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. New Jack was charged with aggravated assault stemming from the incident, but was acquitted, because Kulas had asked New Jack to cut him. [20] However, on January 6, 2014, Roberts returned on WWE television for the first time in almost nine years, as a part of Old School Raw at the end of the CM Punk vs Roman Reigns match, bringing out a new snake with him (an Albino Burmese Python) and aiding The New Age Outlaws and Punk in fending off The Shield. A tale about two best friends, an uncensored look into the perilous world of high school wrestling, and the story of a teen who overcomes self doubt to find his true place. On the April 9 NWA-TNA, New Jack and Sandman lost a three-way match to The Harris Brothers. From there, New Jack receded into wrestling history. Documents allegedly leaked by Jack Teixeira show US knew of at least four balloons beyond one shot down in February US officials were aware of up to four Chinese surveillance balloons, beyond one . Best place to keep up with current talent and signings. What do the injuries to Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ja Morant mean for the first round? [1] Blaustein also stated that McMahon ordered his wrestlers, including Mick Foley, not to speak about the film publicly. [19] In 2016, he collapsed while walking home from an event. [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. It's not supposed to be real. The highlight of New Jacks XPW tenure, as he would explain in the 2005 documentary Forever Hardcore and reaffirm in both his autobiography and the Vice Dark Side of the Ring episode about him, was that it gave him a chance to exact revenge on Vic Grimes for messing up the scaffold spot at Living Dangerously 2000. In other words, the Gangstas had been rough-and-tumble, but they werent yet extreme. Stamp discusses the fact that he has not wrestled in years, but remains in shape just in case he gets the call, and demonstrates his unusual workout regimen: jumping on a trampoline in his backyard while holding hand weights. New Jack understood the complicated nature of his legacy. [50][51] In his final matches leading up to his death, Jack faced fellow ECW alumni C. W. Anderson and Shane Douglas before taking time off due to surgery. New Jack suffered brain damage, a broken leg, a skull fracture (resulting in permanent insomnia) and was permanently blinded in his right eye, and spent six months recovering,[37] but even while injured Jack defeated Da Baldies leader Angel in a match two months later at Hardcore Heaven.[38]. On June 11, 2016, New Jack was set to face former UFC star Phil Baroni in an unsanctioned match at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate event at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. His early childhood in Greensboro, North Carolina, took place against the backdrop of daily shouting matches and physical altercations between his parents. [2], In June 1995, The Gangstas joined the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) promotion, debuting for the promotion as a villainous team by attacking The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) at Barbed Wire, Hoodies and Chokeslams on June 17, 1995. That year he also refereed a main event for Scottish Wrestling Entertainment. It's completely comical now to think about how Beyond The Mat profiled Terry Funk "nearing the end" of his career - but in 1999, there was actually still no end in sight for the then-53-year-old with horrible knees. The Beyond the Mat DVD Menu. After being tossed off the top of a cage by The Undertaker during their infamous Hell In A Cell. 2:26 PM EDT, Sat May 15, 2021. 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. [17], Gangstas lost the World Tag Team Championship back to Eliminators on the January 4, 1997, episode of Hardcore TV, ending their reign at 139 days. Beyond The Mat Entertainment. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Jack Jeanne will launch for Switch on June 15 in the west, publisher Aksys Games anounced. Says All-Star guard DeAaron Fox: "We want to be championship contenders year in and year out. Oops. [14][15], New Jack was involved in the Mass Transit Incident on November 23, 1996, in Revere, Massachusetts. Around that same year, when Young was walking home from a wrestling event, he collapsed, and doctors found blood clots throughout his legs, back, and lungs, saying "With the heart trouble I already had, I could feel myself getting close to the final bell". 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. This seasons run has delighted a long-suffering and devoted fan base, but the Kings arent satisfied. In a tweet just hours after the FBI arrested Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, Greene, R-Ga., praised his alleged actions and implied President Joe Biden was "the real enemy." Beyond the Mat is a 1999 American documentary film directed, written, produced and narrated by Barry W. Blaustein. Foley retired from full-time competition in 2000, at age 34, due to health concerns related to his hardcore style of wrestling, as well as him and his wife Colette (who was featured in the film with their two older children) having two more children after the film was released. They defeated Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney) and Dudley Boyz in a three-way dance at Fright Fight and received a rematch for the title against FBI, the Freaks and Dudleys in a four-way dance at November to Remember, but lost. I told everyone how Medgar Evers wasnt my role model. Unlike the WWE shows, this is the truth, and scenes showing Jake with his estranged father and daughter and Mick's wife and children horrified by a fight may be far more upsetting than the fights themselves. Lastly, Roberts is a wrestler whose height of popularity was in the 1980s. It's not supposed to be real. He also featured on Vice TV's Dark Side of the Ring and the 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat. His vision continued to worsen, and heart problemswhich had killed his fatherbecame impossible to ignore. He wasnt quite out of the business, and would still show up for bookings and perform whatever limited version of his signature ultraviolence he could manage, but his myriad of injuries slowed him greatly. He was best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling . Jack remained with the promotion which was closed due to bankruptcy a month later in January 2001. You can follow him on Twitter @MoustacheClubUS and read more of his work at www.oliverbateman.com. [29] At Crossing the Line '99, Jack brought out his former Gangstas tag team partner Mustafa Saed to compete against Dudley Boyz but Mustafa turned on Jack by smashing a guitar on his head and revealed himself to be the mysterious benefactor of Dudleys, who wanted to run The Public Enemy and New Jack out of ECW. Eventually, he took a bat wrapped in barbed wire and laid into Gypsy Joe until the promoter declared the match a no-contest. He then decides to travel the United States over a three-year period, endeavoring to understand the mindset of someone who would voluntarily choose to become a professional wrestler. Pro wrestling isn't just body slams and violence -- it's also art. "[2], The film was named Best Documentary at the Cinequest Film Festival, and was also nominated by the Director's Guild Association for best documentary and best director. In 2013, Scott Hall joined Roberts' rehabilitative efforts by also moving into Page's home, which has been nicknamed the "accountability crib". File size. Though New Jack achieved a measure of success in Memphis, briefly holding the territorys tag titles with Frear, he grew to detest Lawler after claiming to overhear the King use a racial epithet to refer to future WWE Hall of Famer Jacqueline during a mud-wrestling matchanimosity that lingered into 2018 when New Jack posted on Twitter that he hoped Lawler would soon follow his recently-deceased son Brian Christopher, whom he also disliked. He received an eight month prison sentence and three years of probation. [65] Young responded to the claims stating, "My son was mentioned in my book that just came out last year, so the statement about me disowning him three years ago is simply not true. I don't know. Jerome was not only my husband, he was my best friend and Im completely gutted. 2023 Cable News Network. 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. They yelled, they cursed, they accused, they threatened, he wrote. [67], After retiring, Young regularly used prescribed painkillers to help with the pain from various injuries he sustained during his career. He returned to ECW on the September 22 episode of ECW on TNN, where he rescued Spike Dudley from an assault by Justin Credible and Rhino but was double teamed by the two. [22], The departure of Mustafa Saed and Perry Saturn from ECW led New Jack to form a new tag team with former Eliminator John Kronus called The Gangstanators on August 21, 1997, by defeating The Dudley Boyz. In spite of all that, Young retained a fondness for his fathera pretty cool guy who would die of a heart attack when the wrestler was 5as well as a disdain for his mother that he carried forward into the present. They thrived off New Jack's hot promos and pushed buttons related to the OJ. [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. Not really a Black mans typical pastime, but if he could mess around once in a while, I could too, New Jack wrote. When he returned to ECW shows in early May 2000, the company was on its last legs. [citation needed], New Jack's feud with The Dudley Boyz continued in 1999 as he teamed with Spike Dudley to lose to them at Guilty as Charged. However, Art O'Donnell, a writer for WrestleCrap, disputes this, citing Jack's apparent concern for Grimes' safety in a previous match for XPW and how intentional the spot seemed. Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) pro wrestler Jerome New Jack Young has died at 58, his wife, Jennifer Young, confirmed on Facebook. [24][25], Gangstanators resumed their feud with Dudley Boyz as the two teams competed in a match at the 1998 House Party, which Dudleys won. Newspaper articles from the time show New Jack continuing to excel on defense and special teamsblocking punts, intercepting passes, and returning kicks. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Join Mick Foley, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Terry Funk for a no-holds-barred look into the wild world of professional wrestling. Beyond the Mat, a video launched amid much hype over its revealing and graphic content with regard to the world of professional wrestling;Focused mainly around three wrestlers any self respecting fan should recognise, (Terry Funk, Jake Roberts and Mick Foley) the director Blaustein follows each on their travels over a course of about 4 years . [43], In April 2003, New Jack was in a hardcore match with longtime wrestler Gypsy Joe. Postseason basketball is back in Sacramento for the first time since 2006. [citation needed], Their first encounter was at November to Remember, where Jack and the Freaks lost to Da Baldies in a handicap match. It was some of the easiest money Id ever made, he recalled. Purchase Beyond the Mat on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Funk's sometime in-ring rival, Foley, is profiled next. The Taser stunning, New Jacks longtime booking agent Bill Behrens observed, likely kept Grimes from stiffening up and thus probably even cushioned the fall for him. Wrestlings aura of kayfabe reality faded during the 1980s, and New Jack replaced that carny-derived aura with actual violence. New Jacks most infamous ECW incident involved a naive would-be wrestler. There are a couple of laughs in the movie, but the overall effect is much more depressing than it is humorous. The promoter of the event, Mr. Maurice Williams, claims the event was never intended to be hardcore. Roberts' drug and alcohol use increased after the film was released. It's supposed to be fun. At Heat Wave, Gangstas defeated Dudley Boyz in a steel cage match to capture their second World Tag Team Championship. Beyond the Mat. 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,. Overall, I must say I am disappointed. If Id let [Gypsy Joe] kick my ass, Id have looked like an idiot, he wrote. In 2001 and 2002, he wrestled for XPW, and in 2003, he made multiple appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and also Combat Zone Wrestling, competing in Cage of Death V.[citation needed] In 2004, Jack appeared in IWA and WWE in dark matches. The film was originally released in U.S. theaters in March 2000, and later on VHS and DVD. It proved a fortuitous introduction. 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