8 Wrestlers Who Quit After Major PPVs

2. Jeff Jarrett (No Mercy '99)

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Lucifer suddenly realised his grandma's warning over 'feeling the benefit' of keeping his gaffe a toasty one thousand degrees was spot on when Jeff Jarrett was announced for WWE's Hall of Fame in February 2018. Hell had indeed frozen over.

Double-J had seemingly permanently marked his card following the dramatic hold-up which presaged his exit from the company almost twenty years prior. During the middle of his programme opposite Chyna, the crooner's contract fell into abeyance - something head office spectacularly failed to notice. Tasting administerial incompetence and liking it, Jarrett began plotting his transfer to rivals WCW where he could join office friend Russo - who'd just began his ultimately futile tenure in Atlanta.

Knowing he had the upper hand, Jarrett went into August '99's No Mercy with an ultimatum: pay him at least $300,000, or he'd refuse to drop his Intercontinental strap to Chyna. Vince McMahon, over a barrel, acquiesced, and the Tennessee songster walked out of the company the next day with a wallet considerably more bulging.

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