Masked
men are a dime a dozen. During the 80’s the fame of the FRIDAY
THE 13TH movies gave some creativity to those promoters looking to put
a spin on the masked man gimmick. Instead of the usual Grappler or Assassin,
they slapped a hockey mask on someone for a bit of new flavor. Thus
was born Jason The Terrible. Of course, Jason was of the Kane variety.
He was a heel and was supposedly horribly scarred. He even made an ally
with Zodiak (no, not Ed Leslie), who was based on the Zodiac Killer
(and was actually Barry Orton).
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Here they are getting their faces kicked in by Hiro Hase.
Later on, he became a face and made friends with guys like Owen Hart.
The Jason The Terrible gimmick, much like the similar Humongous gimmick, has been used by several men over time. First coming into prominence in the Canada/Stampede area, Jason was Karl Moffat, and later, Roberto Rodriguez (NOTE: At one point, we listed Bill "Hugh Morrus" DeMott as one of the men under the Jason mask. Turns out that is false). The Moffat version is historically important, as he was Chris Benoit’s first opponent (in a tag team match). The Rodriguez version, by most accounts, is the one that went on to some amount of fame in Japan, in the W*ing Federation. Then there’s this guy, who is at least the 4th or 7th guy to take the Jason mantle, mostly in U.S. indies. |