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Jay Youngblood would debut at MLG in 1978 as part of a tag-team with Tony Atlas. The fans would take to the young star right away and he would become an important part of the later years of the promotion.
Teaming with veterans like Johnny Weaver and Pedro Morales would see him improve his skills and he would get a big win over Ray Stevens in 1980. On the next card we would see the Toronto debut of Youngblood and Steamboat defending their NWA Tag Titles and they would become one of the most popular teams of the era.
In 1981 Youngblood would get some headline bouts in the smaller towns around Toronto when Frank Tunney went back to running a circuit around Toronto. The popular star would get a good singles push here for the next couple of years, engaging in feuds with Ninja and an un-comfirmed AWA title shot against Nick Bockwinkel (Ottawa).
In 1982 he and Steamboat teamed to defeat The Privates for the Mid-Atlantic Tag Titles much to the fans delight, and in 1983 would repeat their (Carolinas) world title win over Slaughter and Kernodle.
The Canadian TV Title was also launched in 1982 and Youngblood beat The Destroyer in the finals of a tournament to become the first TV Champion. The title would remain on the backburner though, with Jay again teaming with Steamboat and holding the tag titles.
Youngblood would appear on several big Toronto cards including ‘The Night of Champions’ and ‘Return of the Champions’ in the summer of 1983, and would make his last appearance at MLG in Apr 1984 in a tournament to fill the vacant Canadian Title.
For more on Youngblood see
Video Pics - NWA Tag Titles 1980
Features - MLG Promos
Odds & Ends - Title Belts
Notable Canadian Matches
Oct 22nd 1978 Toronto
Jay Youngblood & Tony Atlas beat Gene & Ole Anderson
Mar 30th 1980 Toronto
Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat beat Ray Stevens & Greg Valentine
Nov 3rd 1980 Vancouver
Jay Youngblood & Joe Ventura beat Rip Oliver & Fidel Cortez to win the Canadian Tag Titles
Feb 9th 1981 Vancouver
Jay Youngblood beats Buddy Rose to win the Pacific Coast Title
Aug 11th 1981 St. Catherines
Jay Youngblood defeated Ivan Koloff
Apr 25th 1982 Toronto
Jay Youngblood beat Ninja in an Indian strap match
June 27th 1982 Toronto
Jay Youngblood beats David Patterson, then The Destroyer (Beyer) in a tourny to win the vacant Canadian TV title
Aug 22nd 1982 Toronto
Jay Youngblood & Ricky Steamboat beat The Privates to win the M-A Tag Titles
Mar 27th 1983 Toronto
Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood beat Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle to win the NWA tag team titles
* Results from
Gary Will's Toronto Wrestling History
Canadian Results Archive
   
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