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Don Callis

Don Callis
Birth name Donald Callis
Born (1963-10-13) 13 October 1963 (age 53)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Cyrus
Cyrus The Virus
The General
Don Casablancas
The Jackal
The Natural
Don Callis
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Trained by Tony Condello
Debut 1988
Retired 2006

Donald "Don" Callis is a Canadian former professional wrestler and manager, known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Jackal, and Extreme Championship Wrestling as color commentator Cyrus.

Callis was trained by local wrestling promoter Tony Condello and debuted in 1989. Wrestling under the name Don Casablancas, Callis formed a tag team with The Psycho as "The Mercenaries of Mayhem" under the tutelage of their manager The Golden Sheik.

In 1990, Callis debuted with the West Four Wrestling Alliance, where he became a five time Canadian Heavyweight Champion.

He received a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1996 and was eventually hired as a manager.

On September 20, 1997, Callis debuted in the WWF as "The Jackal," a member (and eventually leader) of a group of wrestlers known as "The Truth Commission" (a take on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission). An article in WWF Magazine claimed that he was a lower-level WWF employee during the early 1990s, and that he developed a messianic complex when he led a group of WWF superstars out of Kuwait when they were stranded there during the Gulf War. In an effort to play up the Jackal's gimmick as a charismatic, power-hungry fanatic, commentator Jim Ross often referred to him as the "David Koresh of the World Wrestling Federation." The Jackal sometimes would compete in singles matches mainly on Saturday Night Shotgun and house shows. Once the Jackal fought in his hometown, Winnipeg as the General against Jim Neidhart and lost the match. He would also team up with and managed the Interrogator (Kurrgan). The stable was not particularly successful, with their biggest achievement being their victory over the Disciples of Apocalypse at Survivor Series 1997. At WrestleMania XIV the Jackal ordered Kurrgan to attack Recon and Sniper out of the Tag Team Battle Royal and caused the stable to disband.


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