Don Jardine (a.k.a. - The Spoiler) — R.I.P.
Last Saturday the world of professional wrestling lost another legend in the passing of Don Jardine. Outside of a handful of people, most old school wrestling fans probably won’t recognize his name, but if you mention The Spoiler or The Super Destroyer you’ll find that more people remember him wearing a mask back in the glory days of professional wrestling. Personally speaking, The Spoiler was one of my all-time favorite masked wrestlers and I remember watching him on Georgia Championship Wrestling on TV. In fact, a couple of years ago I commissioned custom masks made by master mask maker “Ironman” Mike Woody based on three of Jardine’s patterns for my personal collection. I remember him best as the Spoiler and out of respect, I have the picture above of him under the hood. The Spoiler would do incredible moves that were unique back then. For example, he would walk the ropes while keeping the claw hold on his opponent. Keep in mind, he was 6′ 4″ talk and 240 pounds so this was no easy feat. Today, the Undertaker does similarly and supposedly credits Don Jardine for the inspiration. Jardine also was a high flyer during a time when wrestlers of that size stayed pretty much exclusively on the mat. There is a tribute article on Canoe Network’s Slam! Sports about Don Jardine with several good links.
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