Jim Crockett Promotions Archives

Jackie Crockett, dead at 76, ‘just one of the boys’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Mar 14, 2024 | Interviews, Obituaries

Jackie Crockett, who died on Wednesday night, was more than just a cameraman for Jim Crockett...

This week’s ‘Tales from the Territories’ offers little more than a history lesson on Jim Crockett Promotions

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 29, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews

While the tales of dangerous interactions with fans and wrestlers losing eyeballs were becoming...

Mat Matters: Flair’s retirement elicits emotions one more time

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jul 31, 2022 | Event Reports, Events, Opinion

I shed tears when Ric Flair retired at WrestleMania 24. Seeing the iconic “I love you,...

Sandy Scott dead at 75

Posted by Steven Johnson | Mar 11, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

The career of Sandy Scott, the Hamilton, Ontario-born tag team star who died at age 75 this...

Nothing but the truth from Dave Hebner

Posted by Kenai Andrews | May 5, 2009 | Interviews

Dave Hebner refereed many of the WWE’s biggest matches, as the flagship referee of the WWE...

The sad ending of Magnum T.A.’s career

Posted by Chris Schramm | Oct 12, 2001 | Classics, Interviews

Twenty thousand screaming fans, $500,000 a year salary, $53,000 Porsche and then it ended....

End of an era on TBS: The letters

Posted by John Molinaro | Apr 12, 2001 | Interviews

When Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner cancelled WCW programming on TBS, it spelt the end for...

End of an era on TBS: Fond memories of the SuperStation

Posted by John Molinaro | Apr 5, 2001 | Classics, Interviews

When Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner cancelled WCW programming on TBS, it spelt the end for...

End of an era on TBS: Crockett, Flair and ‘The Clashes’

Posted by John Molinaro | Apr 4, 2001 | Classics, Interviews

When Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner cancelled WCW programming on TBS, it spelt the end for...

End of an era on TBS: Solie, Georgia and ‘Black Saturday’

Posted by John Molinaro | Apr 3, 2001 | Classics

When Turner Broadcasting CEO Jamie Kellner cancelled WCW programming on TBS, it spelt the end for...

The plane crash that changed wrestling

Posted by John Molinaro | Dec 28, 2000 | Classics, Interviews

It was supposed to be a routine flight. On October 4, 1975, a twin-engine Cessna 310 plane...

Starrcade was the original super card

Posted by John Molinaro | Dec 17, 1999 | Interviews

Wrestling announcers are renowned for using hyperbole: “This is the greatest pay-per-view...

Mat Matters: The Greatness of the Great American Bash

Posted by John Molinaro | Jun 11, 1999 | Opinion

In 1985, promoter Jim Crockett Jr. came up with an idea for a summer wrestling spectacular called the Great American Bash. One of the most anticipated events on the wrestling calendar in the 80’s, the Bash has survived the...

He was a Brute before becoming Klondike Bill

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 15, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Bill Soloweyko BORN: December 1, 1931 in Calgary, Alberta DIED: October 3, 2000...

Tag: Jim Crockett Promotions

Jackie Crockett, dead at 76, ‘just one of the boys’

This week’s ‘Tales from the Territories’ offers little more than a history lesson on Jim Crockett Promotions

Mat Matters: Flair’s retirement elicits emotions one more time

Sandy Scott dead at 75

Nothing but the truth from Dave Hebner

The sad ending of Magnum T.A.’s career

End of an era on TBS: The letters

End of an era on TBS: Fond memories of the SuperStation

End of an era on TBS: Crockett, Flair and ‘The Clashes’

End of an era on TBS: Solie, Georgia and ‘Black Saturday’

The plane crash that changed wrestling

Starrcade was the original super card

Mat Matters: The Greatness of the Great American Bash

He was a Brute before becoming Klondike Bill

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