[2004-04-14-NWA TNA] Jeff Jarrett vs James Storm

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Jeff Jarrett vs James Storm

 

Non-title match, while Chris Harris has been built into a credible challenger over the last month. Hey, if this version of Jarrett showed up more often, I'd have no issue with him. Not the lazy formulaic Jarrett, although we get a Korakuen-style visit brawl early on, which was decently intense, as he busts out some big time offense including a superplex and an ace-crusher. Storm's best single match until this point, as he didn't overwork himself with too-fast sequences (the bad influence of the X-div style), keeping it simple and revengefull. Didn't turned into a Double J Special, barely a ref bump to give Storm a visual pinfall, and a good finish. Post match was quite efficient too with Jarrett viciously attacking Storm's knee until Harris showed up, then Raven, then Styles, the four challengers to Jarrett's crown. At this point, it's almost like Raven is getting toward heelish as he always attacks the babyfaces to "protect" Jarrett (rather save him for himself, but still). Vince Russo's giant clean-shaven dick-head showed up too, but it's irrelevant, like everything he's involved with. Really solid opener. Jarrett has looked better over the past few weeks, after a terrible end of 2003 and beginning of 2004.