Breaking Kayfabe #02 | Jerome Young 

When Jack was sober and lucid he was so sharp and smart. Best interview he ever did, miss this dude

The connection Sean was able to establish with Jack is so special to witness in real time. Never was Jack so candid and genuine as when Sean was interviewing him. Thank you for showing us the human behind New Jack

I miss Jerome... I knew him in the last couple years of his life. He calmed down a lot after he quit drinking. He had a lot of pain and trauma in his life. If you sat and talked with him that was plain to see. Rest in Peace New Jack

New Jack dying caught me off guard. I wish he was still alive to hear his stories.

Sean is such a great interviewer. I hope some day he gets the recognition he deserves.

Guys like him and Cornette made the "shoot" interview business IMO. Their early shoot interviews were huge on youtube back in the day, honky tonk man also had some great ones early on. its the reason i started to listen to that type of content. These days i don't even follow current wrestling shows, but im still fascinated with the lore of the wrestling business, now that everything is out in the open we get to hear all of these old stories. RIP New Jack

Glad you are posting these. Too many jerkoffs have stolen your content the last decade. Clean/sober new jack was an incredibly different guy, and he could have been a hilarious entertainer in any field. Thanks for this!

This is the most emotional interview I've ever seen. Wow. Jerry 😢

One of the best interviews ever because it was so genuine. New jack was a disturbed violent individual but we understand him more because of the topics of discussion. Great job sean 👏

New Jack is one of the best shoot interviews ever, when they had him, sheik and honky in the same shoot, that was the best of the best right there.

Man Sean, that opening with New Jack and the Stevie Wonder gimmick had me cracking up. You and Jerome seemed to have had quite a good connection. Always a joy to watch and of your stuff and New Jack's as well

This is one of my favorite interviews ever. For New Jack to let loose and just be himself. Sean just knows how to bring the best out of Jerome. I would've loved to meet New Jack. R.I.P.

I forgot how good this one was! R.I.P Jack

One of the top 10 promos IMO in the history of the business. Man Jack had charisma and great promo ability. . His Smokey Mountain stuff was just brilliant

3:51 Sean's has that "I remember them good ol days, brotha" face 😂😂😂😂. Sean's is the best

53:40...."I've never gotten color before, will you do it? New Jack: GLADLY!!!! lol

Jack was one of the coldest dude ever and I still miss him now Rest In Power

A textbook psychopath, but a charming one

I never knew you Jack but I just wanna tell you I love you dawg thank you for everything

I miss Jerome , Used to be very active in Social Media especially Facebook and He was Hilarious RIP

Met New Jack years ago in Battle Creek Michigan got me in wrestling for free Nice Guy Greatly missed RIP

rip this is the most sober he ever was in an interview. seemed like he really made a difference. god bless em.

I wasn’t even going to watch the whole thing tonight but i did. amazing interview! i’m rewatching soon

Jack was such a great interview. Even if you'v already heard the stories, it never gets old. RIP OG.

New Jack is a great interview and story teller. He might not have been the most technical in ring worker but he could 'work' and he was over no matter which company he was in he was over

New Jack was arguably KC's greatest guest. Seemed like a very cool guy.

I used to watch new Jack as a kid on channel 35 in Philly on ECW. He was my favorite I swear I saw him on a train one day while I was coming home from school I was too afraid to say hi

Either New Jack is a sociopath or a very good actor. Honestly dude scares me

Wow this interview is so calm and collective compared to years later and how he ended up. He was very likable and not scary in this one.... Great interview.

Thank you so much Sean

I would've loved to meet New Jack. His interviews are always real. Sean has always had a great way to have a conversation. New Jacks impersonation of Stevie Wonder hilarious.

Been waiting for this one 🔥

I hope Mrs. McKenzie sees this

The world will never be the same since we lost r.i.p

damn watching him tear up talking about what he put his lady through was heartbreaking

„Jack I can’t feel my legs“

The all time Ring of the Hawk G.O.A.T.

You can say a lot of things about New Jack but one thing you can never say was that he was fake. R.I.P

Though I don't agree with a lot of his actions, I can see why he turned out the way he did. He had been through a lot of trauma, physical and mental. Hopefully he can rest now.

Wow. Hands down the best New J… Jerome Young interview. RiP to the Legend.

Jerome is a real one for telling the truth about gangs, I feel the EXACT same way!!! Gang affiliation does have very homoerotic overtones!

I wish I had seen this interview before the Dark Side of the Ring episode. I never felt like we got to see the real Jerome Young in that episode, but this interview comes much closer. I have seen other good interviews with New Jack, but they feel much more "in character" than this interview. He basically admits at 27:23 that we will never know for sure whether we are seeing Jerome Young or New Jack.

Great stuff

Is this the full interview? It seems to have ended abruptly.

I didn't know about New Jack until his Dark Side episode. It's so great that this exists. Thanks Sean.

Still can't believe he is really gone. One of the finest men who ever lived.

1:12:03 when talking about comedy influences I knew New Jack would say Richard Pryor not because they’re both black but they have similar personalities as they both did coke and crack as Richard Pryor would tell jokes about his alcohol and crack addiction, also I knew when he said he’s a storyteller and Richard Pryor was a storyteller too

New Jack being a sade and Tupac fan.. range

Norm macdonald, Gilbert Gottfriend and New Jack. Those were the ones who hurt for me :(.

Holy shit... Jack saw compassion as a weakness. He was full of love and passion, but we all become programmed to be certain ways. That one thing, him learning to dismiss compassion to survive emotionally, then taking coke to deal, is what I think made him generous. The love and appreciation he's shown for Ricky, Robert and Tracy proves he had great heart. What a fuckin human, lol. RIP legend

These interviews are gold..

Cornette coming in with the Hard R on The Gangstas

Lol he was an enforcer for the hardest deaf gang in greensboro

New jack was the real deal R.I.P new jack you will be missed

People that really knew him and got on with him said he was a great guy, hilarious and caring.

Hard Core ❤ Man pouring out his ❤️

New Jack was an asshole, but at least he was honest.

"They thought I might flip out and stab everybody" Seems like a sound business decision lol

I feel bad about how much that cracked skull affected him. Like that pain, insomnia, blindness, brain damage is all permanent ever since that fall. You can't tell those things just by looking at him even with the blindness. All you can see is the scars from where he got so much color over the years which isn't much in the grand scheme of things. All the really messed up health stuff was invisible. Even with the brain damage, cracking his skull is a lot worse than the wrestling CTE stuff you normally hear about but you can tell in the interviews he's still there and can think just fine, maybe with some pauses, but not like what you hear with Benoit and such. lots of wrestling documentaries still treat him like a heel cuz he was did some messed up stuff in the ring. But it was ECW, and he was doing what paid so it's more like paulie was the violence equivalent of vince's sex pest stuff imo. He had a ton of potential with how good his promos were, even when he's half-blind with those injuries, but ecw used him up and spat him out letting him be the fall guy in more ways that one.

I could imagine Quentin Rampage Jackson having a similar experience. They almost sound they same.

Someone archive this please I’ve seen mad ppl upload it and it gets deleted I love this interview

Just so I got this straight I just spent the last hour getting worked by New Jack. Jerome was such a fascinating man. He had endless charisma and lived his gimmick. I swear in other interviews he tells actual stories about attempting to murder people and by the time he is done you feel bad New Jack did get them.

That coke said stttab him 🤣😭

Why is Xanax censored out, but Percocet isn't?

I left the bars in the car hell yeah ! Long Live New Jack

Rip mate your sadly missed

A true Out Law. May your soul rest.

New jack is a really good person deep down just don't piss him off.

49:42 now I know where the "huh?" sound alot of you tube videos use came from hahahah... never knew it was from New Jack.

Love you. 💙

"OJ had just killed everybody in LA" Classic hahaha The one and only New Jack

Where's the rest? It just ends abruptly.

Still, Jack in WWE.. just imagine him in an Extreme Match at Wrestlemania.. god i would have paid good money for that

I loved and miss Jack.

I'm finding him more entertaining to listen to than Richard Pryor

Pro wrestling and stand up comedy have so many similarities.

Really interesting guy

13:55 Fark me.. Damn

Was this meant to cut off where it did?

Love how he says gangs are “gay” then proceeds to describes being in a gang 😂😂

Every time he tells the story about his mother getting stabbed and watching her dress turn turn from white to red, I get chills. That is the seminal reason as to why he was such a psychopath. That’s exactly why he stabbed people over and over again in his life. It’s so rare to get a glimpse into the mind of a maniac and get to see the exact point in time where the seed of pure evil was sown and then get to witness the chaos it would go onto cause. Crazy stuff and scary stuff

Did Kane and new jack know each other ? Both trained by ray candy Both in uswa around the similar times Your welcome for the thought of a giant Christmas themed monster passing a blunt with new jack 😂

What year was this?

Good shoot, but I feel like he doesn't let the truth get in the way of a good story

RIP New Jack You told it how it was/is

R.I.P. New Jack

38:48 what is an illegal substance?

R.I.P NEW JACK

RIP New Jack

This man HIGH! as hell

Rip new Jack

RIP Pro wrestlings O.G.

New Jack was a man of consequence a rarity these days

We saw the actual Jerome Young the last 10-15 minutes

Wow I'd never seen Jack talk about his mother before. Look at his eyes, he fucking HATES her.

He was cool but violent as hell,he thought it was mortal Kombat

Who was he talking about when they are talking about race and Jack says “I’m not gonna say his name but he kissed ass all the way to WWF down to TNA”? RIP New Jack 🙌🏻. Got to see him live in his prime back at the arena in the late 90s!🤘🏻 Sean is the greatest shoot guy , hands down. The pod with Nash rules , very down to earth dudes Peace and love ✌🏻🖤

34:06 😂😂😂

Sean fucking rules!!!

Sean ❤ you brother