THE SPOILER WAS AWESOME IN THE RING..PROBABLY NUTS OUTSIDE THE RING BUT DEFINATLY AHEAD OF HIS TIME...I NEVER WATCHED A GARY HART INTERVIEW THAT WASN'T INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE...HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED..
Tom Jones at the Silver Slipper in Sydney? He meant the Silver Spade, which was the premier show biz venue at the time. The Playboy is fondly remembered in Australia - great heel manager only equalled by superbad Big Bad John. Thank you for posting. Remebering the infuriating style of the Playboy very fondly during the Golden Era of Australian tv wrestling.
piper also described a 'mabel" (& being the victim of it) in a interview w/ wwe magazine (50 biggest villans or something issue)...it was an old school trick 2 either play on youngsters &/or ppl that pissed you off...or so i believe...p.s.
opie & anthony did a similar thing a few years ago w/ an intern on their show...minus the fucking...they had lisa sparks as the "mabel"...intern dave as the sucker...& a fan as the "husband"...its on here somewhere...
Hmmm... as much as I respect both Hart and Jardine, this sounds like conjecture... if some maniac was going around beating up desk clerks, etc... he'd have found himself in jail... I mean, Hart is describing attempted murder here... specifically beating up promoters sounds a little... um, fabricated. Most (if not all of them) carried guns, so it's a safe bet he'd have found himself shot if he had pulled such bullshit, particularly more than once...
@DeepSouthWrestling1 You dont call the police on your top talent... And the desk clerk couldnt report a mask man they used fake names at the hotel so people wouldnt bug them...
@mywotzone : Even when they attack you? Bullshit!! He not only would have been either arrested or shot, he would have found himself blackballed from wrestling anywhere else!! And he couldn't have used a fake name in Australia... he would have to have proper ID and papers, and more than likely, all the wrestlers used the same hotel, so the employees would have known he was a wrestler... sorry, this story is total bullshit!
@DeepSouthWrestling1 You dont use a fake name in aussyland you use a fake name with the hotel people they dont give a shit aslong as you pay the bill... Depending on what year this could of been right before they went out of business , etc... Could of been when they had athletic commissions where you couldn't black ball wrestlers...
@mywotzone : This story took place in Australia, so a foreigner would have had to provide ID even in a hotel. And the only hotels the performers could get away with using fake names would be hotels that knew they were wrestlers... they usually stayed in the same hotels because they were always on the road. Regardless, no one could have gotten away with throwing the night clerk thru a fucking window and just walked away... this is nothing more than wrestling hyperbole...
@mywotzone ... and no athletic commission ever prevented the NWA from blackballing performers... when a promoter was angry with a wrestler, he could make it hard for him to get work anywhere else in the country. Blanchard was well liked by all the other promoters, so fucking with him wasn't smart. And Hart was nothing more than a booker wherever he worked... if a performer was black balled, Hart couldn't have helped him...
@DeepSouthWrestling1 Actually Blanchard was liked from the promoters because he was helping them by using there talent he never employed any wrestlers himself when you wanted to use other promoters talent especially in Texas you called Gary Hart , he wasn't only a booker he dispatched talent to work for the various Texas & Oklahoma promotions.
@mywotzone : Only if Hart was working for said promoter... Hart didn't get, say, the Freebirds booked unless he was working with them. And there's no way Watts would have had Hart handling talent exchanges unless he was working for him. When Ken Mantell took over the book for Fritz, that was who handled talent exchanges. And Blanchard was well regarded before he used other promoter's talent on his USA show, he had a rep as a good payoff man...
@Halloffamer333 If I had a wife so hot somebody thought she looked like a hooker, I would just say "thanks for the compliment, but she is my wife, so I am going to go upstairs now and get for free what you wish you could pay for." Thankfully, I have never had anybody at any hotel I was at try to stop me from taking my hookers upstairs. Usually, if the guy was going to get a hooker, he would just have the hooker come straight to his room without being seen in public with her.
@Rightsideup Well, I know Bret Hart never liked Jardine because Jardine is 1 of the old timers that would chew him up and spit him out without giving Hart anything in a match when Hart first started in the WWF. Beating up on little hotel clerks and old wrestling promoters does not impress me terribly. Trying to prove you are tough by beating everybody up is a good way to end up in jail, like Ken Patera, or dead, like Bruiser Brody. The Mable rib is a pretty innocent rib compared to others.
@MRobert21 assuming thisis true, I don't think Jardine was trying to impress, but rather take serious issue with people who disrespect him, his wife, or cheat him. Most people wouldn't have gone to these lengths, regardless of the physical capabilities of persons involved, due to concerns about getting sued/arrested. I'm still not sure it'sall true. The Australian thing seems like a reach, with plate glass window and a guy that wouldn't be hard to spot regardless of wrestling with a mask.
@teller121 If this is true, then I am sure Jardine was just trying to prove he was a tough guy and scare / impress others. There are lots of people like that in this world and I have met a few of them. They think they are invulnerable, so they can do what they want. Showing off how tough they are fills their empty egos. They are drawn to sports and fighting. However, I doubt lots of these old wrestling stories. Wearing a mask does not prevent law suits or arrests (see bank robbers).
@da1prophet I was never a big fan of Gary Hart's as a manager and I never got to see him wrestle. How ever, I do love to hear Gary Hart talk about wrestling, especially on WCCW documentaries. I think Gary Hart's niche in wrestling was working in the office with the booking and promoting. I was sad to hear that Gary Hart had died because he seemed to be a really good person with how he saved Austin Idol and Buddy Colt's lives in the plane crash they were in.
Jayme, I was lucky enough to correspond with your uncle Don through email a couple of times. In the 1973-75 time frame, he wrestled here in the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling area. Saw him three times in spot shows in a nearby town, Goldsboro, NC. I wish he had stayed longer in this area. There never was before or after a wrestler like Don Jardine aka The Spoiler and Super Destroyer. Wish I had known him personally. Thanks for any stories you share.
Don was a great man. I loved him dearly. I believe that he had a temper outside the ring. For instance, when i was visiting him in late 1985, myself, Don and his girlfriend and another lady friend went to Dallas one evening to a night club. Since this was a long time ago, the only thing I remember is that when we entered the club, something was said between Don and the bouncer. I remember I had to stop Don from pulverizing the doorman.
From what I understand, Mr Jardine was working on a book covering his life and career at the time that he passed away. Is there any chance that the book will ever see the light of day or was it just too incomplete to ever be released?
This is all true. Don's second wife, is still which I consider my Aunt Evelyn, who was at that time known as wrestling's Evelyn's Stevens, has told my mom this same story.
@brandy4939 Hiya Brandy, I'm from Dallas where next to The Von Erichs. Don was the most Popular and was and still is my Favorite Wrestler. Is there any good stories you could share with me ?
@brandy4939 I remember your Uncle Don working in WWWF back in 1972 and booked in feuds with Pedro Morales and Chief Jay Strongbow. Tremendous athlete and wrestler. During that stint he worked without his mask. The first time I saw Undertaker in WCW working as Mean Mark, I saw him walk the top rope and said to myself "I bet I know who trained him. No one before that walked the top rope like that other than Don Jardine." RIP Spoiler Jardine
You would think after 7 years he would have seen the funny side of the hotel room gag. He clearly had major anger issues
genericgeorge 1 week ago
I can hear Gary Hart (rip) tell stories all day. He was one of the best. Get some rest Playboy.
dasteelers75 1 month ago
THE SPOILER WAS AWESOME IN THE RING..PROBABLY NUTS OUTSIDE THE RING BUT DEFINATLY AHEAD OF HIS TIME...I NEVER WATCHED A GARY HART INTERVIEW THAT WASN'T INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE...HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED..
shoprite118 4 months ago
Don Jardine Was one of the Best Wrestlers to date! Bar None... Gone way before his time. RIP My Friend.
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Tom Jones at the Silver Slipper in Sydney? He meant the Silver Spade, which was the premier show biz venue at the time. The Playboy is fondly remembered in Australia - great heel manager only equalled by superbad Big Bad John. Thank you for posting. Remebering the infuriating style of the Playboy very fondly during the Golden Era of Australian tv wrestling.
winifredatwell 10 months ago
Don was a very controlling individual. I dated him for almost a year and left him because of his bad temper.
LadyNirakina 10 months ago
@LadyNirakina I watched him as a kid and was a big fan. How long ago did you date him? Just curious.
teller121 6 months ago
Holy Shit!!! Sounds like a pretty bad dude!!!
nightvisionmonocular 10 months ago
Holy shit!!!! Sounds like a pretty dude!!!!
nightvisionmonocular 10 months ago
Wow - best wrestling story I've ever heard!
Towncrier123 10 months ago
I bet the hotel man never calls patrons' wives whores anymore!
PeeboTyson 11 months ago
piper also described a 'mabel" (& being the victim of it) in a interview w/ wwe magazine (50 biggest villans or something issue)...it was an old school trick 2 either play on youngsters &/or ppl that pissed you off...or so i believe...p.s.
don jardine sure holds a grudge,huh?...
jerzeefranky3475 1 year ago
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jerzeefranky3475 1 year ago
opie & anthony did a similar thing a few years ago w/ an intern on their show...minus the fucking...they had lisa sparks as the "mabel"...intern dave as the sucker...& a fan as the "husband"...its on here somewhere...
jerzeefranky3475 1 year ago
Jardine was the real Undertaker. outside the ring
eslubin 1 year ago
spoiler was a great wrestler
maniacmarklewin52 1 year ago
Hmmm... as much as I respect both Hart and Jardine, this sounds like conjecture... if some maniac was going around beating up desk clerks, etc... he'd have found himself in jail... I mean, Hart is describing attempted murder here... specifically beating up promoters sounds a little... um, fabricated. Most (if not all of them) carried guns, so it's a safe bet he'd have found himself shot if he had pulled such bullshit, particularly more than once...
DeepSouthWrestling1 1 year ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 You dont call the police on your top talent... And the desk clerk couldnt report a mask man they used fake names at the hotel so people wouldnt bug them...
mywotzone 6 months ago
@mywotzone : Even when they attack you? Bullshit!! He not only would have been either arrested or shot, he would have found himself blackballed from wrestling anywhere else!! And he couldn't have used a fake name in Australia... he would have to have proper ID and papers, and more than likely, all the wrestlers used the same hotel, so the employees would have known he was a wrestler... sorry, this story is total bullshit!
DeepSouthWrestling1 6 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 You dont use a fake name in aussyland you use a fake name with the hotel people they dont give a shit aslong as you pay the bill... Depending on what year this could of been right before they went out of business , etc... Could of been when they had athletic commissions where you couldn't black ball wrestlers...
mywotzone 6 months ago
@mywotzone : This story took place in Australia, so a foreigner would have had to provide ID even in a hotel. And the only hotels the performers could get away with using fake names would be hotels that knew they were wrestlers... they usually stayed in the same hotels because they were always on the road. Regardless, no one could have gotten away with throwing the night clerk thru a fucking window and just walked away... this is nothing more than wrestling hyperbole...
DeepSouthWrestling1 6 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 Another thing he couldnt of black balled him because alot of the talent back then went through Gary especially in Texas
mywotzone 6 months ago
@mywotzone ... and no athletic commission ever prevented the NWA from blackballing performers... when a promoter was angry with a wrestler, he could make it hard for him to get work anywhere else in the country. Blanchard was well liked by all the other promoters, so fucking with him wasn't smart. And Hart was nothing more than a booker wherever he worked... if a performer was black balled, Hart couldn't have helped him...
DeepSouthWrestling1 6 months ago
@DeepSouthWrestling1 Actually Blanchard was liked from the promoters because he was helping them by using there talent he never employed any wrestlers himself when you wanted to use other promoters talent especially in Texas you called Gary Hart , he wasn't only a booker he dispatched talent to work for the various Texas & Oklahoma promotions.
mywotzone 6 months ago
@mywotzone : Only if Hart was working for said promoter... Hart didn't get, say, the Freebirds booked unless he was working with them. And there's no way Watts would have had Hart handling talent exchanges unless he was working for him. When Ken Mantell took over the book for Fritz, that was who handled talent exchanges. And Blanchard was well regarded before he used other promoter's talent on his USA show, he had a rep as a good payoff man...
DeepSouthWrestling1 6 months ago
Whores story lol.
Halloffamer333 1 year ago
@Halloffamer333 If I had a wife so hot somebody thought she looked like a hooker, I would just say "thanks for the compliment, but she is my wife, so I am going to go upstairs now and get for free what you wish you could pay for." Thankfully, I have never had anybody at any hotel I was at try to stop me from taking my hookers upstairs. Usually, if the guy was going to get a hooker, he would just have the hooker come straight to his room without being seen in public with her.
MRobert21 1 year ago
I would love to see this entire interview how and where can I buy it....thanks
kremplewski 1 year ago
Wow, sounds like Jardine was a classless piece of shit.
Rightsideup 1 year ago
@Rightsideup
No, sounds like Jardine didn't take any shit from anybody.
mcfrs 1 year ago 5
@Rightsideup Well, I know Bret Hart never liked Jardine because Jardine is 1 of the old timers that would chew him up and spit him out without giving Hart anything in a match when Hart first started in the WWF. Beating up on little hotel clerks and old wrestling promoters does not impress me terribly. Trying to prove you are tough by beating everybody up is a good way to end up in jail, like Ken Patera, or dead, like Bruiser Brody. The Mable rib is a pretty innocent rib compared to others.
MRobert21 1 year ago
@MRobert21 assuming thisis true, I don't think Jardine was trying to impress, but rather take serious issue with people who disrespect him, his wife, or cheat him. Most people wouldn't have gone to these lengths, regardless of the physical capabilities of persons involved, due to concerns about getting sued/arrested. I'm still not sure it'sall true. The Australian thing seems like a reach, with plate glass window and a guy that wouldn't be hard to spot regardless of wrestling with a mask.
teller121 1 year ago
@teller121 If this is true, then I am sure Jardine was just trying to prove he was a tough guy and scare / impress others. There are lots of people like that in this world and I have met a few of them. They think they are invulnerable, so they can do what they want. Showing off how tough they are fills their empty egos. They are drawn to sports and fighting. However, I doubt lots of these old wrestling stories. Wearing a mask does not prevent law suits or arrests (see bank robbers).
MRobert21 1 year ago
"I walk the top rope, as he did. Don Jardine is the man, old school all the way" -Undertaker
RSXemperor 1 year ago 7
Great video--Gary Hart is an icon as is the man he's talking about here The Spoiler aka Don Jardine. Thanks for posting this.
da1prophet 1 year ago
@da1prophet I was never a big fan of Gary Hart's as a manager and I never got to see him wrestle. How ever, I do love to hear Gary Hart talk about wrestling, especially on WCCW documentaries. I think Gary Hart's niche in wrestling was working in the office with the booking and promoting. I was sad to hear that Gary Hart had died because he seemed to be a really good person with how he saved Austin Idol and Buddy Colt's lives in the plane crash they were in.
MRobert21 1 year ago
Jayme, I was lucky enough to correspond with your uncle Don through email a couple of times. In the 1973-75 time frame, he wrestled here in the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling area. Saw him three times in spot shows in a nearby town, Goldsboro, NC. I wish he had stayed longer in this area. There never was before or after a wrestler like Don Jardine aka The Spoiler and Super Destroyer. Wish I had known him personally. Thanks for any stories you share.
newbalance06 1 year ago
Don was a great man. I loved him dearly. I believe that he had a temper outside the ring. For instance, when i was visiting him in late 1985, myself, Don and his girlfriend and another lady friend went to Dallas one evening to a night club. Since this was a long time ago, the only thing I remember is that when we entered the club, something was said between Don and the bouncer. I remember I had to stop Don from pulverizing the doorman.
Jayme, his nephew.
brandy4939 1 year ago
Don Jardine, aka Super Destroyer, was my favorite all time wrestler. I saw him a few times in person while he was in the Mid-Atlantic area.
newbalance06 1 year ago
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teller121 1 year ago
hey brandy can i hear some good world class stories please?
oldschool6804 2 years ago
i thank don jardine for training the best pro wresler of all time the phenom the undertaker 17-0
Lawrencewwefan 2 years ago
Daniel Chernau is the name of the desk man at the hotel. He had it coming, he is a pussy.
fatchickthrilla 2 years ago
Brandy,
From what I understand, Mr Jardine was working on a book covering his life and career at the time that he passed away. Is there any chance that the book will ever see the light of day or was it just too incomplete to ever be released?
mm92280 2 years ago
This is all true. Don's second wife, is still which I consider my Aunt Evelyn, who was at that time known as wrestling's Evelyn's Stevens, has told my mom this same story.
Jayme Jardine
brandy4939 2 years ago
@brandy4939 Hiya Brandy, I'm from Dallas where next to The Von Erichs. Don was the most Popular and was and still is my Favorite Wrestler. Is there any good stories you could share with me ?
rowdyronn 2 years ago
Hey rowdyronn, send me your email address somehow and I will send you some stories.
brandy4939 2 years ago
@brandy4939 I would love to hear some stories also!!
newbalance06 1 year ago
@brandy4939 I remember your Uncle Don working in WWWF back in 1972 and booked in feuds with Pedro Morales and Chief Jay Strongbow. Tremendous athlete and wrestler. During that stint he worked without his mask. The first time I saw Undertaker in WCW working as Mean Mark, I saw him walk the top rope and said to myself "I bet I know who trained him. No one before that walked the top rope like that other than Don Jardine." RIP Spoiler Jardine
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