Jerry Sags

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Jerome Saganovich
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Data
Ring name Jerry Sags
Nasty Boy Jerry Sags
height 191 cm
Fighting weight 137 kg
birth July 5, 1964
Allentown , Pennsylvania
Announced from Nastyville
Trained by Verne Gagne
Brad Rheingans
debut 1985

Jerome Saganovich (born July 5, 1964 in Allentown , Pennsylvania ) better known as Jerry Sags , is a former American wrestler and one half of the Nasty Boys , a tag team of the former WWF . Saganovich is married to Dusty Rhodes ' sister-in-law. Jerry Sags is under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

Career

Saganovich began his career at AWA in 1985 as a referee before teaming up with Brian Yandrisovitz aka Brian Knobbs as the Nasty Boys in 1986 . After successful in Tennessee and Florida Championship Wrestling , they joined the NWA in 1990 . A year later, they switched to the WWF, where they were able to take the title from the Hart Foundation at Wrestlemania VII . They lost the title back to the Road Warriors during a feud .

In 1993 they went back to WCW , where they got Missy Hyatt as manager and were able to win the World Tag Team title three times.

In 1997 there was a shoot against Scott Hall , who at that time had great power backstage as a founding member of the New World Order . A few weeks earlier, Scott Hall had injured Sagg's neck in a chair blow. When a new chair kick occurred due to a misunderstanding during a match, Saggs attacked Scott Hall and knocked out a tooth. However, Kevin Nash had struck. Shortly thereafter, Saggs almost got fired, but ended up being given leave of absence. However, as his neck injury got worse, he began to retire from wrestling.

In 2001 he and Knobbs went to the XWF . Together with Roddy Piper he was one of the trainers there. With Knobbs, he revived the Nasty Boys before both finally resigned in 2002.

The two continue to appear in various independent leagues as Nasty Boys. In 2010 they were briefly at TNA , where they mainly competed against Team 3-D .

Private life

Jerry Sags is married and has three children. He lives with his family in Treasure Island , Florida. He is related by marriage to Dusty Rhodes .

title

  • 2 × AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (with Brian Knobbs)
  • Florida Championship Wrestling
  • 5 × FCW Tag Team Champion (with Brian Knobbs)
  • Xtreme Wrestling Federation
  • 1 × XWF Tag Team Champion (with Brian Knobbs)
  • Others
  • 1 × SAPC Tag Team Champion (with Brian Knobbs)
  • 1 × NAWA Tag Team Champion (with Brian Knobbs)
  • 1 × PWF Tag Team Champion (with Brian Knobbs)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Jerry Sags - OWW. In: Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved May 29, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Jeremy Thomas: Eric Bischoff Recalls Jerry Sags Shooting on Scott Hall in the Ring in WCW Over a Chair Shot. In: 411mania. May 24, 2019, accessed May 29, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ JP Zarka: The Shoot Fight Between The Nasty Boys, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. March 12, 2019, accessed May 29, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ Chloe Saganowich, daughter of Jerry Sags, makes a name for herself playing shortstop for the Fighting Irish - KocoSports.com. July 13, 2011, accessed May 29, 2020 .
  5. ↑ John Canton: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Dusty Rhodes. June 13, 2015, accessed May 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Say, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saganovich, Jerome (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Allentown , Pennsylvania