Jeff Jarrett WWF/WCW

[Y2eh 2.0]

Originally Posted by SundayNightHeat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKaczOS068

On the Jeff Jarrett: King of The Mountain DVD, Jeff gives his version of this story, saying he made a deal with JR during the day of No Mercy which was an approximation of how much he thought he would make for the past 5 or 6 ppvs. They shook on it and then later in the day Jeff came back to JR and made him double it, claiming that it was payback for reneging on a handshake deal Jarrett had previously made with Ross.

Based on this the $300,000 figure seems realistic.

Far be it for JJ to make himself look more important than he was.....lol

Again, even at double, we'd be talking maybe, big maximum, 100k at the most. You guys seriously overestimate what JJ was worth then, as a forgettable mid card guy.

[Nicky Midss]

"he broke a million guitars. never drew a dime, but he thought he was the man" -rise and fall of WCW DVD

[wCw/nWo Ireland]

for a mid-carder jarrett sure got a lot of air time in the wwe!!!

no i think you a lot of you have your head so far up vinnie macs ass that you cant see talent when its right in front of you.

[FlairFan2003]

Jarret claimed in interviews that the 99 WWE PPV incident was his way of getting his cut of merchandising revenue and PPV payouts BEFORE he left since he would be going right to WCW. There is some back time in how that money is delivered, basically he didnt want to be dealing with WWE trying to figure his payments after he quit. Not sure on the dollar amount he asked for but I highly doubt it was a million, there are only a couple of guys in WWE who make a million plus PER YEAR, by a couple I mean less than six. Vince wasnt paying a career mid carder leaving for the competition that much for one PPV match.

As for the constant switches, I think both companies saw his in ring talent and saw value in getting a guy who was prominent on the other guy's show. However, niether company really saw huge money with Jarrett. If he & Russo were tight and he knew he'd get good treatment on TV then I dont blame him for switching.

Jarrtet vs McMichael is on the 2nd Nitro DVD ?? Someone should start a thread about how bad the match selection was for this DVD and take recomendations for matches that should have been included. I cant think of one Steve McMichael match ever that was above average, except maybe his debut at The Great AM Bash 96 and that was mostly because of Flair & Arn Anderson.