Jim Crockett Jr.

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Jim Crockett Jr.

Birth name James Allen Crockett Jr.

Born August 10, 1944

Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

Died March 3, 2021 (aged 76)

Professional wrestling career

Ring name(s) Jim Crockett

Debut 1973

Retired 1994

James Allen Crockett Jr. (August 10, 1944 – March 3, 2021) was an

American professional wrestling promoter. From 1973 to 1989, he was part owner
of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), a wrestling company affiliated with the National
Wrestling Alliance (NWA). From 1976 to 1987, Jim Crockett Promotions also owned
the Charlotte Orioles, a minor league baseball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina,
the Winston-Salem Polar Twins in the Southern Hockey League from 1974 to 1975.[1]

Contents

 1Career

o 1.1Early life
 o 1.2Taking over Jim Crockett Promotions

o 1.3NWA president

 1.3.1First term

 1.3.2Second term

 1.3.3Third term

o 1.4Crockett sells his promotion to Ted Turner

o 1.5Short-lived attempts at returning to wrestling

o 1.6Post-wrestling career

 2Death

 3References

 4External links

Career[edit]
Early life[edit]
Born to Jim Crockett and Elizabeth Crockett in Charlotte, Jim Jr. graduated from Myers
Park High School in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1960. He and his younger siblings
(David, Jackie, and Frances) were largely uninvolved in professional wrestling until their
father's death in 1973. The elder Crockett had been a promoter of wrestling and other
forms of entertainment since 1931 (with JCP joining the NWA in 1950).
Taking over Jim Crockett Promotions[edit]
Although Jim Crockett Sr. had decided his son-in-law John Ringley would run JCP, Jim
Jr. reluctantly took over ownership of the company that same year. [2] Crockett brought in
wrestler George Scott as head booker,[3] and he signed wrestlers from across the
country, from veterans such as Wahoo McDaniel to younger wrestlers like Ric Flair.[4]
NWA president