Curt McGirt Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 More Scott Steiner promos coming our way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I think as long as Jarrett resists the urge to call Russo, and brings in maybe Scott D'amore to book, I think it can be good. You already know AJ Styles is going to be brought in as the top guy, but there are some really good talents out there still. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Ray Von Erich Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Jarrett's new promotion got me thinking about him as a worker and I've always been a big fan. He might have gotten pushed a little beyond his natural position on the card in WCW, and his booking for the first, like, half of his TNA run was really bad, but I think he is a great example of a solid all around performer. There's nothing he's terrible at and he's shown great character range from country music star to pissed off Southerner to chosen one to world's best dad to double-M A enthusiast. People have mentioned how HHH is the guy you put with the real draw, but I think Jarrett is a much better example. I'm not sure what his legacy will be but he is always a guy I've considered one of my favorites just because he's so easy to watch and enjoy.I'm excited to see what his promotion turns into. Especially if it means more Savio Vega or Dr. Nick! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I've hated Jarrett since forever. Can't appreciate his talent type hatred. The 9 year old in me never dies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Jarrett's new promotion got me thinking about him as a worker and I've always been a big fan. He might have gotten pushed a little beyond his natural position on the card in WCW, and his booking for the first, like, half of his TNA run was really bad, but I think he is a great example of a solid all around performer. There's nothing he's terrible at and he's shown great character range from country music star to pissed off Southerner to chosen one to world's best dad to double-M A enthusiast. People have mentioned how HHH is the guy you put with the real draw, but I think Jarrett is a much better example. I'm not sure what his legacy will be but he is always a guy I've considered one of my favorites just because he's so easy to watch and enjoy. I'm excited to see what his promotion turns into. Especially if it means more Savio Vega or Dr. Nick! I've always been an unashamed Jeff Jarrett mark. It's a shame that he left the WWF in 1999, because I would imagine that his legacy would be much better if he hadn't left. It's also a shame that he and Austin had heat. I wonder how JJ would've worked in 2000 WWF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Jarrett is a guy that has always had solid matches and solid mic work but how many truly great matches has he had? How many great promos has he delivered? No hate.. I always found it strange whenever someone would book him as a top guy. He's the definition of solid midcarder. I liked his MMA gimmick. That was cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Midcard Jeff Jarrett us great. Main event Jeff Jarrett is the worst. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 He'll probably bring in Elijah Burke, Rhyno, maybe Matt Morgan and John Morrison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The Young Bucks too. Maybe he'll try for Alex Shelley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Jarrett is a guy that has always had solid matches and solid mic work but how many truly great matches has he had? How many great promos has he delivered? No hate.. I always found it strange whenever someone would book him as a top guy. He's the definition of solid midcarder. I liked his MMA gimmick. That was cool. I'll defend Jeff Jarrett here and point out that his main event runs came whenever his respective promotion was the drizzling shits and there was really nothing he could do about it. He did do some solid work with Booker T in 2000 though. Jarrett never really had a chance to main event in a company where everything around him wasn't completely terrible. Jarrett/Christian at Against All Odds 2006 was a very good match and helped put Christian over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 It would be hilarious if he got Mistico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 If Jarrett's new promotion means a return to prime time TV for Cody Deaner then Im all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 To me in ring wise Jarrett is painfully average on the Mic doing conventional promos hes average as well. But I he shines when hes doing goofy shit like the Chosen One gimmick calling people slap nuts and randomly doing the stroke on people. He can play a dork really well but even as The Chosen One was he stepped in the ring i tuned out. Hes had good matches dont get me wrong but hes never led a good match his best matches have been against great workers like Christian Raven AJ Styles Sting and Samoa Joe. His Matches with Page werent bad either and Him & Nash had a pretty fun brawl at Against All Odds 05 until all the fucking overbooking at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Jeff Jarrett as a babyface is super-awesome to me. I naturally want to root for him. When he turned face in TNA for the first time and those angles involved his daughters, I was totally into "What a good dad, trying his best with three girls!" mode. His sad/resigned faces were so damn pitiful. Jeff Jarrett as a heel is a channel-changer for me. It's a shame that the '80s babyface went out of style for a decade because for that decade, Jarrett was mostly a heel or a tweener and those roles do not play to his strengths in my view. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J. Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I never minded Jarrett ring-wise, or even in TNA. As far as his new promotion, part of me wishes he'd head back to WWE, because while he's not a leader, but he's a helluva manager. I think he'd fit well in a role where he can develop talent or work as an agent, even commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I hope Jeff can get JR involved in this new promotion and not only Play by Play which would be sweet but also backstage as head of talent relations he seems to be really good at that job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 "[G]ood guy Ox Baker?" These words have no meaning. to be fair, Ox Baker was only considered a good guy by the fans due to MIND CONTROLLLL.. MIIIIIINNDDD CONTRRRRROLLLLL.... *puts hand to mouth* *pulls string out of mouth* *Bunny Love struggles to keep a straight face* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 The thing I've always despised about Jarrett, and it's mainly something he started in TNA and never really quit doing ... When wrestling some opponent with a specific gimmick (say, Billy Gunn in his "I'm Kip James bitch!" phase), Jarrett would co-opt said gimmick on an extremely hyper-verbal level to insult said opponent ("Are you Kip James, bitch?" *chop* To the fans: "Is this Kip James, bitch?" *chop*). Oh, that and his Flair/ HTM Attitude era rape baby gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I kinda liked Jarrett's "Aztec warrior" phase, but maybe that's just because it didn't last very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 There any footage of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Eddie beat Brock Lesnar for the WWE title 10 years ago, tonight. Crazy. Viva La Raza! I 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 There any footage of that I assume he was talking about Jarrett during his NWA North American Champion title run. He had some pretty odd entrance attire. But, I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 there's always footage of Aztec Jarrett with the evil Rock'n'Roll Express and the greatest NWA Champion ever Barry Windham: The entire thing is kinda unintentionally hilarious in retrospect. Would have made just as much sense for Cornette to start a group of disgruntled Smoky Mountain wrestlers that aligned because they blamed the WWF for SMW going under EDIT: maybe there's an argument that the WCW invasion could have been just as effective if it was presented as ex-WCW guys arriving to avenge the WWF buying WCW and dissolving it, it's not like 2001 WCW as a separate organization was any more scary than the idea of angry "ex"-WCW guys wanting to get revenge for losing their jobs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I guess what I liked about that gimmick is that Jarrett was actually allowed to refer to himself as a wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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