Hey Scott, I've been without power for about 48 hours after the ice storm, longer than during the big blackout of ought-two. In the meantime it looks like Jeff Jarrett and TNA have parted ways. Did we discuss that already? It seems like a thing.Is this just the latest sign of the company falling apart, or is it a step in a new direction? Do you see any future for him in wrestling, or is this his effective retirement?
Dudes in his 40s, I barely even thought of him as an active wrestler in the first place. He'll probably do a surprise Rumble appearance and then go run that new AAA promotion or something.
After Vince buried him on the last Nitro with his Double G speech, I can't see Jarrett showing up at the Rumble unless the plan is to have all the other people in the ring beat the hell out of him and one of the Divas eliminate him.
ReplyDeleteIf we get Double J, Warrior and Bruno back in one, twelve month period that's it, I'm headed to the bunker.
ReplyDeleteYou really think Jarrett would be invited to do a Rumble spot? I figured Vince still had a huge rage boner for Jeff after the IC Title extortion incident.
ReplyDeleteI tend to agree, but I'm always surprised by which grudges get buried and which ones linger.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to tell which grudges get buried and which ones don't. But TNA's statement says Jarrett is still an investor in TNA, and that alone might prevent him from being involved with WWE.
ReplyDeleteGrudges get buried when there is money to be made off a guy (Lesnar, Batista returning). There is no value in Jeff Jarrett being on WWE tv ever again
ReplyDeleteMaybe Vince will be visited by four dead wrestlers to show him the spirit of forgiveness. Oh, who would be the ghosts in Vince's Christmas Carol?
ReplyDeleteJacob Marley: Vince Sr
Ghost of Christmas Past: Randy Savage
Ghost of Christmas Present: Eddie Guerrero
Ghost of Christmas Future: Chris Benoit?
Yeah, I guess if Vince can forgive everyone else, he can forgive Jarrett as well. However, don't be surprised if Jarrett Returns to WWE, he joins the Kiss my Ass club, talks about how terrible TNA is, joins the authority claiming there is no beating the McMahons, and is given a gimmick where he randomly wants $200,000 to wrestle a match.
ReplyDeleteTiny Tim: Daniel Bryan
ReplyDeleteNo way Jarrett is getting into the rumble.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were on vacation. Go away. Wrestling sucks.
ReplyDeleteIf Jarrett takes a nostalgia Rumble spot away from Hall or Roberts...
ReplyDeleteUpvote for "rage boner". Do not anger the genetic jackhammer.
ReplyDeleteHe would get Chavo's program with Hornswoggle.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be surprised if HHH works his magic and brings in Jarrett. And I actually think it'd be pretty good move. He can still go and he can float around the card, putting people over and eventually becoming an agent.
ReplyDeleteI can see him in AAA-US, since he's a ready-made Gringo heel. I can see Oliver John getting some shine there, too. But for heavens' sakes, don't give him the book or a title.
ReplyDeleteAre Vince and Jerry still cool? You'd think he could be a decent intermediary between the 2 if they wanted to reconcile
ReplyDeleteWas this email from Murph? I know Upstate NY has been hit pretty hard with this Ice Storm, seems reminiscent of the Ice Storm of 1997-98, when the Gov. toured Northern New York out of the fear that the ice would kill the cows (which outnumbered people up there).
ReplyDeleteHope all's well upstate!
"He's G-double O-double N-double E: GOONNEE!!!"
ReplyDeleteI would love that scenario, Jarrett would make a great mid card hand in the "cagey veteran" role.
ReplyDeleteJeff Jarrett would just be a fantastic veteran heel for WWE right now.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't a work to progress whatever the Dixie storyline is supposed to be anymore? In a world where there wasn't some kind of evil owner story every year or so, I'd bet on Jeff Jarrett returning to TNA having re-signed AJ Styles behind Dixie's back
ReplyDeleteAge 40 as some kind of barrier to being in pro wrestling has been a pretty big myth for a while.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that would matter. The last I heard Jeff and his dad weren't talking to each other and haven't for years. No idea what the argument is about.
ReplyDeleteI can see him being brought in to job to Ziggler in the ultimate humiliation.
ReplyDeleteThat burial was eons ago. Jarrett will show up if there is money to be made. I just don't think there is any money to be made.
ReplyDeleteDid not know that. Being on the out with Jerry and Vince, Jeff needs some career political/advice from HHH
ReplyDeleteI guess Ziggler is pretty JJ-like with the silver pants and blond hair. I always saw him as a Hennig/Gunn hybrid.
ReplyDeleteHe was just hitting his stride with the guitar bashing thing. He could def contribute as a heel in today's wwe
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ReplyDeleteI for one would totally dig a return to the E as I think Jarrett would do well as a mid to upper mid card heel working with the younger guys. I'm fine for a return of the guitar gimmick.
ReplyDeleteBut after the burial of the last Nitro and a decade of trying to compete with him, I'm not sure that Vince is going to bring him back. It's not like there's any real money feuds with Jarrett.
If he could coexist in the WWE political arena then I think this would be great.
ReplyDeleteVince could flex his muscles and bring Jarrett back just to bury him on TV.
ReplyDeleteNearly 13 years later and it still blows my mind that firing Jeff Jarrett was near the top of Vince's to do list while making the biggest announcement of his life.
ReplyDelete***** comment
ReplyDelete...you complain about it on the BoD?
ReplyDeleteBut more Tim Horton's than people. /stereotype
ReplyDeleteQuick question -- has anyone made the jump from TNA to WWE and been successful?
ReplyDelete"He broke a million guitars and did not draw a dime" - One of the talking heads on some WWE DVD
ReplyDeleteThere haven't even been many that made the jump at all have there? Monty Brown is the only one that comes to mind... I guess Punk kinda counts, but barely.
ReplyDeleteFuck man you have no idea.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in a small town, just under 35,000 people.
We have EIGHT Tim Hortons: one for every four thousand people
Port Stanley is a smaller town nearby. The have a timmies for every 500 people
Christian
ReplyDeleteMonty Brown should have been a huge star.
ReplyDeleteI really want to check one out someday... Tim Horton's and Poutine are the 2 things Canada has that I really wish we had in the U.S.... well that and universal healthcare... and Robin Sparkles
ReplyDeleteThere's 5 of them within 10 minutes of my house.
ReplyDeleteThe coffee's not really that great, but I wouldn't say that in most public places.
ReplyDeleteTheir coffee is fucking terrible, but they have great chili.
ReplyDeleteMeh for me it is like a local delicacy type of thing, like cheese steak in Philadelphia
ReplyDeleteBasically yes. When my Wife's cousin visited us from Paris we took her to Tim Horton's and Swiss Chalet as her induction into Canadian cuisine.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Swiss Chalet?
ReplyDeleteI haven't had that in years but I did used to enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteAll of their baked goods are terrible too, ever since they switched from made on site to warmed-from-frozen several years back.
A rotisserie chicken outfit. Pretty huge in my part of the country.
ReplyDeleteThey serve the chicken with a dipping sauce that a lot of outsiders don't appreciate, but is very popular with those of us who grew up with it.
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't argue that there's a lot of money, or dream matches, in Jarrett. But I think he'd be a good veteran hand.
ReplyDeleteThey could pretty much build one at any given uninhabited crossroads, and a town would spring up around it,
ReplyDeleteIncessantly. For your guys sake, I hope this doesn't happen
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see him back and breaking some guitars on some divas. They're light on the heel side so he could work a filler program with punk, bryan, and then some mid carder and he'd be relevant.
ReplyDeleteHave to agree with the Christian answer. The last couple of years have been a bit riddled with injuries, but aside from that he's seen his most success as a singles competitor during his post-TNA run. ECW basically revolved around him and he was almost always the champion. And his World Heavyweight Championship reign, while short, did make him seem like a pretty big deal.
ReplyDeleteI don't buy the Christian answer. The way i look at it was he was really a wwe guy (made his name there) who was on a sabbatical in TNA. I guess Punk but he wasn't in TNA very long at all. Nobody else comes to mind. Would have loved to see if Joe could have succeeded in his prime, if he made the jump
ReplyDeleteKind of like an American William Regeal.
ReplyDeleteJust how close to the boarder are you?
ReplyDeleteI think I heard that Jeff made peace with the McMahons years ago. I seem to recall a story where the McMahons sent him flowers when his wife died.
ReplyDeleteNews to me. I was still under the impression that their was still sone underlying tension between the 2. Who know tho, it's always weird to me what things get reconciled amd which ones don't within wrestling
ReplyDeleteKurt Angle ghost of Xmas future. He's not much longer for this earth
ReplyDeleteJeff said in an interview a year or two ago that he and Vince buried the hatchet when Vince called him to personally offer his condolences when Jeff's wife passed away a few years ago. So it's probably not completely out of the question that they work together again.
ReplyDeleteI agree. If I remember correctly, he was getting pushed pretty hard in the new ECW but he ended up having to leave the business together to take care of a relative's kids. I think his sister died and he basically needed more stable income and he was making a ton of money as a personal trainer.
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