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Jim Crockett Promotions (1935-1988)
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Might be the smartest of the bunch. Had Daddy's money, no stressful job in comparison to his bros, partied with the boys and rode the WCW gravy train for over a decade.
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Jim was under 40 when the National expansion era began.
They had towns that had drawn upwards of 600K a year by themselves.
If anything the Six Pack book taught me it was Vince knew his own weak points and hired people to build up his weak points.
Crockett couldn't even bother hiring a second accountant despite having dreams of national ads and what not.
Some toy company HAD to have come to them in 85/86 after the LJNs did bonkers sales and Remco's AWA earned several lines. I'd love to know the mindset on limiting their revenue streams.
Vince had his guys making 1.3% of merch AFTER he realized how much the boys made off the LJN royalties and made sure to cut them back.
There was probably room for JCP to reopen a baseball team. Then you have a ready made situation to run a ballpark every few months and get your wrestlers gigs mingling with the crowds at your baseball games.
The return to concert promoting was almost done with their GAB tours, but there was probably a better way to integrate it so it wasn't a money losing prospect. Bring in your country music act to ______ arena and promise Duh-stay would be there for part of the show, etc
WWF didn't even successfully break into the South until after JCP died. This was largely JCP shooting themselves in the foot.
They had towns that had drawn upwards of 600K a year by themselves.
If anything the Six Pack book taught me it was Vince knew his own weak points and hired people to build up his weak points.
Crockett couldn't even bother hiring a second accountant despite having dreams of national ads and what not.
Some toy company HAD to have come to them in 85/86 after the LJNs did bonkers sales and Remco's AWA earned several lines. I'd love to know the mindset on limiting their revenue streams.
Vince had his guys making 1.3% of merch AFTER he realized how much the boys made off the LJN royalties and made sure to cut them back.
There was probably room for JCP to reopen a baseball team. Then you have a ready made situation to run a ballpark every few months and get your wrestlers gigs mingling with the crowds at your baseball games.
The return to concert promoting was almost done with their GAB tours, but there was probably a better way to integrate it so it wasn't a money losing prospect. Bring in your country music act to ______ arena and promise Duh-stay would be there for part of the show, etc
WWF didn't even successfully break into the South until after JCP died. This was largely JCP shooting themselves in the foot.
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Interesting notes from Tim Hornbaker's Flair book:
Starrcade 83's main event was a happy accident. Race was picked to win the belt in June to strengthen Geigel's St Louis promotion as Larry Matysik was running opposition in the wake of Sam Muchnick's retirement. Race was supposed to lose the belt back a month later.
Amusing enough, Dave Meltzer bitched in the WON about a over weight Race being made champion again over Flair.
Flair's first win was a real pissing match in the NWA board. Dusty was picked to get a run before Flair to appease Eddie Graham. Then the Flair win was in Central States to appease Geigel.
Kerry Von Erich was apparently not picked to win the title due to the momentum from his brother dying, but it was done to appease Fritz who was flirting with going to the WWF umbrella.
Race/Flair's switch while in Singapore was a last second move by Race to appease the promoter after Flair's travel plans failed and he missed the first night of the planned tour. Paul Boesch was in attendance, which the men did not know and he tattled. The title was Dusty finished out of reality after the fact.
Starrcade 83's main event was a happy accident. Race was picked to win the belt in June to strengthen Geigel's St Louis promotion as Larry Matysik was running opposition in the wake of Sam Muchnick's retirement. Race was supposed to lose the belt back a month later.
Amusing enough, Dave Meltzer bitched in the WON about a over weight Race being made champion again over Flair.
Flair's first win was a real pissing match in the NWA board. Dusty was picked to get a run before Flair to appease Eddie Graham. Then the Flair win was in Central States to appease Geigel.
Kerry Von Erich was apparently not picked to win the title due to the momentum from his brother dying, but it was done to appease Fritz who was flirting with going to the WWF umbrella.
Race/Flair's switch while in Singapore was a last second move by Race to appease the promoter after Flair's travel plans failed and he missed the first night of the planned tour. Paul Boesch was in attendance, which the men did not know and he tattled. The title was Dusty finished out of reality after the fact.
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I guess I didn't recall Dusty's angle being attacked in the parking lot (Make it good!) aired the same day as he introduced Koloff as his babyface partner. Hot shotting things after the Bash tour went sour and with Starrcade looming? (And Magnum being taken out)
Maybe they should have gone for the nuclear heat and revealed Dillon paid somebody to mess with TA's break lines.
That's also a lot of Dusty centric booking.
The Garvins in 87 were not the best picks to try and build as the fresh top guys in the mix. Had they had a Sting/Luger in the works instead may have saved the houses. Ron had already had a run with Flair (and to be fair, so did Magnum had his accident not happened) Even the Nikita feud was a rehash of 84-85, just in different roles for he and Flair.
Maybe they should have gone for the nuclear heat and revealed Dillon paid somebody to mess with TA's break lines.
That's also a lot of Dusty centric booking.
The Garvins in 87 were not the best picks to try and build as the fresh top guys in the mix. Had they had a Sting/Luger in the works instead may have saved the houses. Ron had already had a run with Flair (and to be fair, so did Magnum had his accident not happened) Even the Nikita feud was a rehash of 84-85, just in different roles for he and Flair.
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Dusty: "Houses are down, everybody must bleed"
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