General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Chris]

Hey Jeff Jareett is good enough to get over without a guitar...maybe

 

[Chris]

Jarrett's biggest mistake was having Dixie Carter take control.

10000000% yes

 

[Samoa Looch]

Thank the fuckin' Babylonians for AEW

 

[Samoa Looch]

A 3,300-year-old stone carving of a Hittite bard playing a stringed instrument is the oldest iconographic representation of a chordophone and clay plaques from Babylonia show people playing an instrument that has a strong resemblance to the guitar, indicating a possible Babylonian origin for the guitar.

 

[Chris]

I'm reading through the back issues if the Observer from 2004 when they get uploaded and learning about the changes she was making then (some not all that bad tbf) and oh boy

 

[Leon TrotSky]

(2/?) Without Owen, the IC Title, which Owen was gunning for, is given to his friend and recent tag team partner, one Jeff Jarrett. He eventually starts to feud with Chyna over the title, and was set to drop it at No Mercy, but his contract was up the day before. In a famous moment, Jarrett held Vince up for money lest he take the belt over to WCW, and so he gets his wish. This results in 2 important things happening: Jarrett suddenly comes into serious money, and Jarrett is able to go to WCW and work more with Vince Russo.

 

[Smart Marx]

Also hiring Vince Russo but that's another matter.

I mean Russo gave him them 1 million viewers a week on Spike TV. Numbers Impact would kill for today and numbers AEW is praised for getting. That said, agreed on your Dixie take, but he has little to no choice. He ran out of money.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Jarrett's biggest mistake was having Dixie Carter take control.

What... you didn't like TNA going full Dixieland?

 

[Smart Marx]

10000000% yes

Agreed, but I'm not sure what other option he had. His biggest investor pulled out in September 2002.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I'm reading through the back issues if the Observer from 2004 when they get uploaded and learning about the changes she was making then (some not all that bad tbf) and oh boy

To quote a wise old wrestler, "When she was walking through the locker room she'd be whistling "Stranger in Paradise"."

 

[Leon TrotSky]

(3/?) By the time WCW is over, Jarrett and Russo are close associates. So, when Jeff and Jerry Jarrett are set to form an NWA revival promotion, Jeff insists Vince Russo come on as the head writer (Jerry is dead against it, according to WONs at the time). The promotion, NWA-TNA, does go on to have Russo in a key role for the best part of the next ten years.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

I mean Russo gave him them 1 million viewers a week on Spike TV. Numbers Impact would kill for today and numbers AEW is praised for getting. That said, agreed on your Dixie take, but he has little to no choice. He ran out of money.

And then got them kicked off Spike TV.

 

[Smart Marx]

And then got them kicked off Spike TV.

This isn't entirely true, but I don't feel like getting into it.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Tbf, then hiring him in secret was what got them kicked off

 

[Brandon Blaze]

Them *