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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Producer of The Brian Pillman Memorial Show 20th Anniversary Anthology, Joe Dombrowski, was on today’s episode of
The Wrestling Inc. Daily. Dombrowski and Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman discussed the influence of Brian Pillman on the industry as well as current AEW talent being included in the anthology.
“Obviously it’s a great feeling to know that all these years later, the talent still speak so highly of Brian, and there’s that kind of welcoming working relationship in the wrestling business that allows the talent to to kind of spread their wings and do some of these projects,” Dombrowski expressed. “I was so happy to have Chris Jericho involved. So happy to have Matt Hardy involved. Certainly guys like Mark Henry, and Shane Douglas and Dr. Tom Prichard added so much and I got to give a lot of credit, as far as boots on the ground, to Brian Jr.
Let s take a trip back to 1998 for this Straight Shooters deep dive.
Extreme Championship Wrestling continued its ascent into the national spotlight in 1998 as Paul Heyman increased the number of pay-per-views in the United States from three the previous year, to four. Wrestlepalooza what a name, huh? was the second pay-per-view of the year for ECW, following Living Dangerously in March.
The company would invade enemy territory at the Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta, Georgia, a World Championship Wrestling home base, but you probably wouldn t know based on the fan reaction. ECW fans were a special breed good or bad and they certainly had their company s back down south. And ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Shane Douglas, exploited that with a promo that eviscerated Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair, and we have the unedited audio of that in this show. [
Former WCW star Ice-Train sat down with The Shining Wizards Podcast to talk about his career. Best remembered as part of the tag team Fire & Ice with Scott Norton, Ice Train revealed that both men kind of took the team for granted.
“I was a little bit different back then,” Ice-Train said. “I believe that I treated Scott Norton bad because, I didn’t respect his knowledge that he had, and at that time I didn’t want to be a tag team partner. I just thought I was ready to be on my own. But not understanding that concept of the business, me and Norton never even had an hour of conversation. We were totally different characters. Now, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve said to many people ‘I apologize.’
Also in this issue:
Ospreay vs. Takagi, Dontaku coverage and New Japan COVID issues explained.
Notes on the upcoming AEW & WWE PPV shows.
Saturday s UFC coverage.
The life of Randy Savage, what was and wasn t covered by A&E, aspects that were and weren t true.
AAA Rey de Reyes coverage and a major bout of international stars set up with Omega vs. Andrade.
Debut of a new promotion with lots of international stars coming to PPV.
Dragon Gate Dead or Alive coverage.
Lots of new info on exactly how people watch the major wrestling shows.
How many different people actually tuned in to see the different wrestling shows last week and why it s far more than people realize.