DON JARDINE PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT
- 12/17/2006 (2:31:19 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
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Don Jardine passed away last night after a long struggle with leukemia, I believe Don was 66. Don was most famous as The Spoiler and The Super Destroyer.
ALIASES/NICKNAMES: The Spoiler, Baby Face Jardine (Toronto, 1959), The Butcher (Los Angeles, 1964), Masked Enforcer #2 (San Francisco, 1967), The Original Super Destroyer (Carolinas, 1973-75), Super Destroyer (AWA, 1977-1978)
He broke into the business in 1955 at age 15 in Moncton, New Brunswick. For the first few years of his career, he was known as Sonny Cooper, and wrestled across Canada and a couple of tours of Japan.
In 1967, The Spoiler was born. Jardine credits Dallas promoter Fritz von Erich and Jay Strongbow for the idea. He was hot in both Texas and Florida.
Jardine was also the Super Destroyer (one of many to use the name). He was such a success in the AWA as the Super Destroyer, that two others followed, including Bob Remus aka Sgt. Slaughter as Super Destroyer Mark II.
Jardine as The Spoiler headlined against WWF champion Pedro Morales in Madison Square Gardens. At the time, MSG had a rule barring masked wrestlers, so Jardine wrestled without his mask. A few months later, the rule was ammended for Mil Mascaras.
Don loved writing poetry.
In 1967, The Spoiler was born. Jardine credits Dallas promoter Fritz von Erich and Jay Strongbow for the idea. He was hot in both Texas and Florida.
Jardine was also the Super Destroyer (one of many to use the name). He was such a success in the AWA as the Super Destroyer, that two others followed, including Bob Remus aka Sgt. Slaughter as Super Destroyer Mark II.
Jardine as The Spoiler headlined against WWF champion Pedro Morales in Madison Square Gardens. At the time, MSG had a rule barring masked wrestlers, so Jardine wrestled without his mask. A few months later, the rule was ammended for Mil Mascaras.
Don loved writing poetry.
Our condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.
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