David Crockett on the Sale of Jim Crockett Promotions to Turner

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[@imcoop]

I used to love how David would go absolutely crazy when he would announce the matches

[@kevinpayton2664]

He had me laughing. Remember when Tully Blanchard slapped Baby Doll and JJ Dillon held David back from getting Tully?

[@Briansgate]

I grew up just north of Greensboro, and JCP was a huge part of my life!

[@Kevin-cy4qn]

The 2 voices of my ENTIRE childhood!!

[@garyrosato6982]

Tony Schiavone and David Crockett were my favorites on Saturday afternoons and nights

[@joeschmo5021]

No matter what, @ 6:05 on Saturday eve you were watching JCP on the Superstation/TBS. Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling in the 80s was just a remarkable time.

[@Dakatari]

It would be pretty awesome for the fans if the territories still existed.

[@robertsmith4831]

They territories gave fans a lot of opportunities to see live shows and it certainly developed talent

[@MoniqueFromPlymouth]

The independent circuit is now today's "territories."

[@Dakatari]

@@MoniqueFromPlymouth Lol not even

[@MoniqueFromPlymouth]

LOL@@Dakatari

[@profshad3429]

Ya, the loss of competition, led to this era. Real pro wrestling is dead.

[@edwardclement102]

Wish David could work with NWA today.

[@metameta1427]

David and Tony were my childhood growing up in NC in the 80s. Miss that time. The world done went crazy.

[@shayneholder9300]

Thanks for the best wrestling we ever had

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

It is great to see you again, Mr. Crockett.

[@rageangerman1432]

Watched these guys every week. Good old days.

[@Nowitsfound]

Look at him..lets just watch lol..man do I ever miss those days of wrestling and pretty much everything else from those days

[@lenwennerberg1631]

Watch him Tony... watch him now !!!

[@FritziSchnitzel]

I could listen to David talk about wrestling all day. Please keep it coming. Also....wrestling journalism is mostly awful & amateurish. There are very few people knowledable enough to know what to ask. Or know when to ask follow up questions. Many also don't know when to shut up and let the guest talk when they are going somewhere interesting. Conrad is pretty good at those things. So good on you Conrad.

[@jameydavis4263]

Good to see you David Crockett

[@TheHannibalTV]

Interesting

[@adamminsky4442]

Coming from you that's high praise. I always enjoy watching your interviews

[@christian4u69]

Growing up as a child of the 70s and 80s in Baltimore, I had the distinction of having BOTH the Crocketts and the McMahons come to town EVERY MONTH. Guaran-damn-teed I was at one of those shows. Sometimes both. While Vince had almost the best of everything, the one thing he didn’t have was the TALENT. That, plus after the sale someone in the Crockett family didn’t think to keep a WRESTLING person, answerable only to Ted, in charge of the WRESTLING company.

[@slt7139]

Good to see these guys still alive and kicking

[@diamondwchamp]

Thank You David Crockett for the great wrestling. I was hoping AEW would use your format of wrestling. It was a blueprint for success! I enjoyed the Graham family (Florida) style of wrestling as well. There are very few workers I watch today and then I turn the channel.

[@daveknoxx9391]

I Just listen to the show on Patreon, can't wait for a part2, thanx for everything you guys do, happy new year.

[@WCWWorldChamp]

Love this one!

[@JackieAprileJr]

Greatest commentary guy ever. He raised it to a new level

[@FritziSchnitzel]

I like to think that if JCP had remained intact and not sold to Turner that not only might they still be around today.....but that their "sports presentation" style of wrestling (with high drama) would still be with us as well. To me pro wrestling is unwatchable today. I've watched hundreds of hours of wrestling tv from all the era's & terroritories that are available on tape. And the Crocketts presentation of wrestling was probably the best pro wrestling ever got. Thank you Crockett family!

[@chrischar9428]

They were about to be crushed when Turner saved them

[@davidvalentine3799]

You should've seen WCCW and AWA they were classic promotions during the 1970s -1991 . They produce awesome content .

[@cybrnathan]

My fondest memories of David are when he and Tully went at each other verbally at the interview podium almost weekly lol.

[@jameswest4259]

I grew up on the 4 Horsemen 🤘

[@johnfalcetta5431]

Did you guys ever ask him about when he took the Russian Sickle from Nikita Koloff? As a kid that scared me

[@trentaccid2177]

You have to thanks one group that told Vince that he was not welcomed on The Super station and that was the fans. Thankyou fans.

[@wandahayes5333]

WE SURE DO MISS CROCKETT PROMOTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💯💕💞💓💝💖❤

[@anotherDnightmare]

Always appreciated David. And his hilariously non-specific color comments. “Look at that!!”

[@Dredsed]

How? Lol, colorless commentary

[@HyellaTunez]

why don' t they make a Jim crockett video game with all exclusive wrestlers!!!!

[@Chris-ht7dt]

Whw is still my fav out of the 5.

[@productreviewproductions439]

maybe if the last year of uwf wasnt a highlight package it would have helped the tv ratings

[@edwardstill8995]

They were so good together!

[@gary6754]

we gotta go!!!!!

[@stealthbomber2126]

88 was last year I watched wrestling after watching for decades. The cartoon turn ruined it for me forever.

[@HeyYo8]

David always would commentate and say "Can he do it" lol

[@HeyYo8]

Yep lol

[@mightyblack1]

Bring David and Tony back together on the broadcasting in AEW.

[@tdowell8615]

You know you know you know

[@FritziSchnitzel]

I would love to know if the Crocketts had plans for a post Magnum TA era. I don't mean after his accident. I mean they were building everything for Magnum to be the top man. What were the plans for Magnum once that happened and were they thinking of who might be their franchise player after Magnum?

[@erickennedy5993]

Nobody

[@blake7871]

They were in flux for about a year, then it seems like they were hoping Sting or Luger would be the star.

[@charles1964]

I Never saw MTA as a long term Champ. People have been saying "if only" for years, but once MTA won the belt - then what?

[@davidvalentine3799]

Hot stuff Eddie Gilbert and Sweet Stan Lane .

[@Thor-Orion]

To my knowledge Flair saw a lot in a young Brian Pillman.

[@tysonpage4661]

I miss jcp

[@timhurst1350]

Dammit ….. I wanna hear the response to “does Conrad control AEW ?”

[@jackiethompson3610]

his mother...at the time HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! like after that they were friggin done

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

How Did Jim Crockett Promotions Sold To Super Station Wtbs Become Wcw In 1990 Wrestling

[@doubles7533]

Dude he said "you know" 27 times here

[@keithbaker1635]

N.W.A/CROCKET PROMOTIONS, from 86-90 was in my mind the best story telling wrestling promotion at that time frame, cause they gave us storylines that were more geared towards "real life" situations, where the WWF, at that time was more cartoonist, their storylines were like reading a comic book. The writers for the N.W.A kept it in a real life situation aspect, that didn't insult the fans intelligence. And that's why fans loved to watch it, because they had the right people in charge at the right time who knew how to get your attention and hold it from a Friday night to the following Friday a whole week, to get you to come back and see if the bad guys were going to get their asses handed to them, or if their reign of terror would continue. They knew the phycology of it and once you tap into that, & you know how to hold people's attention, then the sky's the limit. Bottom line they made it believable.

[@Dredsed]

The nwa was amazing ❤ and it was a real industry then, not just wwe. BUT JCP killed JCP. Not Vince. Alot of the cartoon shit was coming in anyway from various companies as were the national expansion ideas. Jcp had a loyal fanbase and could have held out a lot longer in georgia and mid atlantic but they made bad choices to go to dallas and try to compete for the national audience which they were never going to win.

[@teddyy72]

Did the Crockett's ever offer Fritz VonErich a deal to buy WCCW when they bought Mid South??

[@chrischar9428]

There was nothing there

[@robzilla730]

WCCW was even more hard-luck than NWA...

[@teddyy72]

I was thinking around 1983 - 1984 when they were at their peak

[@sherryhopkins4303]

Please talk about dusty rhodes and what happened to get him fired and how things went bad with his booking and who falt was it that Crockett sold out and why..i am a die hard dusty rhodes fan..

[@stevep4574]

The cost doubled, and so did his chin😂

[@barrygearheart7000]

You know

[@Kayfabe-226]

Seems that JR was watts guy that helped sell that uwf deal to Crockett so maybe you want ask him if he knew it was bad deal for Jimmy Crockett...

[@superlyger]

Conrad looks older than Tony.

[@isaaclee3793]

Cause he is a phat phuc

[@MrNWA4Life]

That's because Tony never ages.

[@tonylott2926]

He is jewish.

[@edwardb3970]

Is Jim Crockett Sr or Jr in the WWE HoF?

[@MrNWA4Life]

No

[@Dredsed]

No 😈🤣

[@trentaccid2177]

Dont be putting Ad Free on this podcast because there running ads all through here. This is bullshit.

[@stealthbomber2126]

Should have ax David why did Jim give the cartoon king a million dollars when cartoon king breached his contract with turner. turner would have eventually gotten that s.o.b. off of TBS and it may have gotten rid of him forever. it would eventually kill the wrestling biz for the territories.

[@lenwennerberg1631]

Look at'im.

[@isaaclee3793]

Watch 'em

[@lenwennerberg1631]

@@isaaclee3793 We see him Tony, we see him. And there he is!

[@profshad3429]

Ya, today's stuff is acrobats, explosions and clowns

[@ninjacape]

That sounds more like the 90’s

[@williamgantt3323]

A dumb move on the Crockett's. There were many more titles then AWA, WWF, and others combined.

[@williamgantt3323]

The biggest mistake ever made in pro wrestling history

[@78bcat]

Wrestling "business" analysis is just so much bullshit. JCP needed a massive investment to survive. The problem was not money spent, it was that they did not have enough of it. Talent costs alone meant they simply could not compete with WWE without going in a hole that could not survive any downturn...plus they needed the money to expand to run more shows, in new and bigger markets and flesh out the operation and increase revenue like WWE had already done with the advantage of a northeast home base. If Iron Sheik can make $80k from just his doll in 1986, then JCP has to be able to unearth that money...or Flair, Dusty, TA, they all would have eventually jumped. The territories died for cause. They were always going to die, no different than Walmart, Kroger, etc killed the local/regional Ma and Pa. That's the evolution of business, Grow or die.