10 Wrestlers Who Destroyed Their Careers On Live TV
3. Jeff Jarrett - Monday Night Raw, October 20th 1997
It took Jeff Jarrett to convince Vince Russo of his worth in an entirely different company to put top singles titles on him and the formation of his own company to make an actual main event run stick, but 'Double J' might have seen the promised land sooner had he not harpooned his third WWE run on his first night back.
Attempting to read the room in style if not execution, a returning Jarrett strolled in to 1997 WWE with a p*ssed off attitude and an almighty chip on his shoulder over how things had gone the last time. Plenty of folk were blurring the work/shoot lines at the time, but the guitar-swinging sh*thouse picked the exact wrong targets at the exact wrong time when it came to letting his fury fly.
Referring to Stone Cold Steve Austin's Austin 3:16 mantra as "blasphemous" right as it was about to carry the company into untold wealth, Jarrett immediately killed 'The Rattlesnake's enthusiasm to ever work with him. From there, he had a pop at political heavyweights D-Generation X, and railed on a product an an effort to make his persona feel needed by it.
Welcome in the midcard, he was permanently kept away from the top slot for the entirety of his two year run.