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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2019 22:39:50 GMT -5
Bit like Miz, spent too long as a chickenshit midcarder he excelled at it but floundered in other roles, probably why actors get typecasted.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 16, 2019 11:10:19 GMT -5
I honestly don't think he was too bad a main eventer, he just should never be your THE GUY. He didn't have the sense to know when to get out of the way and give someone else a moment. That’s my stance on Jarrett. He was a damn solid hand. He was born to be the perpetual upper midcard, occasional main eventer and occasional champ. But he’s not a dude that should ever hold the belt more then a month or two, and definitely shouldn’t be the dude with 11 or 12 world championship runs.
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Post by BRAINFADE on Dec 16, 2019 13:16:37 GMT -5
He was a decent hand that should never have made it out of the mid card. Even his own father went on record as saying that Jeff had no business main eventing a wrestling show.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 16, 2019 18:51:49 GMT -5
He was a decent hand that should never have made it out of the mid card. Even his own father went on record as saying that Jeff had no business main eventing a wrestling show. Let's not forget he also said the same about guys like AJ Styles, claiming building TNA around smaller talent being one of the biggest mistakes he made. Let's also not forget that the future of wrestling passed through his promotion and he screwed them each and every time until they'd rather quit wrestling than work in Memphis again... So he's not someone whose opinion on talent really holds up, and he's kind of a douche to boot.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Dec 16, 2019 20:09:10 GMT -5
My fondest memories of Jeff are his days as the flamboyant Nashville country singer with Lite Brite attire.
He deserves a lot more credit for making the Double J character work. It could've faded away within months like many other New Generation gimmicks, but he got some good heat out of it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2019 20:31:27 GMT -5
He was perfect as a chickenshit upper midcard heel. He just wasn't cut out for anything beyond that.
If I had to compare him to a modern performer it would be The Miz. Great as a secondary belt level douchebag heel but just doesn't have the believability to be taken seriously at the top. Their look, their wrestling style, their catchphrases. Everything just screams midcard.
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Post by J is Justice on Dec 16, 2019 21:50:25 GMT -5
He was a good mid-carder. Nothing wrong with that.
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Post by BRAINFADE on Dec 17, 2019 0:39:24 GMT -5
He was a decent hand that should never have made it out of the mid card. Even his own father went on record as saying that Jeff had no business main eventing a wrestling show. Let's not forget he also said the same about guys like AJ Styles, claiming building TNA around smaller talent being one of the biggest mistakes he made. Let's also not forget that the future of wrestling passed through his promotion and he screwed them each and every time until they'd rather quit wrestling than work in Memphis again... So he's not someone whose opinion on talent really holds up, and he's kind of a douche to boot. Absolutely, I'm not letting him off the hook for any of that. But he was spot on when it came to Jeff.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 17, 2019 0:58:16 GMT -5
He's an amazing dickhead midcard heel. His Attitude Era role in the WWF was perfect for him.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 17, 2019 9:38:09 GMT -5
I honestly don't think he was too bad a main eventer, he just should never be your THE GUY. He didn't have the sense to know when to get out of the way and give someone else a moment. That’s my stance on Jarrett. He was a damn solid hand. He was born to be the perpetual upper midcard, occasional main eventer and occasional champ. But he’s not a dude that should ever hold the belt more then a month or two, and definitely shouldn’t be the dude with 11 or 12 world championship runs. Co-signed. His timing was never right in the WWF, as there were too may guys a step above him on the ladder during his stints. I will argue that it absolutely could have worked in his 2nd WCW run had they not ended his first title reign with the Arquette/RTR nonsense and THEN had to resort to a swerve and the ridiculous Arquette heel turn for him to regain it. This was followed up by Russo/Hogan-gate. His WCW main event run was mired with nonsense and really, none of that is on him. Jarrett is someone I feel will never get the credit he deserves in terms of in-ring talent. He was a fantastic hand out there.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 17, 2019 9:40:47 GMT -5
My fondest memories of Jeff are his days as the flamboyant Nashville country singer with Lite Brite attire. He deserves a lot more credit for making the Double J character work. It could've faded away within months like many other New Generation gimmicks, but he got some good heat out of it. Yeah, that gimmick had failure stamped all over it, but I'll be damned if he didn't put everything he had into making it work.
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Post by crowley1986 on Dec 17, 2019 17:13:33 GMT -5
WWE used him rightly, midcard heel, safe with the IC belt, heel to defend against the popular up and coming Face who will be moving in the future to the main event scene
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 18, 2019 2:10:53 GMT -5
I honestly don't think he was too bad a main eventer, he just should never be your THE GUY. He didn't have the sense to know when to get out of the way and give someone else a moment. That’s my stance on Jarrett. He was a damn solid hand. He was born to be the perpetual upper midcard, occasional main eventer and occasional champ. But he’s not a dude that should ever hold the belt more then a month or two, and definitely shouldn’t be the dude with 11 or 12 world championship runs. Yep. That's what I think he should have been. He was a great IC/US Title guy, and occasional main eventer, but shouldn't have been the top guy.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 18, 2019 2:13:27 GMT -5
Dude's an upper mid card gatekeeper... and MAYBE Transitional Main Eventer but only when he's not being presented as a badass.
The problem was WCW and then when he got teh book in TNA they tried to make him the centerpiece heel... and he is not the guy you build around.
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Post by auph10imitated on Dec 19, 2019 6:09:29 GMT -5
I always found him to be a good mid card heel, his 1993-1995 run was fair enough. But my favourite was "Don't piss me off" Jarrett and when he added Debra they just worked well together. I know Jarrett was leaving but its hard to believe they wasnt even a pair on TV for a year.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Dec 19, 2019 8:09:27 GMT -5
As an annoying heel he did get heat
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Post by Dang! on Dec 19, 2019 9:58:49 GMT -5
He’s great at being a chicken shit heel, but when you try to make him a badass, it fails. Case in point the Aztec warrior phase and his early face run in tna. What? MMA Jarrett was the most badass badass there was.
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Post by Dang! on Dec 19, 2019 9:59:40 GMT -5
He's THE midcarder to me. That's naturally what he was born to be. Unfortunately, he got given power and apparently disagreed. Who is Paul Levesque?
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Post by bmfjules on Dec 19, 2019 11:59:48 GMT -5
I've always seen him as a Dollar General Ric Flair.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 19, 2019 18:40:35 GMT -5
He was a good solid worker that was an excellent chickenshit heel and could put on really good matches when working with the right talent. Just floating in the midcard or upper-midcard and occasionally sniffing the main event as a filler opponent.
edit: Let's not forget the Double J Double M A gimmick. Just him going in and stretching a bunch of children in a dojo while acting like he was a gigantic badass was amazing.
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