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Ted Turner, who helped finance one of the world’s most powerful wrestling promotions, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), has died at the age of 87.

In the 1980s, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) founder Vince McMahon had the bold idea of ​​taking his brand nationally. In the process, they revolutionized the concept of regional wrestling promotions and dominated the industry for a decade and well into the 1990s. One of the regional brands that faced financial problems due to the dominance of the WWF – now WWE – was North Carolina company Jim Crockett Promotions. Who owned a share of the NWA.

With his company in dire straits, Crockett sold his wrestling assets to rapidly rising media mogul Ted Turner. The man who turned TBS, TNT and CNN into powerhouse national television networks was a wrestling fan and wanted to continue airing in-ring content on TBS.

Turner already had a weekly show called “World Championship Wrestling”, so he took Crockett’s roster, which included wrestling icon Ric Flair, and turned WCW into a real wrestling promotion. Still, despite airing content on national TV each week, success like the WWF was not immediate.

Ted Turner helped propel WCW to the top of wrestling

So the television veteran decided to put his money where his mouth was, and when new WCW boss Eric Bischoff asked him to invest big bucks in WWF legends like Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage, he did. Although this has not yet turned them into real competition for the WWF, it has given the brand far more credibility in the industry.

WCW then regained that identity and added better storylines and talent. With the help of the massively successful nWo storyline and the high-flying cruiserweights, the company became the strongest in the industry and nearly put the WWF/WWE out of business.

That growth was supported by Turner’s wealth and the mega-companies he created. This is why the WWF did parody segments about Turner, Hogan and Savage in the mid-90s and called them “Billionaire Ted”. They could sense the growing threat he was helping to create in WCW.

Along with his roles at WCW, TBS, TNT and CNN, he also owned the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks for a few decades. He died on Wednesday after battling dementia in the last years of his life.

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週六深夜，洛杉磯公羊隊在夏洛特發現自己處於熟悉但不舒服的境地。在一次被阻擋的棄踢改變了勢頭並讓卡羅萊納黑豹隊在第四節末取得領先之後，公羊隊的賽季似乎處於 NFC 外卡回合的邊緣。然而在更衣室裡，防守鋒線球員科比·特納從未感到恐慌，這主要是因為誰在主導進攻。

賽后當特納被問及公羊隊進攻重回賽場時他的想法時，他的回答反映出他對他的場上將軍完全有信心。

“我一直處於這種情況，所以我已經習慣了，”特納通過洛杉磯體育中心說道。 “老實說，我抬頭看了看時鐘，上面顯示的是 2.34，還剩 3 個暫停。我的第一個想法是，你們不知道另一邊是誰嗎？比如，你們不知道誰是 9 號嗎？ [Mathew Stafford] 是？九號就是那個傢伙。所以這是毫無疑問的。 ”

憑藉馬修·斯塔福德最後時刻的英雄表現，公羊隊最終以 34-31 獲勝，但道路並不平坦。當以賽亞·西蒙斯在比賽還剩不到五分鐘時封堵公羊隊的一記棄踢時，洛杉磯隊已經失去了動力，這使得卡羅萊納隊佔據了領先的位置。四節比賽結束後，布萊斯·楊 (Bryce Young) 與賈倫·科克 (Jalen Coker) 連線達陣取得領先，點燃了主場球迷的熱情，在比賽還剩 2 分 39 秒時，公羊隊以 31-27 落後。

“我知道他會去做他的工作，”特納補充道。 “我們一離開球場就討論了這個問題，我們說再停一站。我們又停了一站。我們在前進中倖存下來。但是，有很多錄像要看，很多錄像要了解我們可以做得更好。伙計，我非常興奮我們有機會去讓事情變得更好。”

公羊防守截鋒科比·特納談馬修·斯塔福德：

“我抬頭看了看時鐘，上面寫著 2 點 34 分，還剩 3 個暫停。我的第一個想法是，‘你不知道另一邊是誰嗎？’”😂😂@達倫·海恩斯 | @CBSLosAngeles | #公羊之家 pic.twitter.com/ED3B20mxCj

— 洛杉磯體育中心 (@SportsCentralLA) 2026 年 1 月 11 日

斯塔福德立即證實了這一信念。這位經驗豐富的四分衛在七場比賽中帶領公羊隊推進了 71 碼，並在比賽還剩 38 秒時完美地將 19 碼達陣傳給科爾比·帕金森 (Colby Parkinson)。這是斯塔福德一長串致勝進球名單中的最新一員，也再次提醒人們為什麼隊友在高壓時刻信任他。

這場逆轉給一場混亂的比賽蒙上了陰影，卡羅萊納隊抹去了早期14-0的落後，在第四節取得了多次領先，並利用了洛杉磯特勤隊的失誤。儘管如此，在最重要的時候，公羊隊依靠他們的四分衛，他們的防守實現了特納提到的最後一擊。