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Post by Aceorton on Jul 3, 2008 10:30:50 GMT -5
The big knock on Jarrett in his various WWF stints was that he wasn't capable of getting above IC level.
So ... can you come up with a believable (and hopefully entertaining) storyline where he becomes WWF champion in the Attitude Era?
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Post by Corporate H on Jul 3, 2008 10:38:49 GMT -5
Get The Blue Blazer somehow over while Jeff goes tweener by association. Then, have Jarrett turn heel on him making him an ultra-heel. Jarrett feuds with upper-level babyfaces like Shamrock, Mankind, and Triple H for awhile before he begins chasing Austin for the strap.
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Post by EJS on Jul 3, 2008 11:56:01 GMT -5
He doesn't leave, so he doesn't end up having to job to a girl, so he continues getting pushed.
That was easy.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Jul 3, 2008 12:16:43 GMT -5
He challenges for the title and wins it. Even easier.
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Post by hedonismbot on Jul 3, 2008 12:41:17 GMT -5
Austin puts him over. Easy.
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Post by Above Average on Jul 3, 2008 12:50:23 GMT -5
Tell Austin to stop whining like a baby and job to Double J. Simple as.
And if he didn't want to, HE can go to WCW. Let's face it he needed neck surgery around the time, and he never really picked up his momentum again. The WWF survived into the future without Hogan or Bret before this so I think they'd have been fine losing Austin.
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Post by The Tank on Jul 3, 2008 12:52:28 GMT -5
Tell Austin to stop whining like a baby and job to Double J. Simple as. And if he didn't want to, HE can go to WCW. Let's face it he needed neck surgery around the time, and he never really picked up his momentum again. The WWF survived into the future without Hogan or Bret before this so I think they'd have been fine losing Austin. Where's Jed? This sounds like a good What If... |
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Post by Rocky Van Heineken on Jul 3, 2008 12:55:17 GMT -5
Tell Austin to stop whining like a baby and job to Double J. Simple as. And if he didn't want to, HE can go to WCW. Let's face it he needed neck surgery around the time, and he never really picked up his momentum again. The WWF survived into the future without Hogan or Bret before this so I think they'd have been fine losing Austin. What?? You're saying the WWF could have benefited more from having JEFF JARRETT on the roster than Steve Austin? And Austin never picked up momentum again? So, I guess drawing 60,000+ in 2001 meant that his tank was empty. |
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Post by Doctorin' The Tardis on Jul 3, 2008 12:56:46 GMT -5
Tell Austin to stop whining like a baby and job to Double J. Simple as. And if he didn't want to, HE can go to WCW. Let's face it he needed neck surgery around the time, and he never really picked up his momentum again. The WWF survived into the future without Hogan or Bret before this so I think they'd have been fine losing Austin. What a great business decision! Tell the biggest draw in the company's history to go to the competition in order to take a chance on a midcarder in the top spot! There's a good reason Vince is in charge of the WWE instead of a lot of "fans." The above quote is a prime example of that. |
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Post by Above Average on Jul 3, 2008 13:01:36 GMT -5
Tell Austin to stop whining like a baby and job to Double J. Simple as. And if he didn't want to, HE can go to WCW. Let's face it he needed neck surgery around the time, and he never really picked up his momentum again. The WWF survived into the future without Hogan or Bret before this so I think they'd have been fine losing Austin. What?? You're saying the WWF could have benefited more from having JEFF JARRETT on the roster than Steve Austin? And Austin never picked up momentum again? So, I guess drawing 60,000+ in 2001 meant that his tank was empty. Was Shawn Michaels a bigger draw than Bret Hart? Was YOKOZUNA a bigger draw than Hulk Hogan? Don't think so. No, I'm not saying Jarrett > Austin in terms of money. I'm saying Austin was an employee of WWF and as a result when he is told to job to someone he should damn well do it. If he is unwilling he shouldn't be a part of the company. Anyway, I doubt he'd have even went back to WCW due to his history there. |
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jul 3, 2008 13:07:33 GMT -5
Tell Austin to stop whining like a baby and job to Double J. Simple as. And if he didn't want to, HE can go to WCW. Let's face it he needed neck surgery around the time, and he never really picked up his momentum again. The WWF survived into the future without Hogan or Bret before this so I think they'd have been fine losing Austin. I have to agree with some of this. It seems that there's always a double standard, when it's someone a person doesn't like, it's ok to not put them over, but if it was someone that was widely liked around these parts, it'd be the crime of the century not putting that guy over. |
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Post by Overly large testicles on Jul 3, 2008 13:07:43 GMT -5
There's a good reason Vince is in charge of the WWE instead of a lot of "fans." The above quote is a prime example of that. No, Vince is in charge because he owns the f***ing company.  |
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Post by Doctorin' The Tardis on Jul 3, 2008 13:09:53 GMT -5
What?? You're saying the WWF could have benefited more from having JEFF JARRETT on the roster than Steve Austin? And Austin never picked up momentum again? So, I guess drawing 60,000+ in 2001 meant that his tank was empty. Was Shawn Michaels a bigger draw than Bret Hart? Was YOKOZUNA a bigger draw than Hulk Hogan? Don't think so. No, I'm not saying Jarrett > Austin in terms of money. I'm saying Austin was an employee of WWF and as a result when he is told to job to someone he should damn well do it. If he is unwilling he shouldn't be a part of the company. Anyway, I doubt he'd have even went back to WCW due to his history there. You don't understand business very well. Austin was generating millions of dollars a year worth of revenue at this time. If you're forced to choose a proven money maker like Steve Austin and a guy who's never drawn any money like Jarrett, you choose Austin no matter what his attitude is like. Bottom line. |
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Post by Ridley on Jul 3, 2008 13:11:22 GMT -5
I find it plausible that Jarrett could have stuck around like Bradshaw and ended up world champion. On Smackdown.
Attitude Era? Er... ah... he ups his anti-women schtick by going after Stephanie and Linda McMahon?
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Post by Doctorin' The Tardis on Jul 3, 2008 13:12:09 GMT -5
There's a good reason Vince is in charge of the WWE instead of a lot of "fans." The above quote is a prime example of that. No, Vince is in charge because he owns the smurfing company. Thanks for the news flash. Wow you are sooooo clever. Why do you think he's still in control of the largest publicly traded pro wrestling company ever? If he'd have let Austin walk out in 1999 over someone as insignifcant as Jarrett, the stockholders would have flipped. |
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Post by machinegun on Jul 3, 2008 13:12:59 GMT -5
Have him bury Cena
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Post by Doctorin' The Tardis on Jul 3, 2008 13:13:09 GMT -5
I find it plausible that Jarrett could have stuck around like Bradshaw and ended up world champion. On Smackdown. We found exactly what happens when you put Jeff Jarrett on top in a national company in 2000 and 2001. |
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Post by Above Average on Jul 3, 2008 13:16:24 GMT -5
I find it plausible that Jarrett could have stuck around like Bradshaw and ended up world champion. On Smackdown. We found exactly what happens when you put Jeff Jarrett on top in a national company in 2000 and 2001. Nothing to do with WCW's booking in those two years of course. Yes it was all down to Jeff Jarrett as champion. |
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Post by Doctorin' The Tardis on Jul 3, 2008 13:18:00 GMT -5
We found exactly what happens when you put Jeff Jarrett on top in a national company in 2000 and 2001. Nothing to do with WCW's booking in those two years of course. Yes it was all down to Jeff Jarrett as champion. Booking that Jeff Jarrett had a good hand in thanks to his relationship with his best buddy Vince Russo. Are you honestly saying Jeff Jarrett's reigns as WCW Champions were anything more than horrible? |
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Post by The Ichi on Jul 3, 2008 13:19:23 GMT -5
I think it would have been pretty easy to book Jarret to win the WWF Championship. What wouldn't have been easy, however, was making him a credible Champion. Jarret's always screamed midcard for life. I didn't buy him as WCW Champ, I didn't buy him as TNA Champ, and I certainly (and ESPECIALLY during the era of Stone Cold and The Rock) wouldn't have bought him as WWF Champ.
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