As we previously reported, Jim Crockett Jr passed away at the age of 76 after being hospitalized late last month. More personalities from the wrestling world continue to react on social media, while the WWE has issued a statement on his passing. It reads:
WWE is saddened to learn that Jim Crockett Jr. passed away at the age of 76.
An influential promoter who helped champion the careers of WWE Hall of Famers such as Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat and The Road Warriors, Crockett Jr. stewarded the family’s Crockett Promotions from 1977 to 1989. As part of the promotion’s affiliation, Crockett Jr. was later named President of the National Wrestling Alliance in 1980. During his tenure, Crockett Jr. helped expand the promotion’s footprint and held the inaugural Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Under Crockett Jr.’s leadership, the NWA would eventually be sold and renamed as World Championship Wrestling.
Book Review: Master of the Ring by Tim Hornbaker By Adam Rice on Jan 15, 2021, 6:05pm EST 12
This past Christmas, I bought myself a copy of the newest pro wrestling book to hit the shelves,
Master of the Ring. A biography chronicling the life and career of the legendary Nature Boy Buddy Rogers. The book was written by noted wrestling & baseball historian Tim Hornbaker, who has penned several books that cover different topics in the landscape of pro wrestling. Each have been been critically acclaimed as being some of the best books covering the wild world of wrestling. Master of the Ring is Hornbaker s first wrestling biography and the subject matter is one of the most colorful and integral figures in wrestling history. The first man to win the NWA and the WWWF/WWF/WWE World Championships, Nature Boy Buddy Rogers. It takes a cradle to grade look at Herman Rhode and his transformation into the first Nature Boy and how that moniker took him all the way to th