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Post by jimsteel on Apr 14, 2020 22:08:02 GMT -5
  Mike Jackson, NWA/WCW Wrestler, Returns to TV at 70 with IMPACT Who says you’re too old to wrestle? Well, apparently not IMPACT Wrestling. For weeks now, Johnny Swinger has been teasing wrestling a “young buck” named M. Jackson. On Tuesday night’s episode, it was revealed that his opponent was a wrestler named “Action” Mike Jackson, a 70-year old wrestler from Birmingham, Alabama. For long time wrestling fans, the aged veteran may look familiar – he was a long time wrestler in multiple territories for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as WCW and the AWA. Mike Jackson got his start in the early 1970s working his home state for shows from NWA Mid-America and Southeastern Championship Wrestling. In the early 1980s, he moved on to Georgia Championship Wrestling and Championship Wrestling From Florida, where he was frequently the loser in matches against the likes of Ric Flair, “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, Buzz Sawyer, and Magnum TA, or facing tag teams like The Road Warriors, The Fabulous Freebirds, Brisco Brothers, and Wild Samoans. |
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Post by Vegas on Apr 14, 2020 22:11:49 GMT -5
yeah, for 70 years old, Mike Jackson looked very impressive tonight on Impact! He was "The Young Buck M. Jackson" that Swinger said he would competing against tonight.
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Post by on_the_edge on Apr 14, 2020 22:56:36 GMT -5
I was hoping it was that, Brazilian?, wrestler that impersonates Michael Jackson. That being said this looks entertaining enough.
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Post by pikemojo on Apr 14, 2020 23:09:22 GMT -5
He definitely looked good for 70. This stuff always makes me nervous though. I cringe at nearly every move. He's in great shape for a 70 year old but he also looks like he could break if some little thing went wrong.
Side note: I may be the only one but I'd love Johnny Swinger in the game. My friends and I used to watch a lot of WCW Saturday Night and loved a lot of the WCW "enhancement" talent.
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Post by joebreakdown on Apr 15, 2020 2:12:32 GMT -5
Now there's two guys who should be in this game!
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Post by magnumta on Apr 15, 2020 4:11:06 GMT -5
Mike Jackson has wrestled on IWTV for some Alabama promotion I caught once or twice.
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Post by TTX on Apr 15, 2020 7:03:52 GMT -5
George South and Mike Jackson still going all these years later. Fun and crazy stuff.
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Post by Tough Tom on Apr 16, 2020 3:18:15 GMT -5
He killed it, very impressive.
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Post by MHardcore on Apr 17, 2020 11:25:56 GMT -5
God Bless him. That’s awesome!
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