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Post by wildojinx on Apr 6, 2020 21:29:19 GMT -5
Am I the only one who wanted to see a feud with babyface Shawn Michaels vs a heel Marty Jannetty? They did have a one-off match on RAW in 1996, but I would have liked to see a full length feud like that. It's not like the New Rockers were getting any major push, so they could have just broken them up and had a feud between Marty and Shawn. Would have been better than that sexual harassment angle with Davey Boy at least.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Apr 6, 2020 22:07:33 GMT -5
Jannetty had fallen too far down the card by that point. No one would seriously buy him being a threat to the guy who just bested Bret Hart in a 60+ minute match.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2020 0:04:44 GMT -5
Here's video of him talking about his match w/ Triple H @ Hell in a Cell *click* |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 7, 2020 0:06:02 GMT -5
Marty makes Sid look reliable by comparison.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Apr 7, 2020 0:20:21 GMT -5
I always wanted to see a stable of Marty Jannetty, Jim Neidhart, Bart Gunn, Headshrinker Samu and a few more “other guys” banding together to target their more famous former partners.
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Post by SmashTV on Apr 7, 2020 1:30:59 GMT -5
Shawn was in another dimension compared to Marty at this point. He was the face of the company and was remembered for spectacular matches, while Jannetty was still pedalling his Rockers gimmick some five years after it meant anything.
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 7, 2020 7:17:36 GMT -5
No way anyone could take him serious after that coward jumped through a window to get away from Shawn Michaels
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Apr 7, 2020 10:50:57 GMT -5
No way anyone could take him serious after that coward jumped through a window to get away from Shawn Michaels Hey, he became a former ic and tag champ after that! Put some respect on that name! |
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Post by wildojinx on Apr 8, 2020 23:53:48 GMT -5
No way anyone could take him serious after that coward jumped through a window to get away from Shawn Michaels Well, Michaels himself ran into the obscenely expensive Jeritron 5000 to try to get away from Jericho! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 0:08:04 GMT -5
Maybe as a one off match on Raw either as a obstacle to get to whoever he’s really feuding with or as a red herring setting up a feud with someone else.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Apr 9, 2020 5:33:54 GMT -5
There was no chance face HBK would work a program with Marty at that point. They weren't buddies by that point and Marty's flakeyness made him near unbookable in a major program. Look at all the solo feuds he had and all the long term programs the New Rockers were booked in, the WWF knew the guy was liable to get drunk and arrested at any point.
The matches would have been decent, but there would be no payoff to the feud, making it a waste of time.
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Post by Awesome Andy on Apr 9, 2020 5:53:22 GMT -5
All the other problems aside - did Marty ever work as a heel? He's kind of a doofus, but very likable in his own way. I don't think I can see the crowd hating on him.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Apr 9, 2020 7:01:28 GMT -5
They really missed out on something by not brining Marty back during the attitude era and telling him to just be himself  |
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Apr 9, 2020 7:52:59 GMT -5
I’d be fine with anything Jeannette v Michaels. Marty was every bit Shawns equal in the ring. He had great natural charisma but piss poor mic work and well the whole drug thing
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Post by somsta on Apr 9, 2020 20:59:37 GMT -5
Maybe as a one off match on Raw either as a obstacle to get to whoever he’s really feuding with or as a red herring setting up a feud with someone else. They did do that. The two faced each other on Raw in July of 1996. |
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Apr 9, 2020 21:02:04 GMT -5
Marty was on what was it, his 4th or 5th chance by that point? Vince was never gonna trust him with a high profile role in the company by that point.
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Post by Larryhausen on Apr 9, 2020 22:05:48 GMT -5
All the other problems aside - did Marty ever work as a heel? He's kind of a doofus, but very likable in his own way. I don't think I can see the crowd hating on him. New Rockers. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 9, 2020 22:14:08 GMT -5
All the other problems aside - did Marty ever work as a heel? He's kind of a doofus, but very likable in his own way. I don't think I can see the crowd hating on him. Not only in the New Rockers (which is mentioned in the post above) but the Rockers themselves went heel in Memphis: |
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Post by corndog on Apr 10, 2020 14:50:08 GMT -5
All the other problems aside - did Marty ever work as a heel? He's kind of a doofus, but very likable in his own way. I don't think I can see the crowd hating on him. Not only in the New Rockers (which is mentioned in the post above) but the Rockers themselves went heel in Memphis: Shawn struggles in this promo, but he is very young and green. However, that is one of the best promos I've ever heard Marty cut. Would have been interesting to see him get a proper mid-card heel run. |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 10, 2020 14:51:42 GMT -5
Man Marty was way bigger than Shawn there.
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