Jim Crockett Promotions Inc is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, restarted by Jim Crockett's son and Jim Crockett Jr's brother, David Crockett.
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12 Facts About Jim Crockett Promotions
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Jim Crockett was a promoter of live events including professional wrestling, music concerts, plays, minor league baseball, and ice hockey.
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Jim Crockett Promotions built JCP as a regional promotion centred on the Carolinas and Virginia.
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Jim Crockett Promotions joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1952, and his "territory" covered Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Jim Crockett Promotions left JCP to his family, with his eldest son, Jim Crockett, Jr.
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Rich Landrum and David Jim Crockett Promotions appeared on "Best Of", doing promo interviews for local arena shows.
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In 1982, Jim Crockett Promotions partnered with wrestlers Ric Flair and Blackjack Mulligan to start Southern Championship Wrestling, a secondary company out of Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Jim Crockett Promotions then purchased both Saturday evening TBS time slots from Vince McMahon and filled the time slot with two hours of original programming filmed in Ted Turner's Atlanta studios.
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Still, Jim Crockett Promotions had an iron-clad grip on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship during his presidency; by this point, JCP's top contracted performer, Ric Flair, was locked-in as the champion.
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Not wanting to possibly lose to the WWF in a direct PPV competition, Jim Crockett Promotions decided to move Starrcade's starting time to Thanksgiving afternoon instead of the evening.
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Jim Crockett Promotions then attempted to use McMahon's tactics against him, airing Clash of the Champions I—featuring a PPV-quality card—on TBS in an attempt to draw viewers away from WrestleMania IV on PPV, which took place that same night.
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Jim Crockett Promotions flew himself and his top performers around in an expensive private jet.
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