The tournament format was single-elimination with a promoted prize of $1 million (U.S.) awarded to the winning team.
JCP held the event every April in 1986, 1987, and 1988 before selling the company to Ted Turner (via TBS) in November 1988.
Bobby Fulton, The Barbarian, and The Rock 'n' Roll Express were previous tournament wrestlers that took part in the event.
[4] On October 1, 2017, William Patrick Corgan's purchase of the NWA (via his company Lightning One, Inc.) was finalized.
[5] Thirty-one years after the previous event, the fourth annual Crockett Cup was held on April 27, 2019.