Jeff Jarrett is digging his heels in regarding his feelings toward the finish of John Cena‘s last match at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.
After John Cena gave up, tapping out to Gunther in his final WWE match, AEW star Jeff Jarrett took to social media to express his displeasure with the finish, tweeting out:
“Love watching movies when the superhero gets destroyed in the final scene and then dies. Even better is when my favorite sports team not only gets beat but gives up with a smile on their face. Makes me feel good about spending time/money on the night. *facepalm emoji* Creative is subjective,” Jeff Jarrett said in a post.
“The single dumbest finish in the history of our business” – Jeff Jarrett
A few days later, on the latest episode of his My World Podcast, Jeff Jarrett expanded upon his feelings of how John Cena’s last match ended, calling it the single dumbest finish in the history of the business. Jarrett believes that the tradition of needing to go out on your back is bullshit.
“That time-honored tradition… that is the biggest bunch of bullshit I’ve ever heard,” Jeff Jarrett said. “It almost goes against the grain of every territory, and really even in through Hulkamania days and the 90s… what do you do to a legend? You protect them, you make up for their shortcomings in the ring. You kind of respect and take care of the integrity of the business.
“The most important or valuable customers that paid, on average, 850 bucks for one guy. They weren’t there to see anything other than John Cena’s last match. When you have the entire arena chanting the things that they chanted, and them saying, ‘oh yeah, this is the exact desired reaction.’ Maybe it is. Maybe that is the desired action going to… but time-honored tradition bullshit, that that’s silly.
“Why do I think it was the single dumbest finish? Because I think it is a direct slap in the face of the face of our industry. Never give up. Do you know how impactful it is if I’m in a room full of bankers or TV executives… and I can look them in the face and a non-wrestling fan and say, ‘Do you know who holds the record for the most Make-A-Wish visits in the history of that organization? It’s a professional wrestler. Yes, it’s John Cena.’
“His whole mantra, hustle, loyalty, respect… Never give up. And you’re gonna get this bullshit that we got to get heat on a heel in a time-honored tradition? Conrad, it’s the silliest, most ridiculous argument that people are throwing up. Gunther, he got some heat. There’s no doubt about it…
“But when Hunter came through the curtain… and they booed the shit out of him, it’s almost as if, like, he got that ref heat. And ref heat don’t draw money. It never have and never will… Sure Gunther is going to get some heat. But the real heat out of that match was on creative and that doesn’t draw money.” [H/T: WrestlingNews.co]
Why did John Cena smile and tap out?
No matter what side of the debate you’re on, the smiling tapout to end John Cena’s WWE career confused many fans.
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