Was Stone Cold wrong for refusing to work with Jeff Jarrett?
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Nah. Double J promo fell flat
So who was the drug addict and black man that couldn't speak English?
First off, I didn’t even know this promo existed. I don’t remember ever seeing it.
That being said, didn’t even hear the Austin reference. I just skipped around. Too long and the crowd was a combination of
and of course 
Man that ol’ “worked shoot promo from newly signed or returning wrestler from rival company” shyt does Not work for everyone
I heard (and watched for) that groan at the Black Man reference tho. That being said…had to be my man Ahmed Johnson
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When Austin was at his peak in 98-99 you can count on one hand the number of PPV matches he lost clean, the only one I can think of off the top of my head was Summerslam 1999, and even that was only because he refused to drop the belt to Triple H at the exact same event.
That said, as the biggest, most popular and most profitable star in the company he was absolutely within his right to refuse working with Jarrett; the only person it would benefit would be Jarrett by virtue of being in a feud with someone far above him who had nothing to benefit from it. Nobody would ever believe Jarrett was on the same level as Austin, so Austin winning the feud would have done absolutely nothing for him
In WWF Jarrett was always and forever would be a mid-carder for life and the only time anyone gave a fukk about him was when he was smashing guitars on women every week. If Austin had a programme with Jarrett It would have been like when The Rock feuded with Billy Gunn only far more pointless, because a) Billy Gunn had main event potential, and b) it was his first proper singles push so they were trying shyt out. They fukked up putting him on the mic against one of the greatest talkers in the business who basically ended his entire singles career with one promo, then Edge did the same thing again two years later. Jarrett had singles push after singles push multiple times over multiple stints in the company and every single time it flopped. There’s a reason for that.
That said, as the biggest, most popular and most profitable star in the company he was absolutely within his right to refuse working with Jarrett; the only person it would benefit would be Jarrett by virtue of being in a feud with someone far above him who had nothing to benefit from it. Nobody would ever believe Jarrett was on the same level as Austin, so Austin winning the feud would have done absolutely nothing for him
In WWF Jarrett was always and forever would be a mid-carder for life and the only time anyone gave a fukk about him was when he was smashing guitars on women every week. If Austin had a programme with Jarrett It would have been like when The Rock feuded with Billy Gunn only far more pointless, because a) Billy Gunn had main event potential, and b) it was his first proper singles push so they were trying shyt out. They fukked up putting him on the mic against one of the greatest talkers in the business who basically ended his entire singles career with one promo, then Edge did the same thing again two years later. Jarrett had singles push after singles push multiple times over multiple stints in the company and every single time it flopped. There’s a reason for that.
Dusty Bake Activate
Fukk your corny debates
Mothefukkers hate Jeff Jarrett. 
He’s gotta be the most shytted on above average in-ring worker ever.
He’s gotta be the most shytted on above average in-ring worker ever.
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The best that they could've out of that feud was a one-night program on RAW or Smackdown. 
I was done with WCW after I kept hearing this two to three times a Nitro.
I mean, it was personal on Austin's part. Clearly. At the same time, if this
Is true, Austin didn't do anything I wouldn't and it should have been personal. There isn't enough "business" in the world for me to work with you if you cross that line, especially when I now have the power. In business, you have to be mindful of how you treat and talk to people. You never know who's going to be standing on which side of the table down the line.
I mean, it was personal on Austin's part. Clearly. At the same time, if this
Is true, Austin didn't do anything I wouldn't and it should have been personal. There isn't enough "business" in the world for me to work with you if you cross that line, especially when I now have the power. In business, you have to be mindful of how you treat and talk to people. You never know who's going to be standing on which side of the table down the line.
Nothing wrong with the company's top star trying to use creative control. That's what they should all do. You look at the talent today and they all just meekly accept any trash angle they're given.
Obviously there's people like Hogan and HHH who go a step too far with the backstage politics. But I never got the sense that Austin behaved that way. He was a "pain to work with" only so far as he'd push back on bad ideas like feuding with Jarrett. If anything, Rock didn't use his power enough and did too many jobs.
Thing is, are you going to replace Austin feuding with Vince, Rock, Taker or HHH in 99 for Jarrett? And yeah them Taker matches got repetitive, but in terms of business it would be insane to pick Jarrett over Taker. Austin and Taker did Raw's highest ever rating.
Jarrett's ceiling was getting a random stunner on Raw.
According to Wikipedia:
Don't know how true that is though. It is Wikipedia.
It's Bischoff, so we can assume it's bullshyt.
