Blast From The Past...S.D. Jones

[Mr. Old School™]

Hey,

How's it going all my fellow WF'ers? For this next installment of "Blast From The Past", I am going to feature long-time mid-carder/jobber S.D. (Special Delivery) Jones.



Way back in the early 80's, S.D. Jones was a mid-card babyface in the World Wrestling Federation and would give most of the heels at the time a rough go, but would lose in the end.

Here's a clip of S.D. Jones in action against Steve Lombardi:



Another clip of S.D. taking on the late, great Dino Bravo:



Not every match he wrestled in ended up in a loss. On some smaller cards, he did end up scoring a few victories over the likes of WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz and Ron Shaw.

He also teamed up with WWE Hall of Famer "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas on occasion and even wrestled against Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito for the WWF World Tag-Team titles.

Here are a bunch of clips of S.D. Jones in tag-team action with various partners.

Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. S.D. Jones and Brad Rheingans



Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. S.D. Jones and Jim Powers



Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff vs. S.D. Jones and Aldo Marino



Power & Glory vs. S.D. Jones and J.D. Wolff



Demolition vs. S.D. Jones and Outback Jack



Special Delivery Jones was also the tag-team partner of Andre the Giant in the infamous hair-cut episode.

Ken Patera & Big John Studd vs. S.D. Jones and Andre the Giant



Demolition vs. S.D. Jones and Paul Roma



"The Giant" John Studd & King Kong Bundy vs. Corporal Kirchner and S.D. Jones



S.D. Jones was also one of the many participants in this classic Battle Royal from 1982.







The New Dream Team vs. S.D. Jones and Rick Gantner



The Hart Foundation vs. S.D. Jones and Sivi Afi



S.D. Jones and Curt Hennig vs. Killer Khan and George "The Animal" Steele



The Hangman, Johnny Rodz and Larry Sharpe vs. S.D. Jones, Rick Martel and Tony Garea





Now, here is a rare clip of an old Toyota commercial featuring S.D. Jones



S.D. Jones also had not one, but two WWF LJN action figures. One in a red shirt and the other in the more traditional yellow Hawaiian shirt.





Here is the poster that came with his LJN action figure.



Some nice fan out there also created a custom S.D. Jones Titan-Tron with this clip.



In 2006, Special Delivery Jones had the honor of inducting his long-time friend and tag-team partner, "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas into the WWE Hall of Fame.

As with the "Blast From The Past" which featured Joey Marella, unfortuantely I have to end this one on a sad note as well.

S.D. Jones, real name Conrad Efraim, sadly passed away on October 26th, 2008 in Antigua following a stroke he had suffered two days earlier.

Here is a tribute video.



And there you have it. Another "Blast From The Past" in the books. Feel free to share your thoughts/memories on S.D. Jones right here. Thanks.

[June]

S.D Jones is one of the few guys that I can almost not tolerate. Even when I was I child I disliked him. His wrestling style bored me, his brief promo's angered me and he especially angered me when he inducted Atlas into the HOF.

I don't know what it is about him, but I hated the guy. Maybe because he was on tv so much. I'd also like to point out that the WWF during SD's days did not have "smaller shows". They were bulldozing their way through the country and around the world.

[Grumpyoldman]

I was always creeped out by that hole he had on his back.

I remember he fought Big John Studd once at The Sectrum in Philadelphia. Studd had a few band aids on his forehead & S.D. kept punching them. Studd bled like a stuck pig. I was amazed that someone like S.D. could make a guy like Studd bleed just by punching him.

Now that we have our first enhancement talent in "Blast From The Past", is there any chance we might see my all time favorite- Frankie Williams?

[Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai]

Good stuff, I'm just hoping all of those YouTube links don't start disappearing when WWE notices them.

I always liked SD Jones, even though it was clear he was a jobber. I'll never forget a house show I went to as a kid where he jobbed to some random 80s heel in the opening match (I think Iron Mike Sharpe, but I'm not positive). He looked so genuinely upset about losing that I actually felt bad for him.

Obviously, when I grew up I figured out he was just selling it, but as a kid, I really felt bad for the guy.

[Mr. Old School™]

I cannot believe I forgot to mention S.D. Jones' most infamous match in history. It was against the massive King Kong Bundy at the very first WrestleMania way back in 1985.

The WWF/E likes to say it was over in a record setting 9 seconds, but I believe the official time of the fall was 25 seconds, from bell to bell.

Here's the match right here. You be the judge.

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It wasnt too long ago when I watched Jones vs Bundy........poor ol SD Jones.I dont ever remember him winning

[Burger Lad]

He'd left by the time I started watching it in 1990 and my only memory is the WM1 match. Nice comprehensive blast from the past though....accept no immitations!

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Jan 24, 2010 6:41:38 GMT -5 June said:

S.D Jones is one of the few guys that I can almost not tolerate. Even when I was I child I disliked him. His wrestling style bored me, his brief promo's angered me and he especially angered me when he inducted Atlas into the HOF.

I don't know what it is about him, but I hated the guy. Maybe because he was on tv so much. I'd also like to point out that the WWF during SD's days did not have "smaller shows". They were bulldozing their way through the country and around the world.

Ain't that the truth...The amount of people who'll never know who Sam Muchnick was is sad...

On topic though, never saw much of Jones apart from him being a jobber, and I knew that the 'squash' match with Bundy was more than 9 seconds...you just don't realise that as a kid...