Go . It's supposed to be fun. Details were not announced. Jerome Young (January 3, 1963 May 14, 2021) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name New Jack. [18][19] This is documented in the film The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. [7] Drozdov becomes a WWF wrestler, but at the end of the film, it is revealed that Droz was paralyzed in an in-ring accident from a botched maneuver several months later. New Jack stated in the Vice documentary series Dark Side of the Ring that the news stated he stabbed Lane 16 times but New Jack stated it was 9 because he counted. Even as other major ECW stars made their way to what was then called the WWF, New Jack remained on the sidelineperhaps, he speculated, because he was too much of a risk for the worlds largest wrestling company to sign. New Jacks final wrestling conflagration occurred in 2004, when he worked a match against William Jason Lane for Florida-based Thunder Wrestling Federation. Paychecks stopped clearing, and Heyman was directing the creativity he had once used to develop story lines and matches toward the companys exit strategy. This was done, according to Jack, over a grudge based on Grimes not contacting him when he was recovering from his injuries after their fall in Danbury. Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) pro wrestler Jerome New Jack Young has died at 58, his wife, Jennifer Young, confirmed on Facebook. He was best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he became notorious for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and known for shooting on opponents, including the 1996 Mass Transit incident and an altercation with Gypsy Joe in 2003. He worked as a bounty hunter, chasing down individuals who had skipped bail, and occasionally used the legitimate practice of catching fugitives as cover for his other part-time hustle: transporting cocaine intended for resale. [6] Blaustein has stated the opposite. Welcome back to the Sermon on the Mat, your weekly one-stop shop for news from the wider world of wrestling beyond the big cable TV monoliths that get all the coverage. His time in NWA TNA came to a rapid close because, in the words of Jeff Jarrett, the promotion was such a revolving door at the time, with wrestlers coming and going while the major story lines remained built around Double J. RALEIGH, N.C. At the first time of asking, at least, Mathew Barzal was not a magic fix-it-all solution for the Islanders' power play. The matchif you can even call it oneconsisted of Lane throwing a few stiff punches at New Jack, who then pulled out what he called a Wolverine-type claw and began stabbing his opponent. In the video game ECW Anarchy Rulz, New Jack's theme song was rerecorded by Bootsy Collins with unique lyrics, unlike every other character's theme, which consisted of cover versions of their real themes. Transition. New Jack's partner was Mustafa Saed. People cant force you to go that far what I did in wrestling was what I wanted to do, he wrote. With all eight series underway, we examine ailing stars, the Cavaliers glaring weakness, Old Man LeBron, and more. Funk also appears with his friend, former wrestler Dennis Stamp, who is eager to work as a referee in Funk's upcoming "retirement" match. New Jack is referenced in the 1996 Weezer single "El Scorcho", with the line "watchin' Grunge legdrop New Jack through a press table". There, he stayed out of fights and spent much of his time in the weight room, reaching a point at which he was, he claimed, benching about 460 pounds. After his release from the halfway house to which he had been transferred in 1983, he enrolled at Clark Atlanta University and secured a spot on the varsity football roster. They were eventually caught, and Young spent two years in prison for aggravated robbery. Jerome was not only my husband, he was my best friend and Im completely gutted. There were stacks of tables on the mat that he thought would break his fall, but I was trying to throw him past them, New Jack wrote. He begins by following Funk, a 53-year-old man in need of knee surgery who appears unable to retire, despite the mounting toll wrestling is taking on his body. In the years after the film was released, the three wrestlers primarily profiled continued their lives largely on the same path. [59][60], Young was critical of Paul Heyman as a promoter, primarily due to Heyman's penchant for lying to his roster, as well as for cheating them out of paychecks. On the July 16 NWA-TNA, New Jack (also wearing a shark mask) and Shark Boy lost to The Harris Brothers in what was New Jack's final TNA match. New Jacks most infamous ECW incident involved a naive would-be wrestler. on the May 7 NWA-TNA, New Jack competed in a 3-way hardcore rules match which was won by Sabu. [5], Roddy Piper also appeared with Blaustein on Larry King Live to discuss the professional wrestling business. He has been taking increasingly risky falls (or "bumps") and blows to the head, and at one point is heard talking incoherently as the result of a fall (from his Hell in a Cell match against The Undertaker at King of the Ring 1998) which briefly rendered him unconscious. He wrote that he didnt like how the dives came to be associated with backyard wrestling antics, since he had spent many years as a dues-paying wrestler before he began doing them. Even though the Gangstas would go on to lose the match, Heyman recognized that the die had been cast, with New Jack recalling the promoter telling him that youre out there doing that diving shit so much, they dont even remember the finish., And those dives would become a significant part of New Jacks oeuvre, even if he felt increasingly ambivalent about their impact as time passed. He formed a wrestling crew called the Gangstas. [8] An unrated director's cut edition dubbed Special Ringside Edition was released on DVD in March 2004. Beyond the Mat is a 1999 documentary by filmmaker and wrestling fan Barry Blaustein, profiling the careers of several prominent wrestlers and touching on many more as they attempt to make it from the bottom of the totem pole to the top, in gory, grueling detail. Nobody told him to hurt himself; he chose to work at the extremes. New Jack didnt know who Candy was, and indeed knew or cared little about pro wrestling, but he learned the basics of the sport from the big man: how to fall and roll on the mat, how to lock up, how to sell the effect of his opponents moves, and, most important of all, how to avoid letting these white people make a flunky out of you. He wouldnt need much more than that. After a brief run in Memphis, he returned to the Georgia independent scene and began pairing with former WCW enhancement talent Mustafa Saed. Like its East Coast competitor Combat Zone Wrestling, which would book New Jack a few years later, XPW offered loads of bloody, ECW-inspired hardcore mayhem. He appeared at Heat Wave where he appeared on crutches and Angel stapled him with his staple gun in the forehead until Nova and Chris Chetti made the save and defeated Da Baldies in a tag team match. December 30, 2021. In 2016, he collapsed while walking home from a wrestling event, and doctors found blood clots throughout his legs and back. [12] Gangstas' feud with Eliminators, Samoan Gangsta Party and The Bruise Brothers led to a four-way dance between the four teams at The Doctor Is In, which Gangstas won to capture their first World Tag Team Championship. Select movie quality . New Jack - one of ECW's most popular antiheroes - held the sport's World Tag Team Championships several times. director of photography Film Editing by Jeff Werner Production Management After watching the footage, Foley admitted he felt guilty for putting his family through the ordeal, and said he never wanted to put them in that position again. A Warner Bros. [13] Along with his brother Dory Funk, Jr., Funk was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Discovery Company. [32] Jack was out of action for the next few months until he returned to ECW at Heat Wave, where he attacked Dudley Boyz with weapons from a shopping cart. Later, in the film's climax, his wife and young children (particularly his daughter Noelle) watch in horror from the front of the audience during Foley's "I Quit" match at the 1999 Royal Rumble, wherein he takes multiple unprotected shots to the head by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson with a steel folding chair. Young's wife, Jennifer,. It's an eye opener for those that have never seen behind the scenes. At WrestleCon 2013, Roberts announced his desire to return to WWE as a participant in Royal Rumble 2014, which did not happen. New Jack hurt you, and then you hurt him. Movie Info. After being tossed off the top of a cage by The Undertaker during their infamous Hell In A Cell. [8] Blaustein approached the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) about involving the company in the film in 1997. [2] Although he was once one of the more famous wrestlers in America, performing in front of tens of thousands of fans, he is now wrestling in small-town venues. Professional wrestler Jerome Young, best known as New Jack. . [16][17][18] The Gangstas were scheduled to face D-Von Dudley and Axl Rotten. To make matters worse, the scumbags in the crowd would have been cheering him on for beating up a Black man, and Id look like Id taken part in some dog-and-pony white supremacy show. Gypsy Joes toughness nevertheless shocked even New Jack, as the battered old man thanked his younger opponent for the match as New Jack was hurrying to exit the building before the police could get there. [2] After the promotion closed in 2001, Young spent the rest of his career on the independent circuit until his death in May 2021. [4] Around the age of fifteen, Young and his friends began robbing local stores, such as gas stations, sporting goods stores, and jewellery stores. But behind-the-scenes, it's a whole different story. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. In 2013, Scott Hall joined Roberts' rehabilitative efforts by also moving into Page's home, which has been nicknamed the "accountability crib". [13] Gangstas successfully defended the title against teams such as Samoan Gangsta Party, The Eliminators and Rob Van Dam and Sabu throughout the year. Beyond the Mat is a 1999 American documentary film directed, written, produced and narrated by Barry W. Blaustein. One of ECW television's most gruesome moments was when in the course of a match, Angel used New Jack's staple gun (which he often wore around his neck with a chain) against him, stapling him in the eye. From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes 'The Matrix Resurrections,' the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genre. They yelled, they cursed, they accused, they threatened, he wrote. There, New Jack continued to follow his pattern: mixing the use of weapons brought to the ring in a trashcan with suicide plunges, occasionally spicing things up with a fall through some flaming tables. [citation needed]. Please enter a valid email and try again. They received their title shot at As Good as It Gets, where Gangstanators defeated Dudley Boyz to win the World Tag Team Championship, marking Jack's third tag title reign. In the same interview, Young accused WWE chairman Vince McMahon of murder and helping falsify wrestlers' drug tests. Not really a Black mans typical pastime, but if he could mess around once in a while, I could too, New Jack wrote. A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives. [1] WWF chairman Vince McMahon originally allowed Blaustein full access to behind-the-scenes aspects of his company, but later tried to pull out of the deal. A Member Of The STANDS4 Network. It will be available in three limited editions, as well as a standard edition. The new film reunites original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in the iconic roles they made famous, Neo and Trinity. This resulted in the best microphone and storytelling work of New Jacks career. . WHEN HE GOT HANDCUFFED AND THE 20 OR SO HEAD . To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Then he competed in the Hard 10 tournament defeating Slash in the Quarter-finals then defeated Mike Sanders in the Semi-finals before losing in the finals to The Sandman. Oliver Lee Bateman is a journalist and sports historian who lives in Pittsburgh. [5] In addition, Darren Drozdov is a former NFL football player who is shown in an interview with Vince McMahon. He certainly hadnt failed at wrestling, but perhaps hadnt gone as far as his top-tier microphone skills and personality could have taken him. He had aspirations of becoming a physical education teacher, and attended a tryout with the Atlanta Falcons. In the 2005 documentary Forever Hardcore and the 2020 episode of Dark Side of the Ring centred around him, Jack claimed that this was a break from the script, and his intentions were to throw Grimes so hard that he would fall head-first onto the steel turnbuckle and be killed. [1] Blaustein also stated that McMahon ordered his wrestlers, including Mick Foley, not to speak about the film publicly. [16] Kulas requested that New Jack "blade" him during the match, but the incision was made incorrectly, causing excessive bleeding. It had happened before, and I was pretty sure it would end soon, at least for the time being. "A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives." If you haven't seen it, do it. Although New Jack thought that it would suffice to brutalize the promotions favorite wrestlers, such as Tracy Smothers and the Rock n Roll Express of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, Cornette recognized that New Jack had a prodigious talent for interviews and promos, and wanted him to lean into that ability. [10], Beyond the Mat has an 82% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 66 reviews. Nothing came of either, but after New Jack dropped out of Clark, he wound up playing on a semipro football team, during which time a teammate training to become a pro wrestler introduced him to Ray Candy, who would also become New Jacks trainer. Foley was at his zenith in the WWE but it was taking its toll. Wrestlings aura of kayfabe reality faded during the 1980s, and New Jack replaced that carny-derived aura with actual violence. [14][15], New Jack was involved in the Mass Transit Incident on November 23, 1996, in Revere, Massachusetts. New Jack then pulled out a metal blade from his camouflage wrestling attire, and stabbed Lane multiple times in the head. New Jack, 1963-2021 - The Ringer Fights Sports New Jack Bled for His Fame The hardest of hardcore wrestlers from the sport's most violent era never struggled to make anything look real,. In early 2003, just as he was making his return to mainstream television after signing with Jeff Jarretts NWA Total Nonstop Action promotion, New Jack took an independent booking against 69-year-old Gypsy Joe Melndez. Candy, 6-foot-5 and 341 pounds, had achieved his greatest fame as Kareem Muhammad, one half of the Black Pantherstyled Zambuie Express that ran roughshod over the Florida wrestling territory during the early 1980s. In arguably his most memorable SMW moment, he stood across from Bob Caudle, as old-school and soft-spoken as Southern wrestling announcers got, and sent a special shout-out to my homeboy O.J. 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