The Spoiler (wrestler)
The Spoiler | |
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Trained by | Whipper Billy Watson |
Debut | 1955 |
Retired | 1994 |
Donald Delbert Jardine[2] (24 March 1940 – 16 December 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler. Jardine was a major star in various wrestling promotions. He worked in the World Wrestling Federation, first in 1974 and again from 1984 to 1986. But Jardine saw his greatest successes in the National Wrestling Alliance affiliated territories of Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling, which would eventually become known as World Class Championship Wrestling, from the early 1960s through the mid-1980s.
Professional wrestling career
Jardine began wrestling in 1955 at the age of 15. He made his
He was unmasked in Texas in 1972 by
The Spoiler wrestled 75 matches for the World Wrestling Federation in 1974 before leaving for other promotions. He returned to the WWF and had his first match back for a TV taping in Poughkeepsie, New York on 30 July 1984, defeating Jeff Lang and wrestled for a few years until his last match in the WWF on 21 January 1986 in Los Angeles, California defeating Billy Anderson. The Spoiler, along with
Personal life
Jardine spent the later years of his life in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada with his wife and son, where he was the manager of a car wash business. Jardine was known to make clay sculptures and carved faces in the bark of cotton wood trees. He also volunteered for the Literacy Program, teaching young children to read.[citation needed]
On 16 December 2006, Jardine died due to complications from a heart attack and leukemia in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, and was writing a novel based on his professional wrestling career at the time of his death.[3][4] He had also been battling pneumonia, and went into cardiac arrest followed by a coma he would never recover from. He was 66.[6]
Legacy
Scottish professional wrestler
Championships and accomplishments
- Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling
- AGPW North American Tag Team Championship(1 time) – with Nikita Kalmikoff
- Central States Wrestling
- Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling
- NWA All-Star Wrestling
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time) – with Dutch Savage
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (2 times) – with Dutch Savage
- NWA Big Time Wrestling
- NWA American Heavyweight Championship (4 times)[9][10]
- NWA American Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Gary Hart (3), Smasher Sloan (2) and Mark Lewin (2)[11][12]
- NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (1 time)[13][14]
- NWA Television Championship (Texas version) (3 times)
- NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[15][16]
- NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Texas version) (1 time)[b]
- NWA Hollywood Wrestling
- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 Time)- with Ricky Santana(The Hood)
- NWA Mid-America
- City of Mobile Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spoiler #2
- NWA Tri-State
- 3 times)
- 3 times) – with Buddy Wolfe (2) and Dusty Rhodes(1)
- World Championship Wrestling
- 1 time)
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Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Bret Hart (hair) | The Spoiler (mask) | Toronto, Ontario | WWF Toronto | 13 January 1985 | [22] |
The Spoiler (mask) | Reggie Parks (mask) | Fayetteville, North Carolina | MACW Fayetteville | 17 March 1975 | [23] |
The Spoiler (mask) | Reggie Parks (mask) | Charleston, South Carolina | MACW Charleston | 21 March 1975 | [23] |
The Spoiler (mask) | Reggie Parks (mask) | Columbia, South Carolina | MACW Columbia | 22 March 1975 | [23] |
Fritz Von Erich (hair) | The Spoiler (mask) | Dallas, Texas | WCCW Dallas | 15 October 1968 | [23] |
Notes
- ^ The NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship that Jardine won was a version of the title that was defended only within the state of Mississippi at the time as part of the Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling roster. It should not be confused with the current version of the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Championship that was created in 1999 and has been defended in NWA Mississippi and NWA Battlezone Championship Wrestling, where it is currently defended.
- ^ This championship would be renamed the NWA American Heavyweight Championship in May 1968. It would go on to be renamed the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship after World Class' withdrawal from the NWA in February 1986.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ "The Spoiler". wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ a b c Brady, Hicks. "2006: The year in wrestling". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 29. 2007 Edition.
- ^ a b Wrestling Observer (17 December 2006). "Spoiler succumbs to leukemia".
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- ^ "'The Spoiler' Don Jardine dies from leukemia". Slam Wrestling. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ ITV Wrestling 1987, John Lister, retrieved December 7, 2023
- ^ NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title (Gulf Coast) history at Wrestling-Titles.com
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "NWA United States Heavyweight Title (1967–1968/05) – American Heavyweight Title (1968/05–1986/02)". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-9698161-5-7.
- ^ "N.W.A. American Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "Texas Brass Knucks Title [East Texas]". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "NWA Texas Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "NWA Texas Tag Team Title [E. Texas]". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "World Class Television Title". Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (7 March 2020). "Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "WWF Toronto". wrestlingdata.com.
- ^ a b c d "The Spoiler". wrestlingdata.com.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 July 2011)
- Page of Fame
- Oliver, Greg (17 December 2006). "Leukemia claims "The Spoiler" Don Jardine". )
- Don Jardine at IMDb
- The Spoiler's profile at Cagematch.net