Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
| 1st Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament |
|
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Jim Crockett Promotions |
| Date | April 19, 1986 |
| Attendance | 3,500 (afternoon) 13,000 (evening) |
| Venue | Louisiana Superdome |
| City | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2nd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament |
|
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Jim Crockett Promotions |
| Date | April 10 and 11, 1987 |
| Attendance | 9,300 (April 10) 13,000 (April 11) |
| Venue | Baltimore Arena |
| City | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 3rd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament |
|
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Jim Crockett Promotions |
| Date | April 22 and 23, 1988 |
| Attendance | 4,440 (April 22) 6,300 (April 23) |
| Venue |
Greenville Memorial Auditorium (April 22) Greensboro Coliseum (April 23) |
| City |
Greenville, South Carolina (April 22) Greensboro, North Carolina (April 23) |
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 US$1 million (kayfabe) prize awarded to the winning team.
The Crockett Cup events were headlined by matches for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
The first Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held on April 19, 1986. The tournament featured 24 tag teams.
Teams shown in bold received first-round byes.
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.
Teams shown in bold received first-round byes.
† 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.
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. 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.
...
Wikipedia