re: Sad news from the wrestling world legendary promoter Jim Crockett Jr has passed away.

Pro wrestling was a different beast back then. Crockett Jr. ran two and a half states (North Carolina, South Carolina, and part of Virginia... with the rare trip to West Virginia or very Eastern edge of Tennessee) and was doing so well that most nights his promotion was running three shows.

He had an office staff of like 5 or 6 people and was running a multi-million dollar a year business.

A nice guy but he got talked into trying to compete nationally with the WWF and that ruined his business.