[1993-10-25-WWF-Raw] Jeff Jarrett vignette

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

"That's J-E-Double F. J-A-Double R-E-Double T" for the first time. He reveals his plan to use the WWF as a steppingstone for Nashville stardom.

[Matt D]

On the one hand, this gambit seems so unbelievable to me, especially in WWF. On the other hand, that's basically what all the divas do now, so who knows?

[Kevin Ridge]

I like it. Jarrett the original Diva of WWE. They put a good solid year and half plug into this storyline with Jarrett trying to break into Country Music.

[PeteF3]

Jarrett can't get a break from Buddy Lee Attractions, so he's going to get it through wrestling. Ah, the Richard Lee gambit. Jarrett goes on and on about 95-year old decrepit Willie Nelson. A country music gimmick could work, but this is kind of a flimsy premise. Honky Tonk Man, who was basically portrayed as being completely deluded, pulled it off better.

[garretta]

What I want to know is how they're going to explain this in Memphis. Lawler's pretty much himself in both the USWA and the WWF; he just shows his nasty side up north and his good side at home. But Jeff's never said at any time in his Memphis career that what he really wants to be is a country singer. That's not to mention calling a bona fide musical legend like Willie Nelson decrepit. The shame of it is, he showed more personality in those two minutes than he has in any given year in Memphis, where at times he still acts and talks like a green kid in front of the camera.

 

Hearing Jeff challenge the Steiners brings to mind an obvious bout that both Vince and Papa missed somehow: Jeff and Lawler against the Steiners. For that matter, I don't think Lawler and Jeff ever crossed paths in the WWF, even though it would have been a natural pairing. Maybe the King could have been a benefactor of Double J's, or even hired him as the official court musical director.

 

Pete compared the Double J gimmick to that of the Honky Tonk Man, but I don't see it. Jeff seems a lot more serious about the musical part of the gimmick, while everything about Honky suggested that he was a third-rate Elvis impersonator, knew it, and didn't care. Plus, Jeff on his worst day could outwrestle Honky on his best (come to think of it, did Honky ever have​ a best day?)

[soup23]

Jarrett feels like a huckster here which is the point and him trying to use wrestling to springboard his career is something that could play even today as a heelish thing as Miz brings up his movie/ reality career.