Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 3, 2016 21:35:24 GMT -5
Yeah, there's just story after story of how unreliable Marty was. Shawn was a train wreck after awhile, but he at least made sure he mostly had his head on straight when his chance for a mega push began. There are even stories, I believe, of older guys in the WWF telling Shawn "Marty's BS is holding you back, man" just prior to his heel turn. It's definitely sad, though, since Marty always had huge potential, and would've been a very good long term addition to the suddenly steroid-less WWF of '93 if he hadn't kept getting himself messed up. They also should've done more to help the guy out in terms of his image, and not made him look like "the guy who can't let go of The Rockers" while Shawn got his own unique look and theme song. Like, Marty could've kept the old theme, but maybe update his look or something? I am sure others probably did, too, but I recall hearing Piper started a fight between Shawn and Marty by openly saying that Marty was blocking Shawn from being bigger or something to that effect.
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Post by edgestar on Feb 3, 2016 21:43:20 GMT -5
They could have used his real name, Frederick, and called him Freddy Jannetty
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Post by Dave the Dave on Feb 4, 2016 6:25:46 GMT -5
They could have used his real name, Frederick, and called him Freddy Jannetty "You better get ready for Freddy Jannetty"
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 4, 2016 7:27:08 GMT -5
Marty Jannetty couldn't be trusted with a major push and that's all on him. I used to be a big fan but the more the guy speaks, the more I regret ever marking for him.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Feb 4, 2016 7:55:23 GMT -5
Yeah, there's just story after story of how unreliable Marty was. Shawn was a train wreck after awhile, but he at least made sure he mostly had his head on straight when his chance for a mega push began. There are even stories, I believe, of older guys in the WWF telling Shawn "Marty's BS is holding you back, man" just prior to his heel turn. It's definitely sad, though, since Marty always had huge potential, and would've been a very good long term addition to the suddenly steroid-less WWF of '93 if he hadn't kept getting himself messed up. They also should've done more to help the guy out in terms of his image, and not made him look like "the guy who can't let go of The Rockers" while Shawn got his own unique look and theme song. Like, Marty could've kept the old theme, but maybe update his look or something? Thing about the "not getting over the Rockers" part of it, that only became an issue in 96 with the New Rockers, after his, I think 4th firing so by that point they had given up and just had him as a midcard joke because they didn't trust him. His 1993 run, it didn't matter that he was still coming out to the same music and had similar gear. It kept him linked to what the fans loved the same way Bret never losing the Hart Foundation look did, his stuff with Shawn, it was like "yeah, I'm a Rocker, and you betrayed that". When he was with the 123 Kid it was like "Yeah, this guy is the future of high-flying wrestling like I was" and it meshed. Honestly I like his 1993 look, he was clearly a Rocker, but it was a bit updated because they still had some faith in him.
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Post by Hanzo on Feb 4, 2016 8:35:23 GMT -5
If only Jannetty had blocked that superkick and threw Shawn through the window...
Then we would have had a Razor Ramon vs. Marty Jannetty ladder match WrestleMania X.
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Post by jmule on Feb 4, 2016 9:30:49 GMT -5
I wonder how jannety and neidhart would've worked as a tag..they could've called themselves "superstar leftovers" or something...
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Feb 4, 2016 9:50:27 GMT -5
I wonder how jannety and neidhart would've worked as a tag..they could've called themselves "superstar leftovers" or something... I'm sure they's be a crack team.
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