Man, this was one of my favorite events! 3 years was not enough. I know when Turner bought Crockett Promotions it wouldn't have made sense to keep the Cup going, but that event was different and innovative like no other. It would have made an awesome PPV. I know it was a two day event that would have done well. My favorite Crockett Cup was the 1987 one.

thats the biggest statement,your last comment....."i wish crockett didn't sell to turner'!!!! so true

I think it was probably a good idea to discontinue it. Aside from the fact that Turner bought the promotion, the last tourney they had in 1988 was pretty disorganized.

The Sheephearders didn't lose twice, but did wrestle twice in the second round. They beat someone in the first round (forgive me if I don't remember whom), but then beat Lightning Express in the second round before losing to the Midnight Express later in the round.

To those of you who are curious The Sheepherders beat the masked team The Cruel Connection in that 1st match
 
Jeff

I think if Turner coulda made it into a two day event and make money from it nationally. Say you have the first two rounds on TBS specials, and then the finals on PPV, I think it coulda worked and made money. I think the disorganization from the last event was due to the Barry Windham turn happening only a little bit before the event.

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I would have liked to have seen the MX vs Sting & Luger bout and the Fantastics vs Varsity Club which were rated ***3/4 and **** respectively in the Observer. But they weren't on the video. I also would have liked to have seen the Chris Champion & Mark Starr vs Powers of Pain bout, because even though I heard it was poor, it would have been neat to see Starr as the honorary New Breed member for the evening.

I have to say no.  The Crockett Cups were very good shows, but also very poorly marketed.  Go back and watch the tapes now and it looks like there were 50 people in the crowd.  I think the Crockett Cups could've been huge if they'd had a Vince McMahon promoting them.  But the NWA did not make the CC's nearly as big of a deal as say Starrcade or the Great American Bash.  A tag team tournament for $1 million was a good idea, but after three shows, I'm not sure that the concept was big enough to be sustained any longer.

This was a very innovative event and probably a bit too ahead of its time. It was also a massive opportunity squandered by Crockett, but that's just par for the course. When this 'Crockett Cup' idea was in its infancy, he should have immediately called Vince Mcmahon and Verne Gagne. Would Mcmahon and/or Gagne have taken the bait and participated? Probably not, but we'll never know because it wasn't attempted. Its 2009, and this is still the only event that had real potential of being a "super card" encompassing all the wrestling organizations at the time. It could have been considered "neutral ground" for all participants and each federation could have shared the revenue. I realize it wasn't likely to happen as there was a lot of politics going on then and each organization was at war, but Crockett(or someone) should have extended an olive branch. Had Mcmahon participated, this event would have been huge. There wouldn't have been world title DQs to end the events either.
 
Did anyone ever write a book about Crockett? Its gotta be a fascinating story. He was an expert at building beautiful bridges, letting people look at them in awe, and just as they're about to walk across them, he burns them to the ground.
 
Most NWA/WCW fans think Crockett shouldn't have sold NWA. I think he should have sold it sooner.