA allowed for the shared use of big-name stars for local wrestling events. WWE (as the CWC) was a member of the NWA between 1950s and 1963, and again (as the WWWF/WWF ...
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 ...
Jim Crockett Promotions teams and stables (2 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Jim Crockett Promotions" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Pro Wrestling USA was a professional wrestling promotion in the United States of America in the mid-1980s. It was an attempt to unify various federations, including the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promotions and other members of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), against the national expansion of the World Wrestling Federation.
In 1985, the World Wrestling Federation was an emerging competitor to Jim Crockett Promotions, and created the WrestleMania event, which had significant success. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] The following year's WrestleMania, WrestleMania 2 , was created similar to Starrcade, being held in three locations.
In 1985, the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions came up with a new match to increase the fans' interest in their product. The Bunkhouse Stampede was a regular battle royal where the wrestlers wore "bunkhouse gear" (blue jeans and cowboy boots, etc.) to the match, similar to 'street fight' matches.