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Jim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States that traded from 1931 to 1988. The name was revived for a separate promotion that held its first show in July 2022.
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.
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]
Big Bubba Rogers would move to the UWF after Jim Crockett Promotions bought the territory in April 1987, and winning their world title then briefly returning to JCP and his bodyguard role for Cornette before jumping to the WWF to become the Big Boss Man. Jimmy Garvin would turn face in 1987 after his (kayfabe) brother Ron Garvin had his face ...
Starrcade was a recurring professional wrestling event, originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view.It was originally held from 1983 to 2000, first by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) from 1983 to 1990, with the 1983–1987 events specifically held by Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) under the NWA, and then held by World Championship Wrestling ...
Jim Crockett Promotions Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling: 1951–1988 [28] Charlotte, North Carolina: Jim Crockett (through 1973) Jim Crockett, Jr.(1973–1988) Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance: 1953–1973 Tokyo, Japan: RikidÅzan (through 1963) Toyonobori (through 1966) Yoshinosato Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre: 1953–1986 [30] Mexico City ...
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.
The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was created by Jim Crockett Jr. of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in honor of Crockett's father, JCP founder Jim Crockett Sr. The tournament format was single-elimination with a promoted prize of $1 million (U.S.) awarded to the winning team.