Badd Blood: In Your House Live Discussion - August 6, 2020

[Leon TrotSky]

Not only are they having to fill the Pillman/Foley time with matches, they're having to fill it with a retrospective

 

[Leon TrotSky]

And, of course, Jarrett has Owen's death to thank for TNA existing

 

[Necro]

Jack Brisco RIP

 

[Smart Marx]

Not sure how that tracks, but sure.

 

[Chris]

Not only are they having to fill the Pillman/Foley time with matches, they're having to fill it with a retrospective

They just found out Pillman died right before the show ain't no way this was whipped together lol it had to have been planned

 

[Necro]

Gene Kiniski died the same year as Jack Brisco. Just looked that up.

 

[Necro]

2 months apart

 

[Smart Marx]

This was to appease Jim.

 

[Chris]

I watched like a 60 minute Dory Funk Jr. vs Jack Brisco match in Japan from like '73. It was lit

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Not sure how that tracks, but sure.

Owen lives -> Owen gets the IC title as planned, not Jarrett -> Jarrett doesn't have to drop a title while out of contract -> Jarrett doesn't hold up WWF for money and isn't blacklisted -> Jarrett doesn't eventually leave WCW with nowhere to go and sitting on a ton of extra money -> no TNA

 

[Chris]

Owen lives -> Owen gets the IC title as planned, not Jarrett -> Jarrett doesn't have to drop a title while out of contract -> Jarrett doesn't hold up WWF for money and isn't blacklisted -> Jarrett doesn't eventually leave WCW with nowhere to go and sitting on a ton of extra money -> no TNA

 

[Chris]

King Race

 

[Leon TrotSky]

And by extension: no TNA -> no Bucks and Okada both being misused in TNA -> Bucks don't go to Japan as early -> no Bucks in Bullet Club -> no Elite -> no AEW

 

[Chris]

So Owen had to be sacrificed for AEW to exist???

 

[Smart Marx]

Owen lives -> Owen gets the IC title as planned, not Jarrett -> Jarrett doesn't have to drop a title while out of contract -> Jarrett doesn't hold up WWF for money and isn't blacklisted -> Jarrett doesn't eventually leave WCW with nowhere to go and sitting on a ton of extra money -> no TNA

Jarrett leaves because his biggest supporter goes. I don't think him having the IC belt is all the relevant. He probably doesn't hold up Vince, but still a good chance WWE still fires him as he also did to Goldust that night. TNA probably still happens. Also, I doubt Jarrett would care because he's not even still with TNA.