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Post by bo on Jun 24, 2005 9:55:12 GMT -5
how did jay youngblood die and what year
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Post by bluedevil71 on Jun 24, 2005 10:06:52 GMT -5
He died in 1985 from three massive heart attacks while on tour down under, I believe in New Zealand. Reportedly, drugs were involved. Ricky Steamboat has stated in interviews, I believe, that part of the reason he stopped teaming with Jay because he was tired of "carrying him." That was I comment on Jay's drug problems, not his ring work.
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Post by stompingground on Jun 24, 2005 10:38:02 GMT -5
Jay was one of the guys that kept me watching wrestling when the local TN promotions stopped running. I watched Mid-Atlantic to see him wrestle. I've said it before, but to me he was the star of the tag team not Steamboat. Jay was a real guy with heart. The one time I met him, he treated me like I was the only kid on earth. What a great guy. For Steamboat to say anything bad about Jay shows a little lack of character on his part.
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Post by kyle on Jun 24, 2005 12:24:33 GMT -5
Sometimes the truth hurts. Without having been there, I wouldn't judge Ricky Steamboat for anything he said. It's hard to really know how bad it was dealing with Jay's problems on a day-to-day basis.
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Post by ssteward on Jun 24, 2005 17:16:09 GMT -5
wow Mike, I've heard quite the opposite. Steamboat has called Jay one of the 5 best workers he's ever been in the ring with and has said the team was the highlite of his career, better than his classic matches later on. When he signed a pic of he and Jay at Fanfest, he completely tuned me out for about 10 seconds just staring at it.
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Post by bobbyryates on Jun 24, 2005 18:06:37 GMT -5
just because a person may feel like they were "carrying him" (i have heard that before as well), that doesn't mean he was knocking him. that's a nice way to say they other guy had a problem he wanted no part of. that's not a knock. i believe they were good friends regardless.
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Post by bluedevil71 on Jun 24, 2005 21:54:37 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't think Ricky was knocking Jay at all. I think he was just upset, tired of Jay's drug problems. Jay was a heck of a worker, when he was on. He, like so many others unfortunately, allowed drugs to control them.
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Post by ssteward on Jun 25, 2005 1:27:01 GMT -5
I shouldn't have skimmed so quickly through the posts when I responded. I see now that the "carrying" aspect was meant as away of the ring.
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Post by stevej on Jun 25, 2005 12:34:54 GMT -5
For The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams, I interviewed Ricky at length on Jay. We have a logn bio of the team as well as a long piece on The Final Conflict. Ricky loved Jay. He tried very, very, very hard to change Jay's ways. What happened toward the latter part of their run affected Ricky deeply, to this day.
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Post by spats on Jun 27, 2005 14:29:34 GMT -5
It's great to see Jay remembered here. He was one of my favorite wrestlers and like someone else here , I got to meet him when i was a very little kid. I was afraid to approach him in case he didn't want to be bothered but he was a great guy, signed an autograph for me and patted me on the head. That was a great day.
Pick up the WWE stars of the 80's and you will see a match between Flair and Jay. Good stuff.
I have never read of Ricky Steamboat knocking Jay. He has said in interviews that he loved Jay like a brother. Has named him one of the top 5 workers he ever saw and said that Jay's problems were out of the ring and very, very rarely entered the ring. Rick just got tired of babysitting him.
The details on Jay's death have always been pretty vague unlike the death's of other wrestling stars. Anyone know the exact details other than a heart attack in New Zealand?
Meltzer apparently had the details in one of his news papers but i never got to read it.
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Post by slamfestbob on Jul 19, 2005 21:03:20 GMT -5
Jay had a problem with steroids. He ballooned up in size when he was doing the renegade gimmick. He died in Australia of heart failure (I heard he was in the airport when he collapsed). Tough was to go.  |
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Post by stompingground on Jul 20, 2005 7:19:47 GMT -5
The Renegades were Chris and Mark Youngblood. There is no evidence that Jay did steroids. Come on guys, remember that these are real people with families and fans. Don't spread tales without any basis in fact.
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Post by thegreatbologuy on Jul 20, 2005 7:24:29 GMT -5
According to a former tag partner, Jay had a serious "chemical dependency".
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Post by stompingground on Jul 20, 2005 8:48:08 GMT -5
That may well be, but steroids is a different kettle of fish altogether. If you want to find somebody on steroids, why not test the WWF for steroid use?
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Post by bobbyryates on Jul 20, 2005 13:57:18 GMT -5
i think it was in the spring of '84 when jay youngblood donned the warrior paint and a new outfit and called himself The Renegade while in MACW. he did team with mark here some , before he left for florida.
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