02-21-2018, 11:04 PM | #81 |
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02-22-2018, 01:28 AM | #82 |
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02-22-2018, 05:13 AM | #83 |
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02-22-2018, 06:06 AM | #84 |
His name is Jeff Harvey
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Triple H carried the company on his back after Stone Cold and The Rock left, guy deserves some praise.
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02-22-2018, 10:03 AM | #85 |
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I actually think that Jeff Jarrett is basically the '90s equivalent of The Miz. An IC title-level gatekeeper who was a tremendous heel and that heel character work meant he didn't need to be more than just okay in the ring.
He was great when he wasn't meant to be the headliner/ace of the promotion, which unfortunately he was on multiple occasions post-WWF. |
02-22-2018, 10:15 AM | #86 |
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Jarrett in his prime was pretty good in the ring. You're selling him a little short.
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02-22-2018, 01:06 PM | #87 |
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He was good in the ring, but not spectacular. But he didn't need to be because his character work was excellent and he served his role well.
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02-22-2018, 01:08 PM | #88 |
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Loved "DON'T PISS ME OFF" era Jarrett
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02-22-2018, 01:11 PM | #89 |
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Jarrett was great in his prime.
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02-22-2018, 02:12 PM | #90 | |
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at least in terms of his function Don't piss me off Jarrett, Quasi horseman usurper Jarrett and Country dick introduced by Tennessee Lee Jarrett were great but he was a complete fail whenever writers or himself tried to put him at the forefront of a company. As kids we alternated referring to him a as "wanting those HHH boos" and "a poor man's HHH" Last edited by KIRA; 02-22-2018 at 02:14 PM. Reason: K |
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02-23-2018, 03:24 AM | #91 |
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Jarrett was much better than The Miz in the ring.
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02-25-2018, 07:51 AM | #92 |
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Jeff Jarrett could at least do the Figure 4 correctly.
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02-25-2018, 10:11 AM | #93 |
It's a blood match!
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My most beloved Jarrett program?
Raven, near the first year of TNA was ending or the second has just started. If you go back and watch the match it's nothing great but in it's time, with they story surrounding it, it was a fantastic match. |
02-25-2018, 10:33 AM | #94 |
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I liked his feud with Razor over the IC title
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02-25-2018, 11:48 AM | #95 |
It's a blood match!
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I like those matches, I don't really remember much of the feud though, beyond the RR 95 and WM 11 matches, which were solid. Let us not forget what is likely his greatest match with HBK at In Your House. I'd say there is a possibility he had a better match wit AJ or Kurt but I didn't watch enough TNA to know.
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02-25-2018, 11:53 AM | #96 |
It's a blood match!
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I was about 10 years old when I first watched Jarrett and I have to say that he shot himself in the foot to me by doing "The Fargo Strut" and the figure four, which to me made him (along with the bleached hair) a Ric Flair knock off. Which is unfortunate because before his WWF run, he was a hot baby face in the south. If Vince's mind wasn't so damned gimmicked they might've brought him in as an up and coming selling his ass off babyface and he could've possibly gone much higher. But I think because his family, his accent, he was destined to be a parody and a coward heel. Which he embarrassed and was always good at, Jarrett was a guy that could get heat from a live crowd. While he always suffered to me because of the mid card only booking in WWF, his WCW main event run was performed aptly on his part, unfortunate timing but that's just what happened.
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02-25-2018, 03:27 PM | #97 |
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Check out Jarrett in USWA 1992. His tag team feud with Lawler vs the Moondogs won Feud of the Year. Some pretty wild and crazy matches from those four.
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02-25-2018, 11:11 PM | #98 |
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Well, I guess that answers that.
Unrelated to that, two things enter my mind: 1) I liked Jeff Jarrett. As hokey as his initial gimmick was, it was annoying in the way a pop song gets stuck in your head and you start singing it involuntarily. All things being equal, he's certainly more Hall of Fame memorable than Koko fucking B. Ware even basing things *solely* on his WWE career. With everything he's done and everywhere he's been, he's had enough of an impact (I seriously didn't mean that as a pun and just noticed the wording as I wrote it) on the wrestling business that I see no reason *why* he shouldn't have gotten the nod at all... "nWo 2000" notwithstanding. Jarrett also was one of those beneficiaries of the Monday Night War, where his multiple jumps pushed him further up the card (I honestly felt that another person who could have gotten the same benefits if he weren't so damned loyal was D-Lo Brown), and had he not done so, feels like he would be one of those "why was he inducted?" head scratchers. 2) I guess the WWE HoF is the first place that Jeff Jarrett has gone that Jacquiline has gone first. Allegedly. |
02-26-2018, 04:42 PM | #99 |
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This way they can still shit on WCW by hinting that the IC title is higher then the WCW World title. But thats open to opinion. Last edited by EIWF; 03-01-2018 at 07:09 PM. |
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02-27-2018, 07:48 AM | #101 |
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To be fair, by the time Jarrett was WCW world champion, the writing was pretty much on the wall for WCW, so they weren’t much of a rival at that point.
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02-27-2018, 09:24 AM | #102 |
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I love Elias, but if he doesn't take a guitar to the head from Jarrett at some point during Mania weekend I'm going to be sad.
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02-27-2018, 01:10 PM | #103 |
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Very well deserved nomination.
I watched Jarrett in his prime while most of you were likely toddlers or not even born, and I can honestly say that his HOF induction was a long time coming. I am quite familiar with Jarrett's work in the AWA, along with his bouts in Japan and Puerto Rico. One of the most underrated workers of all-time. |
02-27-2018, 08:40 PM | #104 |
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Need to check with Seth82 to see if he has any photos of Jarrett in his prime. So long ago. Probably really old and grainy if he can even find any.
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02-27-2018, 08:41 PM | #105 |
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Congrats to Jeff Jarrett on getting outta rehab, his daughter winning the regionals in basketball, and getting into the hall of fame. Sadly none of this gets him off The Disco List.
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03-02-2018, 08:32 PM | #107 |
"Let's-a go!"
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03-03-2018, 04:00 AM | #108 |
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You did, Heyman, my love.
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03-03-2018, 11:30 AM | #109 |
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LOLuigi
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