Posted January 16, 20187 yr comment_5828245 ESPN confirmed today that Bill Goldberg will be inducted this year. No doubt he will be the main attraction for this, especially given his recent run in the company. I'm hoping for Vader, Haku and The Midnight Express.
January 29, 20187 yr Author comment_5830438 Looks like the Dudleys will be the tag team going in this year
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832776 Judging by this news I can only assume that Vince is dead and Hunter & Steph are Weekend at Bernie's-ing him.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832777 I doubt Vince ever hated Jarrett that much. Even if WWF tried to lie about Jarrett holding them up. He did them a favor by putting over Chyna. When he could have mailed them the belt and went home. Instead he requested the money he was owed.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832779 Jarrett's not a terrible pick in terms of qualifications, but I can't imagine anyone actually being excited to see him. He's one of the guys I think wouldn't even get a nostalgia pop at the Royal Rumble.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832780 He did basically fire Jarrett on live TV. I always got the impression he was mad at Jeff for standing up to him when he only accepted that kind of behavior from the very top level guys.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832782 He did basically fire Jarrett on live TV. He didn't. That was a promo. Bruce Prichard said they had no idea what they were getting in term of contracts anyway at this point. He also mentionned Jeff backstage at Nitro actually finding this funny. Really, if you think Jarrett wouldn't get a nostalgia pop, you're all out of your mind. WWE audience pop for dull 40 years old TNA lifers when they show up. Jarrett has been a pro-wrestling mainstay for 30 years. He was part of the Monday Night Wars which is The Era for the entire WWE narrative (and really, historically too the last time pro-wrestling was hot), on Nitro at its hottest then on RAW when it was getting the hottest. He created TNA, which, for better or worse, was the only alternative for a while. Jarrett showing up would get a big nostalgia pop from the "You've still got it !" modern crowd. They would pop for him crashing a guitar on Elias. And honestly, well deserved. Also, I hope it means he got his life together.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832788 I think Jarrett's another victim of Vince Russo really. He had a solid career going back to the Memphis days, and there was never a backlash against him until the end of WCW when Russo kept pushing him too hard. Even his time in TNA was probably the best of that promotion, he wasn't involved for most of the real LOLTNA stuff. Also I'm not sure I'd believe Bruce Pritchard's word since his gimmick these days seems to be "lovable bullshitter" no matter how much he plays the I-was-there card. Wasn't at least part of the reason him and his dad started TNA that he was persona-non-grata to WWE?
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832792 Jeff Jarrett's TNA MMA Challenge was gold. Making those little kids tap out. He was definitely over pushed in WCW (so was Booker T.) but that's not his fault. He had a pretty good career but I always thought of him as someone other wrestlers would look back on & say "he was a solid hand." I'm kind of glad he's going in because maybe it will help people forget the Mike Graham quote.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832797 I'm kind of glad he's going in because maybe it will help people forget the Mike Graham quote. IMO, Mike Graham's death is the only reason people aren't a lot more critical of that idiotic quote. No disrespect meant to the dead, but I'm willing to wager Graham never a drew dime himself - or at least certainly drew a lot less dimes than J-E-Double F-Ha Ha-J-A-Double R-Ha Ha-E-Double T-Ha Ha - That's Double J, Jeff Jarrett.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832799 Mike Graham's only significant runs outside of places his dad ran was a couple of programs in the AWA over their light heavyweight title. His smug appearances on WWE 24/7 shows were always eyeroll-inducing, and they clearly were only putting up with him because they wanted the Florida footage for the vault.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832801 Mike Graham's only significant runs outside of places his dad ran was a couple of programs in the AWA over their light heavyweight title. His smug appearances on WWE 24/7 shows were always eyeroll-inducing, and they clearly were only putting up with him because they wanted the Florida footage for the vault. I honestly felt bad for Mike Graham during those roundtables. He always came across as everyone's over-eager puppy dog little brother and either never had much to contribute or was talked over by the louder, more boisterous personalities on the panel. Doesn't change the fact that his "talking head" appearances on WWE documentaries were obnoxious as hell. I think there's an old thread on Wrestling Classics that I started about one of them. Edit: Here it is. http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=116022#000000 WC's search engine feels like using a web browser with AOL circa 1995, which is oddly fitting, but still...
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832802 Mike Graham got Hulk Hogan into WCW and created the nWo... Jeff Jarrett is also apparently a cool guy IRL. His friendship with Russo really harmed his career more than anything, as TNA could only have worked better without that connection.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832807 Jeff Jarrett is also apparently a cool guy IRL. His friendship with Russo [...] The second part seems to cancel out the possibility of the first.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832808 I hope now that Jeff Jarrett vs Shawn Michaels at In Your House 2 officially becomes part of the WWE canon of great matches. Genuinely my favorite singles Michaels match.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832809 Mike Graham was a shithead. Period. He liked to brag about how he could've beat the Radicals in a real fight but Saturn being an Airborne Ranger and the two slugs he took to the neck years later kinda disproves that notion. Good on JJ. Like others, I hope he's sorted his personal life out.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832810 For what it's worth, Graham was a legit shooter who performed policeman duty for his father in Florida. Not saying he could take Saturn, but still.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832811 Mike Graham got Hulk Hogan into WCW and created the nWo... That's two more things he has in common with Greg Gagne.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832815 Even his time in TNA was probably the best of that promotion, he wasn't involved for most of the real LOLTNA stuff. You can't honestly sit there and say Jeff Jarrett taking a lie detector on IMPACT with all of the "tricks" Eric Young was telling him his uncle had to pass lie detector tests covered in a bunch of cheesy props over his involvement in the TNA screw job Montreal rip off for the NWA title at Slammiversary wasn't LOLTNA material.
February 19, 20187 yr comment_5832816 For what it's worth, Graham was a legit shooter who performed policeman duty for his father in Florida. Not saying he could take Saturn, but still. XD I'd love to see the supposed unruly talent they had to get Mike Graham of all people to sort out. Guys like Bob Roop must've felt privileged to be allowed to share in such an honor when the great Mike Graham could've easily been sorting guys out all on his own and left them without a job.
February 20, 20187 yr comment_5832884 Jarrett back involved with WWE is hilarious. Does HHH have a win from 1995 he needs to get back or something?
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