For over half a century, Charlotte was synonymous with the wrestling office founded in 1948 by promoter Jim Crockett Sr. A longtime member of the National Wrestling Alliance, the company known as Jim Crockett Promotions, Inc. introduced the brand name "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" in the ealy 1970's. JCP was also a promoter of musical and theater productions and owned a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles. 

After the death of Crockett Sr., his son Jim Jr. took over the Presidency of the company with assistance from brother David, sister Frances, her husband John Ringley, and wrestler-turned-booker George Scott, who is credited by most with being the driving creative force behind the company.  

After Scott left the company in 1981, JCP went through several bookers including Ole Anderson, Dory Funk Jr., and Dusty Rhodes, and in 1985, began a national expansion, buying the TBS time slot from Vincent Kennedy McMahon's Titan Sports, Inc. (which had purchased it following a buyout of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc.).  

Somewhere during 1985-1986, what was known as Mid-Atlantic became known from that point as the World Championship Wrestling region, or as it's referred to on this site as Jim Crockett Promotions (1986-1989).