- Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
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The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament (also known simply as the Crockett Cup) was a tag team professional wrestling tournament held annually in the month of April from 1986 through 1988. Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), headed by Jim Crockett, Jr., hosted the Crockett Cup, held in honor of Crockett's father, JCP founder Jim Crockett, Sr.. The tournament format was single-elimination, with a $1 million (kayfabe) prize awarded to the winning team.
The Crockett Cup events were headlined by matches for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
Contents
List of winners
- 1986: The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)
- 1987: The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes)
- 1988: Lex Luger and Sting
1986
1st Annual Jim Crockett, Sr.
Memorial Cup Tag Team TournamentInformation Promotion Jim Crockett Promotions Date April 19, 1986 Attendance 3,500 (afternoon)[1]
13,000 (evening)[1]Venue Louisiana Superdome City New Orleans, Louisiana The first Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held on April 19, 1986. The tournament featured 24 tag teams.[1]
Participants
Teams shown in bold received first-round byes.
- Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
- Giant Baba and Tiger Mask
- The Barbarian and Baron Von Raschke
- The Batten Twins (Bart and Brad)
- Black Bart and Jimmy Garvin
- Dino Bravo and Rick Martel
- Bill Dundee and Buddy Landel
- The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane)
- The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers)
- Manny Fernandez and Jimmy Valiant
- Ronnie Garvin and Magnum T.A.
- Chavo and Hector Guerrero
- Sam Houston and Nelson Royal
- The Italian Stallion and Koko Ware
- Bobby Jaggers and Mike Miller
- Wahoo McDaniel and Mark Youngblood
- The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton)
- D.J. Peterson and Brett Wayne
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)
- The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton)
- The Russian Team (Ivan and Nikita Koloff)
- Buzz Sawyer and Rick Steiner
- The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams)
- Terry Taylor and Steve Williams
Bracket
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Road Warriors McDaniel/Youngblood McDaniel/Youngblood Jaggers/Miller Road Warriors Midnight Express Houston/Royal Batten Twins Houston/Royal Midnight Express Road Warriors BYE (double-DQ) Anderson/Blanchard Fantastics Fabulous Ones Fantastics Fantastics Sheepherders Guerreros Sheepherders Sheepherders Rock 'n' Roll Express Road Warriors Garvin/Magnum Russian Team Fernandez/Valiant Barbarian/Baron Fernandez/Valiant Russian Team Taylor/Williams Taylor/Williams Dundee/Landel Taylor/Williams Bravo/Martel BYE (draw) Garvin/Magnum Garvin/Magnum Sawyer/Steiner Stallion/Ware Sawyer/Steiner Garvin/Magnum Baba/Tiger Peterson/Wayne Bart/Garvin Bart/Garvin Baba/Tiger Non-tournament matches
- Jim Duggan defeated Dick Slater to retain the Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship (afternoon)
- Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualification to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (evening)
1987
2nd Annual Jim Crockett, Sr.
Memorial Cup Tag Team TournamentInformation Promotion Jim Crockett Promotions Date April 10 and 11, 1987 Attendance 9,300 (April 10)[2]
13,000 (April 11)[2]Venue Baltimore Arena City Baltimore, Maryland The second Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 10 and 11, 1987. The tournament included 24 tag teams.[2]
Participants
Teams shown in bold received first-round byes.
- Arn Anderson and Kevin Sullivan
- Brad and Bob Armstrong
- Giant Baba and Isao Takagi
- The Barbarian and Bill Dundee
- Tully Blanchard and Lex Luger
- Denny Brown and Chris Champion
- Manny Fernandez and Rick Rude
- Jimmy and Ronnie Garvin
- Mike Graham and Nelson Royal
- Tim Horner and Mike Rotunda
- The Italian Stallion and Ricky Lee Jones
- Bobby Jaggers and Rocky King
- Steve Keirn and George South
- Teijho Khan and Shaska Whatley
- Lazer Tron and Jimmy Valiant
- Wahoo McDaniel and Baron Von Raschke
- The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)
- The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike)
- Bill and Randy Mulkey
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)
- The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton)
- The Russian Team (Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Petrov)
- The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes)
- The Thunderfoots (#1 and #2)
Bracket
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Russian Team Armstrongs Armstrongs Anderson/Sullivan Armstrongs Luger/Blanchard MOD Squad McDaniel/Baron MOD Squad Luger/Blanchard Luger/Blanchard Baba/Takagi Baba/Takagi Brown/Champion Brown/Champion Mulkeys Baba/Takagi† Rock 'n' Roll Express Keirn/South Graham/Royal BYE (draw) Rock 'n' Roll Express Luger/Blanchard Super Powers Road Warriors Khan/Whatley Lazer Tron/Valiant Khan/Whatley Road Warriors Midnight Express Stallion/Jones Garvins Garvins Midnight Express Midnight Express Super Powers Fernandez/Rude Thunderfoots Jaggers/King Thunderfoots Fernandez/Rude Super Powers Barbarian/Dundee Horner/Rotunda Barbarian/Dundee Super Powers † The Rock 'n' Roll Express were unable to compete due to an eye injury to Ricky Morton. Baba and Takagi won the match by forfeit.[3]
Non-tournament matches
- Ole Anderson defeated Big Bubba Rogers in a Last Man Standing Steel Cage match (April 10)
- Ric Flair defeated Barry Windham to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (April 11)
1988
3rd Annual Jim Crockett, Sr.
Memorial Cup Tag Team TournamentInformation Promotion Jim Crockett Promotions Date April 22 and 23, 1988 Attendance 4,440 (April 22)[4]
6,300 (April 23)[4]Venue Greenville Memorial Auditorium (April 22)
Greensboro Coliseum (April 23)City Greenville, South Carolina (April 22)
Greensboro, North Carolina (April 23)The third and final Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held over two nights, April 22 and 23, 1988. Scheduled to feature 24 teams, the tournament included a few changes to the original lineup.
Lex Luger, scheduled to partner with Barry Windham in the tournament (as they had been the NWA World Tag Team Champions), lost his teammate. Windham turned on Luger just two days before the tournament.[5] The betrayal caused Luger and Windham to lose the title to Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, and Windham became the new fourth member of the Four Horsemen, actually taking a spot Luger had been kicked out of months earlier.[4]
The Super Powers (Nikita Koloff and Dusty Rhodes) were also removed from the tournament. Rhodes received a 120-day suspension on April 15 for hitting Jim Crockett with a baseball bat on the March 26 edition of World Championship Wrestling, and was also stripped of his NWA United States Heavyweight Championship.[5] Koloff was then given a match for Ric Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Championship, to take place on the second night of the tournament.[4]
On the first night of the tournament, between the first and second rounds,[5] Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Sullivan in a Blindfold match. Sullivan and Rick Steiner perpetrated a post-match attack on the still blindfolded Garvin. Garvin's brother, Ronnie, attempted to save Jimmy, but during the course of the ensuing brawl, sustained a chest injury due to Sullivan's Golden Spike.[5] This left Sting also without a partner for the tournament,[4] with the announcement later on[5] that Lex Luger and Sting would team up, a partnership that would continue off and on for nearly 15 years.
All of these events left the final tournament field at 22 teams.[4]
Participants
Teams shown in bold received first-round byes. Entries crossed out were scheduled teams that were split up.
- Johnny Ace and John Savage
- Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
- Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner
- Chris Champion and Mark Starr
- Tiger Conway, Jr. and Shaska Whatley
- The Cruel Connection (#1 and #2)
- Joe Cruz and Ricky Santana
- The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers)
Ronnie Garvin and Sting- The Green Machine and The Terminator
- The Italian Stallion and Kendall Windham
- Rocky King and Nelson Royal
- Ivan Koloff and Dick Murdoch
- Lex Luger and Sting
Lex Luger and Barry Windham- The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)
- Mighty Wilbur and Jimmy Valiant
- Al Perez and Larry Zbyszko
- The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord)
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk)
- The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams)
- Ron Simmons and Steve Williams
- The Twin Devils (#1 and #2)
- The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner)
Bracket
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Ace/Savage Armstrong/Horner Midnight Express Armstrong/Horner /
SheepherdersCruel Connection Sheepherders Midnight Express1 Luger/Sting Koloff/Murdoch Wilbur/Valiant Koloff/Murdoch Luger/Sting Luger/Sting Powers of Pain Powers of Pain Champion/Starr Champion/Starr Twin Devils Powers of Pain Road Warriors King/Royal Conway/Whatley Conway/Whatley Road Warriors Luger/Sting Anderson/Blanchard Anderson/Blanchard Stallion/Windham Machine/Terminator Stallion/Windham Anderson/Blanchard BYE2 BYE2 BYE2 Anderson/Blanchard Fantastics Cruz/Santana Perez/Zbyszko Perez/Zbyszko Fantastics Fantastics Varsity Club Varsity Club Simmons/Williams The Garvin/Sting and Luger/Windham teams splitting up resulted in the following:
- 1 The Midnight Express defeated The Sheepherders in the final second round match.[5] Earlier in that round,[5] The Sheepherders defeated Armstrong and Horner. This filled the empty 23rd spot in the bracket.
- 2 Anderson and Blanchard received a bye to the semifinal round to make up for the empty 24th spot in the bracket.
Non-tournament matches
- Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Sullivan in a Blindfold match (April 22, between first and second rounds)
- The Midnight Rider defeated J.J. Dillon in a Bullrope match (April 23, between quarterfinal and semifinal rounds)
- Nikita Koloff defeated Ric Flair by disqualification, with Flair retaining the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (April 23, between semifinal and final rounds)
References
- ^ a b c "1st Annual Crockett Cup". Wrestling Supercards & Tournaments. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/cup.html#1st. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ a b c "2nd Annual Crockett Cup". Wrestling Supercards & Tournaments. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/cup.html#2nd. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ Cawthon, Graham. "1987 Jim Crockett Promotions ring results". The History of WWE. http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/jcp87.htm. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "3rd Annual Crockett Cup". Wrestling Supercards & Tournaments. http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/cup.html#3rd. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Cawthon, Graham. "1988 Jim Crockett Promotions ring results". The History of WWE. http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/jcp88.htm. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
See also
- Jim Crockett Promotions
- Jim Crockett, Sr.
- Professional wrestling tournament
Categories:- Jim Crockett Promotions shows
- Professional wrestling tournaments
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