September 1, 201114 yr Author comment_5481479 Watts announces that Jake is no longer with WCW due to some personal problems he needs to take care of. Barbarian will replace Jake in the King of Cable tournament.
October 13, 201212 yr comment_5517244 More sad then Warrior leaving WWF at the time. Jake seemed to have a lot more potential in WCW.
September 7, 201312 yr comment_5560968 Watts with a surprisingly straightforward announcement about Jake. Some people in charge would have talked about how Sting beat Jake up in a parking lot and sent him running.
October 24, 201311 yr comment_5568684 Watts says Jake is out of WCW to deal with personal issues and Barbarian is taking his s place in King of Cable tourney. Real disappointing as there were a ton of potential for him in WCW following such a strong debut.
May 3, 20169 yr comment_5750777 I'll bet that Watts talked the way he did out of respect for Grizzly Smith, Jake's dad, who was in the WCW offices at the time. Either that or his statement was "suggested" to him by Turner's corporate lawyers. I don't know why he just didn't go with the standard "He couldn't take the competition" line that he used for most of the wrestlers who left Mid-South. Granted, that kind of stuff was way outdated by now, but I doubt hat would have stopped him if that's what he wanted to say.
June 29, 20187 yr comment_5855201 On 10/12/2012 at 11:08 PM, Kevin Ridge said: More sad then Warrior leaving WWF at the time. Jake seemed to have a lot more potential in WCW. I really would have liked to have seen Jake feud with Arn Anderson over the DDT.
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