Ricky Jackson Posted October 14, 2018 Report Posted October 14, 2018 Legendary big man known for great athleticism for someone his size. Mainly forgotten to time, as he last wrestled in 1980 and there isn't a ton of footage. He was a major star 50s-70s. Meltzer gives a brief overview of his career here. I'm sure the bio in the WON will be really good https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/mormon-giant-don-leo-jonathan-passes-away-267841 Quote
SPS Posted October 14, 2018 Report Posted October 14, 2018 Very sad to hear, first found out abut him oddly enough from the Giant Gram AJPW games on SEGA Dreamcast and ended up looking him up and was super impressed with his ability and athleticism for his size. Would've loved to see more footage of him as he was such an incredible guy to watch move around and do things in the ring decades before you saw guys his size have a such repertoire of athletic maneuvers. RIP Don Leo Jonathan Quote
SirEdger Posted October 14, 2018 Report Posted October 14, 2018 Don Leo Jonathan and Andre the Giant had a huge rivalry in Montreal during the 70s. I think Andre had a lot of respect for Jonathan and what he accomplished. Another true great that we lost. Quote
Mad Dog Posted October 14, 2018 Report Posted October 14, 2018 He was my biggest takeaway from the All Japan Classics shows other than the Destroyer. I wish there was more of his stuff out there. Quote
paul sosnowski Posted October 14, 2018 Report Posted October 14, 2018 Have you seen his 1950's matches that are posted in the match review threads? There were also 9 of his matches on the old AJ Archives Quote
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