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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 First Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, also referred to as Crockett Cup (1986), was held on April 19, 1986 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The first portion of the event was held in the afternoon and the second portion was held in the night.
The 2023 iteration of the Crockett Cup (formerly known as the Sixth Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament) was a two-day professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
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Background
In early 1986, the professional wrestling promotion Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) announced that they were hosting a 2-show, 24-team tag team tournament with teams from various National Wrestling Alliance territories. The Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (commonly known simply as the "Crockett Cup"), named in honor of JCP owner Jim Crockett Jr.'s father, "Big Jim" Crockett Sr. and the The Crockett Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Crockett Sr. in 1933. The firs...
Storylines
The 1986 Crockett Cup shows featured a total of 25 professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either heels (those that portray the "bad guys"), faces(the "good guy" characters) or tweeners (characters that is neither clearly a heel or a face) as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches as determined by the promotion.
Non-tournament matches
1. Jim Duggan defeated Dick Slater to retain the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (afternoon) 2. Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualification to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (evening)
2nd Annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament Cup April 10 - 11, 1987 in Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena drawing 9,300 ($114,000) and 13,000 ($195,000)
3 gen 2019 · On April 19, 1986, JCP and Bill Watts‘ Mid-South Wrestling would co-promote The Inaugural Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament in New Orleans, LA. The Superdome was the site as the best tag teams in the world descended on the Crescent City.
18 mar 2021 · On a recent edition of the "What Happened When" podcast, Tony Schiavone revealed some previously undisclosed history regarding the origins of the iconic Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup tournament trophy that was presented to the winners of the annual event during it's all-to-short three year history.
