Post by Xenorama ™ on Dec 24, 2006 16:33:22 GMT -8
The Spoiler was the first masked wrestler i watched on tv, as he vowed to be the only one in GCW- Sweet Brown Sugar, Mr R and even the Masked Superstar were in his sights!
RIP.
Here is what Dave Meltzer wrote over at www.wrestlingobserver.com
"Don Jardine, a headliner from the late 60s through the mid-80s as The Spoiler, passed away last night from complications a heart attack and leukemia, the latter of which he had suffered from for the past four years. He was 66.
He had been in poor health for some time.
Jardine, whose style played a hand in the moves of of The Undertaker, was noted for his tremendous balance, as a 6-4, 275 pound man walked the ropes. Undertaker's "old school" spot he does in most major matches is a take-off of that. Undertaker was originally billed when wrestling in Texas as the protege of Jardine, although he was more told by those in Texas when he started to emulate Jardine because of how well respected Jardine was as a tall agile heel.
Jardine was best known in Texas, where he was a long-time top heel for several different runs. He held the National heavyweight championship for Georgia Championship Wrestling when the promotion was purchased in 1984 by Vince McMahon, who bought it primarily for access to TBS. He went to WWF, but quit the business shortly afterwards."
RIP.
Here is what Dave Meltzer wrote over at www.wrestlingobserver.com
"Don Jardine, a headliner from the late 60s through the mid-80s as The Spoiler, passed away last night from complications a heart attack and leukemia, the latter of which he had suffered from for the past four years. He was 66.
He had been in poor health for some time.
Jardine, whose style played a hand in the moves of of The Undertaker, was noted for his tremendous balance, as a 6-4, 275 pound man walked the ropes. Undertaker's "old school" spot he does in most major matches is a take-off of that. Undertaker was originally billed when wrestling in Texas as the protege of Jardine, although he was more told by those in Texas when he started to emulate Jardine because of how well respected Jardine was as a tall agile heel.
Jardine was best known in Texas, where he was a long-time top heel for several different runs. He held the National heavyweight championship for Georgia Championship Wrestling when the promotion was purchased in 1984 by Vince McMahon, who bought it primarily for access to TBS. He went to WWF, but quit the business shortly afterwards."
