WWE is saddened to learn that Jerome Young, known in ECW as New Jack, passed away today at the age of 58. With his fierce, competitive style, New Jack was well-known for pushing the limits of hardcore wrestling to their furthest extremes. Young broke into the sports-entertainment circuit with the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association in 1992. Upon arrival in the Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion, New Jack teamed with Mustafa Saed to form The Gangstas tag team. The Gangstas shook up ECW with their debut in 1995, immediately battling Public Enemy in one of the promotion’s most storied rivalries. New Jack teamed with Mustafa and Eliminator John Kronus for multiple ECW Tag Team Title reigns. With a trash can filled with makeshift weapons and his signature staple gun in tow, New Jack became one of ECW’s most popular antiheroes and a sports-entertainment firebrand who courted controversy and chaos with equal measure.
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New Jack, legendary pro wrestler for ECW, dead at 58
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Jerome New Jack Young makes his way to the ring with a garbage can full of street signs, shovels, cheese graters and even a mailbox to use in his match during an ECW pay-per-view at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham. (Photo: Nick Nunnally)BN
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He was 58.
PWInsider reports Young passed away after suffering a heart attack in North Carolina, where he had lived in recent years, according to his wife Jennifer. His official Facebook page also confirmed the news.
New Jack, who previously performed with ECW at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, earned notoriety as a “hardcore” performer thanks to taking risky “bumps” by performing high-risk maneuvers that put his and his opponents’ bodies at risk for fans’ entertainment.
New Jack Dies, Legendary Hardcore Wrestler Was 58
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New Jack Dies, Legendary Hardcore Wrestler Was 58
Former ECW star and legendary hardcore wrestler Jerome New Jack Young has died at the age of 58.
Jerome Young, the former pro wrestler known to wrestling fans worldwide as the hardcore wrestler New Jack, has passed away. Per PWInsider, Young s wife Jennifer revealed that the former ECW star died on Friday following a heart attack at his home in North Carolina. He was 58 years old at the time of his passing. With his fierce, competitive style, New Jack was well-known for pushing the limits of hardcore wrestling to their furthest extremes, a statement from WWE reads. Young broke into the sports-entertainment circuit with the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association in 1992. Upon arrival in the Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion, New Jack teamed with Mustafa Saed to form The Gangstas tag team.
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