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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Aug 27, 2017 14:56:36 GMT -5
Some guys just never seek to grow or develop; they latch onto what made them famous and go for it. Familiarity and nostalgia are such big things in wrestling, and some guys find a decent way in just coasting off their previous work rather than taking a chance with anything new. With all the demons and employment problems Janetty had, there wouldn't have really been a time period where even if he tried to and was allowed to reinvent himself that it would have taken in the long term, and he'd be right back to the Rocker schtick today due to never having that platform for it.
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Post by SmashTV on Aug 27, 2017 15:49:55 GMT -5
I just want to know why his Hasbro looked nothing like him...  Earnest Borgnine looking sharp with dark hair. You said Ernest Borgnine, I said Colonel Gadaffi....I see your Borgnine, and raise you an Ian McShane. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 27, 2017 17:16:05 GMT -5
Had he managed to stay employed long enough to feud with HBK properly, he probably could have evolved a bit. Instead he kept coming back as Rocker Janettey so people would remember and it never really got passed that. Hell, in the whole time he was a Rocker, grunge came and went and then he teamed with Al Snow who stole his name off two guys from the 70's one would hardly call rockers, leaving himself even farther out of date than he was.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Aug 27, 2017 17:22:08 GMT -5
I think had he been ever to stay clean enough in 1993 after his runs with Shawn than maybe WWE would have done a repackaging. But he couldn't. Dude showed up for his IC title match at Royal Rumble 93, his first major solo match on ppv for an angle that had been heavily promoted, so messed up it was a miracle Shawn was able to carry him to a good match. After that he had that cup of coffee run with the title in the early summer but it was clear that Vince did not see him as a guy he could trust not to mess it up. So at that point his money is all in working indy dates and the occasional WWE run as a nostalgia act.
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Post by themule on Aug 27, 2017 20:12:46 GMT -5
I could kinda picture jannety doing the xpac character in dx. 😐
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Aug 27, 2017 20:19:15 GMT -5
I could kinda picture jannety doing the xpac character in dx. 😐 Marty Jannetty in DX knowing how he is outside the ring would be fantastic. X-Jan X-Jannetty M-Pac Honestly, maybe he DID need a new name. HBJ Triple Jan Hunter Hearst Jannetty Marty Helmsley Road Dogg Marty Jannetty Bad Ass Marty Jannetty Chynnetty Maryna Ravishing Marty Jannetty |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 20:27:27 GMT -5
He could've been good if he managed to keep a job for more than 5 minutes, But alas he'll mainly be remembered as that guy who tried to jump through a window to escape Shawn Michaels ARE YOU BLIND?
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Aug 27, 2017 21:11:43 GMT -5
I just want to know why his Hasbro looked nothing like him... When did Colonel Gadaffi get a wrestling figure? When the Colonel won the Libya World title and renamed the words "yes" and "no" as "Gadaffi"  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 21:31:25 GMT -5
the sad thing is that when sober and on Marty was a hell of a wrestler and worker...
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Post by Milkman Norm on Aug 27, 2017 23:09:41 GMT -5
Which is why the kept bringing him back. Because even as ex-Rocker Marty Jannetty JTTS he would bump and sell like crazy to get guys they were pushing over. The thing is it was clear Vince never trusted him to do anything else, and with good reason.
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Post by mauled on Aug 28, 2017 0:42:19 GMT -5
the sad thing is that when sober and on Marty was a hell of a wrestler and worker... I think Chris Austin would disagree with that |
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Post by BJ Sturgeon on Aug 28, 2017 10:01:06 GMT -5
Well, he used recreational drugs for a start.
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Post by efarns on Aug 28, 2017 11:13:00 GMT -5
Ricky Morton is still Ricky Morton. Coincidence?
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Aug 28, 2017 12:27:11 GMT -5
the sad thing is that when sober and on Marty was a hell of a wrestler and worker... I think Chris Austin would disagree with that I have no idea how he won his lawsuit, when just about every wrestler said it was Austin's own fault for tucking his chin, which is the one thing you do not do when taking that move. |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 30, 2017 11:14:37 GMT -5
I think Chris Austin would disagree with that I have no idea how he won his lawsuit, when just about every wrestler said it was Austin's own fault for tucking his chin, which is the one thing you do not do when taking that move. Probably because the WWF let him work a match with insufficient training, he'd only been training for six weeks before that match, compounded by a jury not quite grasping the accepted risks of wrestling, same issue that saw Lloyds of London saddled with big insurance payouts through the late 80s and 90s. |
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Post by crashmatsbazz on Aug 30, 2017 12:27:30 GMT -5
Because he woould find out it wasnt actual a recreation of himself and try to f*** it
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Post by WWEedy on Aug 30, 2017 13:28:59 GMT -5
I don't know but had he embraced grunge or thrash I think he could have done a very interesting and very different version of the grunge thing than Raven did years later. Shame he was injury prone, I know it's not the best thing to say but many other successful acts managed with their drug problems. Marty, had he been healthy, could have done the same.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Aug 30, 2017 15:21:01 GMT -5
The thread title makes Marty Jannetty sound like Doctor Who.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Aug 30, 2017 15:49:45 GMT -5
The difference between Marty and Shawn is Shawn's drug and behavioural problems played out backstage for the most part, while Marty was a public embarrassment, and by the time Shawn's issues hit their peak, the WWF was being built around him after the pushes of so many others had failed so they couldn't change course easily.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Aug 30, 2017 17:16:11 GMT -5
The difference between Marty and Shawn is Shawn's drug and behavioural problems played out backstage for the most part, while Marty was a public embarrassment, and by the time Shawn's issues hit their peak, the WWF was being built around him after the pushes of so many others had failed so they couldn't change course easily. And also vince had a major man crush on shawn by then. As for marty, he could have become the Grunge Rocker. |
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