New Jack
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Combined Graph record U-02732 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0909. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
ECW's most notorious hardcore icon; one half of The Gangstas, famed for balcony dives and unscripted violence
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ECW's most notorious hardcore icon; one half of The Gangstas, famed for balcony dives and unscripted violence
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- Also known as: Jerome Young
- Role(s): professional wrestler
- Known for: ECW's most notorious hardcore icon; one half of The Gangstas, famed for balcony dives and unscripted violence
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- https://www.postwrestling.com/2021/05/14/jerome-young-a-k-a-new-jack-dies-at-58-following-heart-attack/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Jerome Young; ECW hardcore icon; one half of The Gangstas with Mustafa Saed (Smoky Mountain Wrestling, then ECW from 1995), famed for the balcony plunge at Living Dangerously 2000; died May 14, 2021, aged 58 — per POST Wrestling's obituary (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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