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Jamal Mustafa (born Terrance Ladd Blalock) is an American
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, better known by his
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, Mustafa Saed. He is best known for his appearances with
Smoky Mountain Wrestling Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, wit ...
and
Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...
in the 1990s.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (1990–1994)

Mustafa was trained as a professional wrestler by Gene Anderson. He made his debut on the August 18 (taped August 6), 1990 episode of ''
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'' teaming with Scott Williams in a match against
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. He would make his singles debut against J.W. Storm on the October 27, 1990 edition of ''
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''. Over the following years made appearances with the
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and
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as a
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.


Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1994–1995)

In 1994 at Smokey Mountain Wrestling, the pairing of Saed,
New Jack Jerome Young (January 3, 1963 – May 14, 2021) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name New Jack. He was best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he became notorious for his willingnes ...
and, for a brief time,
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were collectively known as The Gangstas. A controversial gimmick, the Gangstas would cut promos about activist
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and O. J. Simpson to infuriate the southern white crowd, they would also use fried chicken and watermelons as props and would win matches via only a two count rather than the conventional three count purportedly due to Affirmative Action. The Gangstas would feud with The Rock 'n' Roll Express for several months in chase of the SMW Tag Team Championship which they would eventually win on October 3 but would lose the titles back the Rock 'n' Roll Express two months later. After the loss, the Gangstas would feud with teams such as Tony Anthony and Tracy Smothers and The Heavenly Bodies. In 1995 The Gangstas, now consisting of only Saed and New Jack, left SMW in a controversial fashion which escalated the long-standing dispute between Paul Heyman and Jim Cornette.


Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995–1997, 1999)

Making their Extreme Championship Wrestling debut on June 27 at
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, and their ''Hardcore TV'' debut on July 20, the Gangstas would quickly become faces and a draw for ECW, regularly bringing weapons such as guitars, crutches and staple guns in trash cans and shopping carts to the ring. The Gangstas would enter a lengthy feud with the Public Enemy that would last until the beginning of 1996 where the Public Enemy would beat the Gangstas in a street fight. Several months later the Gangstas would feud with the Eliminators, challenging them for the ECW World Tag Team Championship on several occasions before finally winning them on August 3 at
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. Although they lost the titles several months later in December, they would become two-time champions on July 19, 1997 at
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. Following the loss of the second championship, Saed split with New Jack and left ECW. Saed would return to ECW on February 12, 1999 at
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in Queens, New York. Mustafa reunited with New Jack to battle the Dudley Boys, only for Mustafa to attack his partner, revealing himself as the mysterious benefactor who wanted to run the Public Enemy and New Jack out of ECW. Now known as Mr. Mustafa, he would be defeated by New Jack at Living Dangerously 1999 and leave the company again by May.


Independent circuit (1997–present)

Saed would wrestle for the top Puerto Rican promotion,
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between 1999 and 2001 where he would win the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship once, the WWC World Television Championship once and the WWC World Tag Team Championship once with Rastaman. In 2000, Saed would go on his first and only tour of Japan with
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where he participated in the World Extreme Cup 2000. On August 8, 2010, Saed and New Jack reunited for a single night at the
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
pay-per-view
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, assaulting Team 3D and Joel Gertner after a match. Nowadays, Mustafa appears regularly with Supreme Pro Wrestling,
All Pro Wrestling All Pro Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion and training school, based in Hayward, California. The company was founded by Roland Alexander and managed by him until his death on November 5, 2013. It is located 45 miles so ...
,
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, and the Sacramento Wrestling Federation.


Championships and accomplishments

*
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**APW/Vendetta Pro Unified Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Boyce LeGrande **
APW Tag Team Championship The APW Tag Team Championships were introduced on November 20, 1996, when Michael Modest and Steve Rizzono became the first to win the titles. They defeated Frank Dalton and Joe Applebaumer in the finals of an eight team tournament to win the tit ...
( 1 time) - with Boyce LeGrande *Coastal Pro Wrestling **CPW Television Championship (1 time) *
Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...
**
ECW World Tag Team Championship The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Extreme Championship Wrestlin ...
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) - with
New Jack Jerome Young (January 3, 1963 – May 14, 2021) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name New Jack. He was best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he became notorious for his willingnes ...
*Extreme Wrestling Alliance **EWA Heavyweight Championship (3 times) *North Georgia Wrestling Alliance **NGWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with New Jack *Pro Wrestling Bushido **PWB Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cjay Kurz *''
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'' **Ranked No. 427 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the
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in 2003 *
Smoky Mountain Wrestling Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, wit ...
**
SMW Tag Team Championship The SMW Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, w ...
( 1 time) - with New Jack *Supreme Pro Wrestling **SPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with RJ Bishop *Vendetta Pro Wrestling **Unified Tag-Team Championship (1 time) - with Boyce LeGrande *
World Wrestling Council The World Wrestling Council (WWC) (Spanish: "Consejo Mundial de Lucha"), is a Puerto-Rican professional wrestling promotion based in Puerto Rico. It was originally established as Capitol Sports Promotions in 1973 by Carlos Colón Sr., Victor J ...
**
WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship The WWC Puerto Rico Championship is the secondary professional wrestling championship that is defended in the World Wrestling Council based in Puerto Rico. The title was created in January 1974 and, as its name suggests, is defended exclusively wi ...
( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) - with Rastaman **
WWC World Television Championship The WWC Television Championship is a tertiary Championship (professional wrestling), championship that is currently defended in the World Wrestling Council. The title was initially created in 1986 and used until 2003, then from February 3, 2007 unt ...
( 1 time)


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