Tony Schiavone Comments On Speaking With Jim Crockett Jr. Two Days Before His Passing );
During a recent appearance on Chris Jericho’s “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, Tony Schiavone commented on his phone call with Jim Crockett Jr. prior to his passing, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his phone call with Jim Crockett Jr. before his passing: “Well, unfortunately, two days before he died, David called me and said Jimmy wants to talk to you. So, he put me on speakerphone. I talked to Jimmy and told him how much his family meant to me and how much he meant to my career. I said, ‘Honestly, I would be nothing without you because you’re the one that gave me my shot, gave me my chance, and so everything that I’ve done, every success that I’ve had, is really because of your confidence in me.’ I know there’s a lot of other people that were on my side – Ric Flair and Dusty [Rhodes] wanted me to do well – but Jimmy Crockett made the
In a recent interview on Talk Is Jericho, Tony Schiavone discussed his phone call with Jim Crockett Jr. before his passing, Crockett’s impact on his career, and much more. You can read highlights from Tony Schiavone below.
Tony Schiavone on his phone call with Jim Crockett Jr. before his passing: “Well, unfortunately, two days before he died, David called me and said Jimmy wants to talk to you. So, he put me on speakerphone. I talked to Jimmy and told him how much his family meant to me and how much he meant to my career. I said, ‘Honestly, I would be nothing without you because you’re the one that gave me my shot, gave me my chance, and so everything that I’ve done, every success that I’ve had, is really because of your confidence in me.’ I know there’s a lot of other people that were on my side – Ric Flair and Dusty [Rhodes] wanted me to do well – but Jimmy Crockett made the decision to let me work for them and thus made the decision to put me on TBS. That’s
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The story of Jim Crockett Jr., and the rise and fall of Jim Crockett Promotions is the lead story in the current double-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at the death of Crockett, the Crockett s family original involvement in wrestling, how Jim took over the moves he made in building a small market territory into one of the big three companies in the U.S., original plans and why they changed, the rise of Ric Flair, where Jm was a Hall of Fame promoter, the fight with Vince McMahon from 1984-88, getting the TBS deal, what led to JCP selling to Turner, the framework of the NWA in the 70s and 80s, the rise of the super show concept, mistakes made at the end, what happened when TBS took over, attempts to get back in wrestling and life after wrestling.