Crockett Cup

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Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Other name(s)Crockett Cup
Created byJim Crockett Jr.[1]
Promotion(s)
First eventCrockett Cup (1986)
Signature match typesTag team tournament

The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (also known simply as the Crockett Cup) is a professional wrestling event produced every April 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.

Event history[]

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. JCP held the event every April in 1986, 1987, and 1988 before selling the company to Ted Turner (via TBS) in November 1988.

In July 2017, the Crockett Foundation, with Classic Pro Wrestling, held a spin-off version called the Crockett Foundation Cup Tag Team Tournament in New Kent, Virginia. Bobby Fulton, The Barbarian, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express were previous tournament wrestlers that took part in the event. The Geordie Bulldogs (Mark Denny and Sean Denny) were the tournament champions.[4]

On October 1, 2017, William Patrick Corgan's purchase of the NWA (via his company Lightning One, Inc.) was finalized. In addition to ending its operation as a governing body, the NWA vacated all titles, except for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Women's Championship, and all licenses with previously-affiliated promotions expired. From that point on, NWA gradually became a singular wrestling promotion.

In October 2018, during the NWA 70th Anniversary Show, it was announced that the Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, now simply called the Crockett Cup, would be returning in April 2019.[5] Thirty-one years after the previous event, the fourth annual Crockett Cup was held on April 27, 2019.

In June 2019, the inaugural event from 1986 was uploaded to the WWE Network.[6]

In January 2020, during NWA's Hard Times pay-per-view, it was announced the Crockett Cup would be returning again in April 2020, thus confirming the Crockett Cup as an annual event held by the NWA.[7] On February 18 the NWA announced the date of April 19 for when the Cup will be held and they announced the venue would be the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia.[2] However, the 2020 event was canceled due to the global pandemic.

Tournament winners[]

Dates and venues[]

Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref(s)
1986 April 19, 1986 New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Superdome Crockett Cup Tournament Final: The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) vs. Ronnie Garvin and Magnum T.A. [1][8]
1987 April 10, 1987 Baltimore Maryland Baltimore Arena Ole Anderson vs. Big Bubba in a Last man standing steel cage match [1][9]
April 11, 1987 Crockett Cup Tournament Final: The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes) vs. Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger
1988 April 22, 1988 Greenville, South Carolina Greenville Memorial Auditorium Crockett Cup Tournament Second Round: The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) (with Rip Morgan) vs. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette) [1][10][12]
April 23, 1988 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Crockett Cup Tournament Final: Sting and Lex Luger vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
2019 April 27, 2019 Concord, North Carolina Cabarrus Arena Crockett Cup Tournament Final: Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) vs. The Wild Cards (Royce Isaacs and Thom Latimer) (with Madusa)

Nick Aldis (c) vs. Marty Scurll for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship

[3]
2022 March 19–20, 2022[13] Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena TBD

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 3:Jim Crockett and the NWA World Title 1983-1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1494803476.
  2. ^ a b https://twitter.com/nwa/status/1229909255471407111?s=19[bare URL]
  3. ^ a b "NWA partners with Ring of Honor to carry on the history of the Crockett Cup in North Carolina". Ring of Honor. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Crockett Foundation Cup Tag Team Tournament is One Week Away". The Mid-Atlantic Gateway. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "NWA's Crockett Cup tournament to return in 2019". 21 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. ^ Coulson, Steve (2019-06-20). "WWE Network Adds Latest 'Holy Grail' Hidden Gems Addition with Four Hour Long Crockett Cup 1986". WWE Network News. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  7. ^ Defelice, Robert (January 24, 2020). "The 2020 NWA Crockett Cup Will Take Place In April". Fightful.com. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "1st Annual Crockett Cup". Pro Wrestling History. April 19, 1986. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "2nd Annual Crockett Cup". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  10. ^ a b "3rd Annual Crockett Cup". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "NWA Crockett Cup 2019". Wrestling Inc. April 27, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  12. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=26736&page=2[bare URL]
  13. ^ Pratt, Paul (December 3, 2021). "Exclusive News On The NWA's Plans For The Crockett Cup". Retrieved December 3, 2021.

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