10 Wrestlers Who Refused To Work Together
9. Steve Austin And Jeff Jarrett
Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the all-time greats. That is the sort of sentence that really doesn’t need to be said, it should be sewn into the DNA of any and all wrestling fans, no matter their respective ages. Austin was the biggest draw in wrestling history and he did while being a famously giving performer, always wearing his working boots and bumping his buns off for anyone and everyone.
Anyone and everyone except Jeff Jarrett, that is. Double J returned to WWE in 1997 and was promised a feud with the top star in the company. Getting Jarrett to return to WWE was no easy deal to make, but dangling the ‘Stone Cold Steve Austin’ carrot got the job done. Jarrett arrived, cut a scathing promo on Austin and everything was hot to trot.
The problem was that Austin had no intention of working with Jarrett, a situation made untenable by the scathing promo. Austin’s issues with the Jarretts went back to his time working for Jeff’s father in Memphis; then-Stunning Steve Austin was paid an absolute pittance by the family, a miserable state of affairs made worse by Jeff having no issue rubbing it in. Rattlesnakes aren't known for their willingness to forget.
Fast forward to 1999 and Austin went on record to say that he refused to work with JJ because he felt Jarrett was too soft in the ring, focusing on Jarrett's rope-running ability (or lack of) and weak punches. Austin was proud of his snug style, and the prospect of selling for a lighter worker didn't exactly fill the curmudgeonly Texan with enthusiasm.