Jay Youngblood

"Steve Romero" is a stage name used by former World Wrestling Entertainment announcer Todd Romero.
Jay Youngblood
Birth name Steven Nicolas Romero
Born (1955-06-21)June 21, 1955
Amarillo, Texas, US[1]
Died September 2, 1985(1985-09-02) (aged 30)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[1]
Family Ricky Romero (father)
Chris Youngblood (brother)
Mark Youngblood (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Jay Youngblood
The Renegade[2]
Silver Streak
Billed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight 212 lb (96 kg)
Debut 1975

Steven Nicolas Romero (June 21, 1955 – September 2, 1985) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Jay Youngblood. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions in a tag team with Ricky Steamboat. In addition, he wrestled with Florida Championship Wrestling and the American Wrestling Association.

Professional wrestling career

Romero started wrestling in 1975 in Amarillo under a mask and calling himself "Silver Streak". He then moved on to Pacific Northwest Wrestling under the name of Jay Youngblood (a Native American gimmick). He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in a regular tag team with Ricky Steamboat. Also in JCP, he was known as "The Renegade".[2]

In 1982, Steamboat and Youngblood were feuding with Boris Zhukov, Don Kernodle, and their manager Sgt. Slaughter.[3] Zhukov, then known as Private Jim Nelson, later betrayed his team in favor of Youngblood and Steamboat.[3] The rivalry culminated in a steel cage match on March 12, 1983 in Greensboro, North Carolina that was attended by 15,000 people, where Slaughter and Kernodle lost their NWA World Tag Team Championship to Steamboat and Youngblood.[3] In June 1982 in Maple Leaf Wrestling, Youngblood defeated The Destroyer to win the NWA Canadian Television Championship.[2] He was later defeated by Private Jim Nelson for the title.[2] Steamboat and Youngblood also feuded with Jack and Jerry Brisco.[4]

He went to Championship Wrestling from Florida in September 1984 where he and Mark Youngblood captured the Florida version of the NWA United States Tag Championship. In 1985 Jay also wrestled in Memphis, Mexico and for Pro Wrestling USA.

Personal life

Romero was the son of wrestler Ricky Romero. He was the brother of wrestlers Chris and Mark Youngblood.[2]

Romero was married at the time of his death with a daughter named Ricca. Romero also has a son Daniel who is enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Death

On September 2, 1985, Youngblood died in Melbourne, Australia, while touring in the South Pacific. He may have ruptured his spleen in a match and had a series of heart attacks when rushed to the back, where he died. He is buried at Llano Cemetery by Cox Funeral Home at Amarillo, Texas, beside his parents Ricky and Stella Marrujo Romero.

Memorials

In April 2006 at local Amarillo indy-wrestling promotion West Texas Wrestling Legends, Jay's nephew "Radical" Ricky Romero III and Mike DiBiase teamed up as "Team 3G" (Team Third Generation Wrestlers) and went on to become the first-ever WTWL Jay Youngblood Memorial Tag Team Cup Tournament winners at "The Legacy of Legends" show. On April 27 and 28, 2007 Amarillo's Professional Wrestling Federation (formerly known as West Texas Wrestling Legends) held the second annual two night 2007 Jay Youngblood Memorial Tag Team Cup Tournament event that was won by "The Ruthless One" WidowMaker and Mosh Pit Mike of "Pain Inc." after they defeated Jay's nephew "Radical" Ricky Romero III and "The Hooligan" Austin Riley in the final round of the tournament. As winners of the Jay Youngblood Memorial Cup, WidowMaker and Mosh Pit Mike were also crowned the first-ever PWF Tag Team Champions.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • PWI ranked him # 19 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years with Ricky Steamboat in 2003

References

  1. 1 2 "Jay Youngblood: Profile & Match Listing". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Jay Youngblood's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  3. 1 2 3 Adams, Mason (September 23, 2005). "Wrestling with identity". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Jack Briscoe chat". SLAM! Wrestling. October 16, 2001. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
  5. ↑ http://prowrestlinghistory.com/
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