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Post by hitmancmedge on May 14, 2021 14:13:33 GMT -5
So listening to his podcast and reading some other stories. Vince and Russo both loved Jarrett and in 97 when they brought him back it was with the intention of him being a main event star, but he didn’t get over and Austin wasn’t a fan of his.
Fast forward to 99 and he is very over again, and again they wanna push him in the main event but Austin says no and JR isn’t a fan etc. Jarrett leaves for WCW cause he isn’t gonna be a main eventer in WWE and they aren’t offering him a raise. My whole point is by November of 99 Austin is gone a year and they need new main event guys. If he stays does he get the main event push? Does he never leave WWE at that point?
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Post by LA Times on May 14, 2021 14:31:23 GMT -5
Not with the McMahon helmsley corporation taking up all the airtime.
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Post by The Brain on May 14, 2021 14:50:42 GMT -5
Wouldve been hard to take em serious in the main event role after seeing em get smashed with a pie and hit with a kitchen sink a month prior.
He wouldve smashed more guitars but I just dont see him in the WWF Title scene.
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Post by LA Times on May 14, 2021 14:59:33 GMT -5
Also, if Jeff Jarrett stayed in the WWF, TNA might not have existed.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on May 14, 2021 15:01:18 GMT -5
Jeff Jarrett was always a B+ player to me. A top mid card guy but no main eventer.
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Post by jason1980s on May 14, 2021 18:00:14 GMT -5
I really doubt Vince saw him as a main eventer. Maybe he does as a favor to Jerry but after Jeff left in 1995 I highly doubt Vince would use him well from then on. His ego and self worth was way too much for where any promoter would really see him. He lucked out getting a novice like Dixie Carter to work with TNA. If Vince McMahon saw anything in him, he would have pushed him more.
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Post by rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield on May 14, 2021 18:44:59 GMT -5
Jeff Jarrett was always a B+ player to me. A top mid card guy but no main eventer. Wouldn't even give him the plus. |
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Post by CM Tusk on May 14, 2021 18:47:21 GMT -5
Look at the amount of talent you had. Main eventers in Austin, Rock, Mankind, Undertaker, Triple H, Kane and soon to be Kurt Angle. Jarrett would have never reached that level even with Austin shutting him down. A solid midcarder, but that was always going to be his ceiling in the company. Going to WCW was the best thing for him.
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Post by Fighter Hayabusa on May 14, 2021 19:13:55 GMT -5
Jeff Jarrett was always a B+ player to me. A top mid card guy but no main eventer. Wouldn't even give him the plus. Honestly I was thinking I was overrating him with that grade. |
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Post by jason88cubs on May 14, 2021 20:12:58 GMT -5
I always saw Jarrett as a IC guy
which isnt bad at all
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Post by hitmancmedge on May 14, 2021 20:15:31 GMT -5
Apparently he signed with Wwe in 97 for $350k and was such a dud that after three months they had him take a pay cut.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on May 14, 2021 22:46:51 GMT -5
Would Jarrett had a WWF Title shot here and there in the year 2000?? Probably.
Would he have been a main event PPV with Rock for the WWE Championship?? Possibly.
Would he have ever won the WWE Title back in 2000?? Highly unlikely!
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Post by TKO Propagandist on May 15, 2021 0:28:32 GMT -5
The human fast forward button & a member of the Nickelback of pro wrestling in my opinion along with Nash, Shane Douglas, Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell & Scott Steiner. I love the podcast though.
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Post by PJ on May 15, 2021 5:59:33 GMT -5
I don’t see it happening.
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Post by drifter on May 15, 2021 8:36:29 GMT -5
No chance he makes the main event if he stays. At most, he's the guy they'd throw to the champion for a 'nothing defense.' Basically the guy to keep the champion busy between storylines. Remember, the big reason he got into the WCW Title picture was Vince Russo. He stays with WWF, he's got no Russo pushing him into that title picture and main event scene.
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Post by JokerFC on May 15, 2021 8:55:38 GMT -5
No. The main event scene doesn't change at all. The arrival of the Radicalz/rise of Angle pushes him further down the card
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on May 16, 2021 18:38:39 GMT -5
I just could not have imagined Jarrett in main event matches with the likes of Rock, Austin, HHH etc. Also in 2000 the main event scene was stacked so certainly no room for Double J.
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Post by jason1980s on May 16, 2021 20:35:07 GMT -5
As evil as Vince McMahon seems, him bringing back Jarrett two times after he bolted from WWF shows that he, Vince, has a soft side. No way would I ever bring Jarrett after leaving WWF high and dry in mid 1995 and then again in early 1996. And even after late 1999, I would never have brought him back for a Hall of Fame spot. Obviously Vince probably does so knowing that these guys are coming back with their tail between their legs hoping for a job but Jarrett contributed very little to WWF and whether he's brought back or not means nothing in the grand scheme of WWF/WWE success. I guess whatever Jerry Jarrett did for WWF during the steroid trial meant something and that's probably why Vince has a loyalty to him. I can't see anyone, even the S.D. Jones of Wrestlemania 12 Hunter Heart Helmsley wanting to work with Jeff Jarrett. He literally had no "IT" factor-nothing that draws a fan to the arena to watch him, buy merchandise, root for him to win or hate him so much they root for him to lose.
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Post by whydontyoutellme on May 20, 2021 17:16:15 GMT -5
Too crowded at the top and no one with real influence was there to advocate for him. There were plenty of wrestlers who were more popular or dating the boss' daughter.
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Post by aggressiveperfector on May 21, 2021 9:26:25 GMT -5
I think he would have stayed in the mid card and had solid feuds with people on their way up. A Jericho/Jarrett feud could have been fun and hilarious with him playing a great foil to a comedic face Jericho...Jericho could have so much fun at his expense.
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