Signature Move Figure Four Leglock, Acoustic Equaliser
Federations NWA, WWF, WCW
Titles Held WWF Tag Team Champion, WWF Intercontinental Champion, WCW US Champion, WCW Heavyweight Champion
Short Bio
Spent his early career bouncing around the indy scene, in particular Jerry Lawler's USWA, where he and Brian Christopher dominated. Eventually signed for the WWF and was given the Double J gimmick, perhaps one of the worst in living memory.
A country singer using the WWF as a stepping stone to fame, everything about him was cringeworthy, form his Neon cowboy hat, to his embarrassing strut in the ring. Despite this, he was packaged with The Roadie (who would go on to become the Road Dogg) and managed somehow to win the WWF IC belt three times before a small disagreement with Vince McMahon led him to sit out for a while.
Returned to the WWF briefly in 1996, feuding with Ahmed Johnson, but left for WCW soon after. Again, a disastrous period in WCW memorable only for feuding with Steve McMichael over his then wife, Debra. Returned to the WWF late 1997, this time with Jim Cornette as the NWA North American champion, supposedly to start a take-over.
He didn’t. It bombed. Again. Fought a 'hair vs. hair' match with X-Pac” at Summerslam 98, lost and was repackaged with Southern Justice (The Ex-Godwinns). Again, he bombed. Finally, he got some heel heat when he introduced Debra McMichael as his valet and teamed up with Owen Hart to form a great tag team championship team.
Regained the IC belt and held it for some time, as his character finally took off. Late '99, he dropped the IC belt to Chyna, not before pulling a fast one on Vince McMahon for 0,000. His contract was up, and he demanded (and got) that fee to drop the belt on PPV before leaving.
Jeff then returned to WCW as Vince Russo's Chosen One, and had a lengthy run as WCW's top heel, enjoying Heavyweight Title reigns along the way.
Jarrett was then a big part in Ric Flair's WCW Elite program, feuding with DDP for a while, before more or less running to a standstill.
His future with the WWF/WCW looks to be a bit vague because of lingering bad blood between Jarrett and Vince McMahon regarding his departure from the WWF in 1999... what seemed like a good deal at the time may come back to haunt him... we wait to see what happens.
