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Birth name | Donald Delbert Jardine |
Born | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | 24 March 1940
Died | 16 December 2006 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada | (aged 66)
Spouse(s) | Evelyn Stevens (divorced) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Butcher[1] Don Jardine[1] Sonny Cooper[1] The Spoiler[1] Super Destroyer Masked Enforcer |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1] |
Billed weight | 293 lb (133 kg)[1] |
Billed from | "Parts Unknown" (as The Spoiler)[1] Singapore (as Super Destroyer) |
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. However Jardine had his greatest successes in the National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated territories of Florida, Georgia and Texas, from the early 1960s through the mid-1980s.