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Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Created byJim Crockett Jr.[1]
Promotions
Other namesCrockett Cup
First eventCrockett Cup (1986)
Signature matchesTag team tournament

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.

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 would 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. It would return in 2022 as a two-night event on March 19 and 20.

Tournament winners

Events

# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref.
1 Crockett Cup (1986) April 19, 1986 New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Superdome Crockett Cup Tournament Final:
The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) vs. Magnum T. A. and Ronnie Garvin 		[1][8]
2 Crockett Cup (1987) April 10, 1987 Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Arena Big Bubba vs. Ole Anderson in a Last man standing steel cage match [1][9]
April 11, 1987 Crockett Cup Tournament Final:
The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff) vs. Lex Luger and Tully Blanchard
3 Crockett Cup (1988) April 22, 1988 Greenville, South Carolina Greenville Memorial Auditorium Crockett Cup Tournament Second Round:
The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette) vs. The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) (with Rip Morgan) 		[1][10][12]
April 23, 1988 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Crockett Cup Tournament Final:
Lex Luger and Sting vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
4 Crockett Cup (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) 		[3]
Nick Aldis (c) vs. Marty Scurll for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship
5 Crockett Cup (2022) March 19, 2022 Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee State Fairground Sports Arena Crockett Cup Tournament Quarterfinal:
The Commonwealth Connection (Doug Williams and Harry Smith) vs. Gold Rushhh (Jordan Clearwater and Marshe Rockett) 		[13]
March 20, 2022 Matt Cardona (c) vs. Nick Aldis for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, with Jeff Jarrett as the special guest referee
6 Crockett Cup (2023) June 3, 2023 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex Crockett Cup Tournament Second Round:
La Rebelión (Bestia 666 and Mecha Wolf) vs. Flippin' Psychos (Flip Gordon and Fodder) (with Angelina Love) 		[14]
June 4, 2023 Crockett Cup Tournament Final:
Knox and Murdoch (Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch) vs. Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage and Damage) (with Aron Stevens)
7 Crockett Cup (2024) May 18, 2024 Forney, Texas The OC Theater Crockett Cup Tournament Final:
The Southern 6 (Kerry Morton and Alex Taylor) vs. The Immortals (Kratos and Odinson) 		[15]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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 As first broken on #TheCircleSquared Twitter
  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". October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  6. ^ Coulson, Steve (June 20, 2019). "WWE Network Adds Latest 'Holy Grail' Hidden Gems Addition with Four Hour Long Crockett Cup 1986". WWE Network News. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  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. ^ NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup 1988 - Tag 1 » Card Cage Match
  13. ^ Pratt, Paul (December 3, 2021). "Exclusive News On The NWA's Plans For The Crockett Cup". Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  14. ^ Flanagan, Neal (April 8, 2023). "NWA announces dates and location for the 2023 Crockett Cup".
  15. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (March 21, 2024). "NWA Crockett Cup 2024 To Take Place On May 18 In Texas". Fightful. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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