JYD went from WWF JTTS right into main eventing against Flair in late 88/early 89. JYD refused to job to Muta at Wrestle War 89 (WHO BOOKED THAT COMBO?!) and was fired/quit. When he came back in 90, Ole inexplicably put him with Flair AGAIN. Young Brody was still a fan.
The Dudes w/ Attitudes with Sting, the Steiners and hot young babyfaces....JYD and Paul Orndorff..... plus some Gigante guy hanging around.... JYD even got to squash Mean Mark Callous right before Callous died in November of 1990.
1992 has some terrifying matches on paper as JYD works Vinnie Vegas and DDP in singles bouts.
The 1993 run is perhaps the oddest as he teams with the Anvil for 1 TV match in April, then vanishes then works a few matches in summer.
Maybe JYD should have gotten a 1993 WWF run, as no government agent was going to accuse JYD of being on steroids at that point! Maybe could have joined Men on a Mission as the 4th fat guy in Hammer pants.
Edit -- Sir Mo is only 3 years younger than JYD as it appears he starting wrestling very late in life!
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I distinctly remember the Apter mags writing about JYD's USWA title run because they shot the belt to Reed and Reed lost it to.....Todd Champion in a phantom match as Reed quit the promotion right after getting the belt.
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WWF @ Montreal, Quebec - Forum - November 14, 1986
WWF Tag Team Champions Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid defeated Rick Martel & Tom Zenk via disqualification (the champions played the heels for the match)
