Sometimes Change is Better, but not Always
I’m going to say a couple of controversial things here that have been building up over the time I haven’t been writing my column. Number one: Daniel Craig is the best James Bond ever. This is not meant to slight the five other actors who have brought life to the character, but Craig with an updated script is simply better. Number two: Brandon Routh will become the ideal Superman. I’m not speaking against George Reeves or Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain doesn’t count and anyone who has ever watched Lois and Clark knows this to be true, but Routh brings the same energy and passion to the role that Reeve brought. By the time his third film is done and the end of that franchise begins…we will only think of Routh as Superman. And furthermore Kevin Spacey is the best Lex Luthor, period. And when it comes to Jeff Jarrett, there is no better heel.
Jeff Jarrett is to wrestling in the 2000’s what Ric Flair was in the 1980’s. He personifies the ultimate heel. TNA fans truly hate him. There are fans who are trying to jump the guard rail to fight him. It makes me think about what Ric Flair said in his book about fans attacking him in and out of the arenas. People truly hate Jeff Jarrett! Why is he the ultimate heel? Just look at his competition. Triple H is now cuddly and trying so hard to be anti-establishment that he has become establishment. Triple H is manufactured villainy. Kane and Abyss are the same gimmick and it works in the ring, but come on if you saw either one of these guys at the grocery store, they would probably be all smiles as they purchase their French bread and Hamburger Helper with their kids. King Booker and Big Show would probably ignore you but that’s about it. No one really fears the cold shoulder! Christian Cage and Samoa Joe might pose with a menacing grimace for a fan’s photo but that’s about it.
Jeff Jarrett is the smug kid with the brand new car at your school that laughs at you when you get off the bus. He is the guy in the fast food drive through that keeps complaining that his burger is wrong without unwrapping it. Jeff Jarrett will cut you in line when you are trying to go to the bathroom and he will probably piss on the handle and wipe his hands on your back as he walks out the door. Jeff Jarrett is the guy who gives out his cell phone number to the widow at her husband’s funeral. He is simply Darth Vader and we can’t have a Luke Skywalker without a Darth Vader. What would the Batman be without the Joker? Sure he has other villains but if you ask anyone who the best Batman villain is I guarantee the Joker is the overwhelming choice. Jeff Jarrett makes the hero even more heroic. He adds the shadow to make the color pop. And thousands of people hate him for it.
Jeff Jarrett at a Winn Dixie at the end of the day is a riot in the making. I can see a bunch of NASCAR loving, classic rock listening, mullet wearing, Budweiser drinking, good ole boys going after him like he was their drunken underage cousin on prom night. A terrible stereotype, but I grew up down South with these guys and it is what it is. Jeff Jarrett truly seems to be the guy you love to hate…and God bless him for it. I recently read that when he returns from his sabbatical he wants to become a face. I hope this is not the case! He is the one true villain wrestling has left. Maybe Jeff Jarrett outside of his ring performance is the nicest guy in the world. Maybe he stops to change little old ladies flat tires in the rain, but in the darkest corner of my heart, I kind of hope he would steal her spare. Please don’t change Jeff Jarrett. We need you to be the Darth Vader to everyone else’s Luke Skywalker.
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