The WCW career of Jeff Jarrett saw some of his greatest accomplishments and best matches taking place there. Jarrett has worked for almost every major wrestling promotion, but he had two separate WCW stints with interesting results. The first run saw Jarrett still trying to figure out his ideal role. WCW pushed him into the main event scene for the second tenure.
Jarrett is remembered for winning the WCW Championship and using the guitar as a weapon. However, other layers or under-the-radar scenarios have been forgotten throughout the years. Almost two decades passing since WCW ended makes it the right time to take a glance back. The following things from Jarrett’s WCW run deserve more talk.
10 Sting Attacking Him At Start Of Crow Character
The character change of Sting saw him having great success with the new persona of the Crow inspired gimmick. Sting claimed he was done with WCW after the wrestlers and fans believed he sold them out when the New World Order hired a fake.
Jeff Jarrett was one of the WCW talents to make negative comments about Sting in passing after the change. Sting would get his revenge by showing up with the darker look, hitting the Scorpion Death Drop, and walking out of the ring without a match or promo.
9 The Harris Brothers As His Lackeys
The last WCW run of Jeff Jarrett saw him getting pushed to the moon by Vince Russo. One of the ideas was to have Ron and Don Harris becoming his enforcers. The Harris Brothers were two of the most physically intimidating wrestlers of the ‘90s.
Jarrett often won matches thanks to the interference of Don and Ron getting involved with outside interference. The trio even worked together to feud with the Filthy Animals in six-man tag matches with minimal success.
8 David Arquette Helping Him Become WCW Champion
Everyone talks about the moment of David Arquette winning the WCW Championship, but his title loss was almost as controversial. WCW booked a triple cage match from the Ready to Rumble movie with Arquette defending against his friend Diamond Dallas Page and enemy Jeff Jarrett.
The end of the match saw a swerve playing out with Arquette betraying Page to help Jarrett score the WCW Championship. Vince Russo loved booking the swerves and utilized the payoff of Arquette helping Jarrett to end the celebrity title run.
7 Having Two Matches At Starrcade 1999
WCW booked Starrcade as the most important event of the year, but it had little importance towards the end of the company’s run. Starrcade 1999 showed that with a flawed card that featured Jeff Jarrett having two matches on the night.
The first bout featured Jarrett scoring a victory over Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse Brawl match. WCW sent Jarrett back out for another grueling bout when losing to Jeff Jarrett in a ladder match. Jarrett was giving his all to WCW, even when not everyone on the roster felt that way.
6 Attacking Buff Bagwell For Breaking Character
The WCW return of Jeff Jarrett in 1999 saw him paying off an odd character change for Buff Bagwell. Bagwell was breaking character in the ring often talking to the camera and attempting to make fans believe he was going against the script.
Jarrett’s return came during a Buff segment when hitting the controversial star with a guitar. The story came together as Bagwell was angry at Vince Russo as the reason for breaking character, and Jarrett came in as an ally of the new boss.
5 Vince Russo's Favorite
The first introduction to this version of Jeff Jarrett in WCW saw Vince Russo as his closest ally. Jarrett and Russo were legitimately close in WWE, and Russo convinced him to jump ship with him after his contract expired.
The Chosen One moniker was used to make it clear that Russo was stacking the odds in his favor. Jarrett even won the WCW Championship for the first time in 2000 with Russo at his side. The nature of their time together often gets forgotten due to how many other things Russo did for more negative results.
4 Winning WCW Championship Three Times In Three Weeks
The WCW Championship was a protected title for most of its existence until Vince Russo gained power and switched it multiple times per month. Jeff Jarrett witnessed this with a couple of ridiculous title changes coming in May 2000.
Jarrett won the title from David Arquette in the infamous triple cage match, but he dropped it to Ric Flair a week later. WCW vacated the title the following week with Jarrett winning and losing it to Kevin Nash in back to back days. A third WCW Championship reign that month came when Jarrett defeated Flair, who once again won it from Nash.
3 Kicked Out Of Horsemen
Jeff Jarrett is one of the names most forgotten for his time in the Four Horsemen faction. WCW placed both Jarrett and Steve “Mongo” McMichael in the group trying to hold down that fourth spot and often butting heads.
The other members of the Horsemen made their decision after months of build with Mongo getting the nod. Jarrett however did secure his revenge when Debra betrayed McMichael to align with Jeff moving forward.
2 Feuding With Returning Legends
One of the overlooked storylines for Jeff Jarrett in WCW featured him having a feud with returning legends after disrespecting them. Terry Funk had the Commissioner role and was the main performer feuding with Jarrett at the time.
George “The Animal” Steele, Jimmy Snuka and Tito Santana were all brought in for matches with Jarrett. WCW even attempted to recreate the cage match spot of Snuka diving off the top of the structure. Jarrett was trusted to protect the aging veterans as a reliable worker.
1 Using Sting's Past Gimmicks To Torment Him
WCW placed Jeff Jarrett in a feud with Sting heading into the Halloween Havoc 2000 event. Both men were former world champions at that point and did their best to make the semi-main event spot more important for WCW.
The match featured a shocking twist of guys dressed and painted in various versions of Sting’s past. Surfer Sting, Crow Sting and Wolfpac Sting were just some of the looks of the talents Sting attacked. Jarrett eventually had enough distractions to steal the win over the top face.