(1950-05-02)May 2, 1950 Burlington, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
May 17, 2021(2021-05-17) (aged 71)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Don Kernodle
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Billed weight
290 lb (130 kg)[1]
Trained by
Ole Anderson Gene Anderson
Debut
1973
Charles Donald Kernodle Jr. (May 2, 1950 – May 17, 2021) was an American professional wrestler with the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions.[2]
^ abShields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2012). WWE Encyclopedia: Updated & Expanded. DK. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7566-9159-2.
^"Pro wrestling was Don Kernodle's great love". Post and Courier.
"Pro wrestling was DonKernodle's great love". Post and Courier. DonKernodle Shoot Interview (DVD). Highspots. "DonKernodle interview". The Mid-Atlantic...
Look up Kernodle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kernodle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: DonKernodle (1950–2021), American...
Steamboat. By 1982, Steamboat and Youngblood were feuding with Boris Zhukov, DonKernodle, and their manager Sgt. Slaughter. Zhukov, then known as Private Jim...
reigns as NWA World Tag Team Champion, later winning the belts with DonKernodle and twice with his "nephew" (kayfabe), Nikita Koloff as The Russian Team...
the Russian Nightmare, and teamed him with "uncle" Ivan Koloff and DonKernodle, a turncoat American. Koloff was briefly trained by Eddie Sharkey. He...
Jim Crockett Promotions. It consisted of NWA World Tag Team Champions DonKernodle and Ivan Koloff, both recently returned from the World Wrestling Federation...
Terry Funk, Ted DiBiase, Bob Roop, Dick Murdoch, Dory Funk Jr., Don Leo Jonathan, DonKernodle, Gene Kiniski, Dennis Stamp, Ray Stevens and Uliuli Fifita....
Corps". He formed a tag team with fellow Corps member DonKernodle. In May 1982, Nelson and Kernodle defeated Jay Youngblood and Porkchop Cash to win the...
Crockett Promotions where he teamed with Porkchop Cash and feuded with DonKernodle and Jim Nelson over the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship. In 1983...
North Carolina on August 22, 1982. 28 DonKernodle and Sgt. Slaughter September 12, 1982 House show N/A 1 181 Kernodle and Slaughter won the titles in a fictional...
Hansen DonKernodle and Sgt. Slaughter Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco Bob Orton Jr. and DonKernodle Mark Youngblood and Wahoo McDaniel DonKernodle and Ivan...
Major League Baseball pitcher Clint Irwin – Colorado Rapids goalkeeper DonKernodle – professional wrestler Steven Kinney – defender for the Chicago Fire...
Garden. Snuka also feuded with Don Muraco in 1983, which began after Snuka entered the ring for a match against DonKernodle on the June 18 episode of Championship...
Santana Bobby Jaggers TNT Abbuda Dein Ivan Koloff 1990s Manny Fernandez DonKernodle Héctor Guerrero Huracan Castillo Jr. Steve Corino Jake Roberts Ray González...
Steamboat and Youngblood's top drawing feud with Sgt. Slaughter and DonKernodle; Steamboat and Youngblood being turned on by their friends Jack and Jerry...
— former UFC fighter JamesOn Curry — professional basketball player DonKernodle — former pro wrestler with the National Wrestling Alliance Zack Littell...
Santana Bobby Jaggers TNT Abbuda Dein Ivan Koloff 1990s Manny Fernandez DonKernodle Héctor Guerrero Huracan Castillo Jr. Steve Corino Jake Roberts Ray González...
early 1990s, Anderson trained several professional wrestlers, among them DonKernodle; Italian Stallion; Jeff Farmer; Ken Timbs; Mo; and his son Bryant. Anderson...
August 5 1983 Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood vs. Sgt. Slaughter and DonKernodle Steel Cage match Jim Crockett Promotions The Final Conflict Greensboro...
shows, with Leo Burke and his brothers as the lead heels, along with DonKernodle, when the top Crockett stars were no longer available. Jack decided he...
Jackson 1990s Leo Burke Steve Strong King Kong Fidel Sierra Dick Murdoch DonKernodle Dick Slater Mighty Kodiak Dutch Mantel Huracan Castillo Jr. Invader IV...
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