Jim Crockett Promotions, at times branded as Eastern States Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, was a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1931, the promotion emerged as a cornerstone of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). By the 1980s, Jim Crockett Promotions was, along with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), one of the two largest promotions in the United States. The Crockett family sold a majority interest in the promotion to Turner Broadcasting System resulting in the creation of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1988.