Jeff Jarrett

Cactus Col

I was looking through the wcw world championship title history on wwe.com, and I was absolutely shocked to find that Jeff Jarrett is a 4 time champion there! Even taking into account how badly booked wcw was at the time ....

Over the last few years I thought he had done a decent job at tna, and fair play to him for getting a promotion like that running, he went up in my estimation.

But he is someone I never pegged as a legitimate main eventer. Upper mid card ...sure .... maybe a filler world championship title ... but certainly not 4 World Titles!?!?!

Just curious as to what other people think of him.

EdK

I really rate Jarrett as a heel he is great at getting really good heat although some of it is natural i conceed, his in ring work is passable he doesnt stink out an arena altough he really needs a better finisher than the stroke to be fair

Double C

Jeff is Jerry Jarrett's son so I can understand why he got pushed so much in the main event there. The 4 time thing isn't too surprising, Booker T was a 5 time champ too! Also, Jeff is good pals with Vince Russo and he's an idiot.

I always liked Jeff though, he's a decent worker and more than capable on the mic. He is a bit old fashioned though and I think thats people had such a problem with him as TNA champ a few years ago. All his matches were the same and he rarely put new talent over. He seems to have gotten over that now anyway.

the flananator

Jeff's heel character hasn't changed much since his WWF days, and his ring-work can be a little inconsistent.

That being said, he has had some outstanding mathces in TNA, while he was also very likeable and effective as a face. I would really like to see him return to TNA as a face, working upper-midcard feuds with the likes of Robert Rude, James Storm and Judas Mesias, plus a handful of main events against the likes of Kurt Angle and a killer heel/tweener Joe. He should not however hold the World title again, IMO.

chopperbyrne

I really enjoyed his heel WCW Championship runs.

He is a solid worker and can get good matches out of most opponents.

He's also very comfortable on the mike and is great at generating heel heat.

Like most main eventers who are bookers, he's kept himself in the title picture a little too long in TNA, but they could do far, far worse than having Double J on top.

That's J E Double F, J A Double R, E Double T!

Fozzy

Double C wrote: »

Jeff is Jerry Jarrett's son so I can understand why he got pushed so much in the main event there.

Jerry wasn't working for WCW, was he?

Keep in mind that one of his title runs lasted a day and two others lasted a week. In total he was champion for less than six weeks

I kinda liked the guy in TNA. He was a good heel and was never terrible in the ring. Underrated I think

Charlie

Its a pity Jarrett is so tied up in TNA as i'd like to ee him back in the WWE. WWE are really lacking quality heels (have been for a while now) and Jarrett could do a decent job at it.

Really liked his work in '99 with WWE.

DRakE

his women hating angle in wwf was INCREDIBLE. i loved it so much.. cindy margolis in a figure four haha

Cactus Col

I suppose I've always being very harsh on Jarrett. He has been a great heel in TnA.

Looking back at that title history though, I'm even more shocked to see that there was 18 title changes in that year!

MikeHoncho

DRakE wrote: »

his women hating angle in wwf was INCREDIBLE. i loved it so much.. cindy margolis in a figure four haha

That was when he was at his best I think. That IC title run he had was fantastic. He was so easy to hate. A really brilliant mid card heel. Who would have thought that losing to X-Pac in a Hair Vs Hair match would be a jumpstart for your career.:D

Terry

From memory, he debuted in WCW the day after losing the IC title to Chyna and got a bit of a ribbing over it on Nitro.

I remember him teaming with Owen Hart. They made a great team.

Bubs101

Terry wrote: »

I remember him teaming with Owen Hart. They made a great team.

His tribute to Owen really won me over. Seemed more affected than anyone else.

Vince135792003

Terry wrote: »

From memory, he debuted in WCW the day after losing the IC title to Chyna

Apparently he got paid alot of money for that match. Seemily, his contract expired a day before that match was to occur and he played hard ball with Vince over doing the job.

DRakE

Bubs101 wrote: »

His tribute to Owen really won me over. Seemed more affected than anyone else.

Yeah i saw him talk about Owen on the Bret dvd i just watched yesterday.. he was so choked up he really looked badlyy affected by it

Double C

Jarrett and Owen had the makings of something special back then.

Jerry never worked in WCW as far as I know, but he is a pretty big name in the business, especially down south So I'm not surprised that he got pushed to a main event level.

Machismo Fan

I always thought Jarrett was overly criticized for making himself champion. Between him, Styles and Raven back in the day pretty much no one else could have done well with the title. Jarrett was the best heel in wrestling in 05/06. He was universally hated.

Overall I think Jarrett is great on the mike, can put on a great match with ANYBODY and deserved every one of his 6 TNA World Title runs.

Fozzy

Machismo Fan wrote: »

Overall I think Jarrett is great on the mike, can put on a great match with ANYBODY and deserved every one of his 6 TNA World Title runs.

He had crap matches with Monty Brown and Kevin Nash

Machismo Fan

Okay, just about anybody, though Monty isn't that bad.

KrazeeEyezKilla

I always thought Monty Brown was worth a shot as NWA World Champion.