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A look back at the career of veteran wrestling superstar Jeff Jarrett. This manages to
look at both his long career in in the ring, the changes in the wrestling business over
those years and the highs and lows of his personal life as well.
From the early pre WWF days of regional wrestling promotions, including the one run
by his father, through the WWF/WCW “Monday Night Wars” to his hand in founding
TNA. It's a trip through the life and career of one a wrestler and the history of the
industry itself.
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The video is mostly what you would expect from something like this, straightforward
and professionally done. However some of the older, archival footage is pretty badly
shot. Given the date and budget wrestling shows of that era had though, it's not that
awful, just a minor detraction.
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Again the modern footage is well done and some of the older material is a bit on the
rough side.
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There's not much in the way of extras per se, just three vintage matches including
Jarrett's first televised appearance. However given how much is covered in the main
documentary, (look at the running time again), I'm not really sure what else they could
have added as extras, so it's not fair to give a rating here.
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I have to admit when I first got this my thoughts were, “A 4 disc retro on Jeff Jarrett?
Talk about overkill...” But then watching it I realized just how much Jarrett had been
involved with wrestling and how much his story mirrored the changes in the industry.
It's actually a very engrossing set of discs.
We get treated to an insiders view of the early days of wrestling when it all revolved
around regional promotions. Jarrett's father ran one of them and it was there that he
got his start, his stories about those days are enough to make it worth while for the
true wrestling fan.
He goes on to detail his time in the WWF and WCW, with stories about the wrestlers
and backstage politics that helped shape what we saw on TV. A lot of light is shed on
why WCW imploded the way it did and the egos involved in the situation. He also
deals with the death of Owen Hart and on an even more personal level, the death of
his wife from cancer.
I should mention there's no footage from WWF/WWE or WCW matches on the discs for
the obvious reasons. All the in ring footage is either from his early years or from TNA.
And of course since he is one of the founders of TNA that is the main focus of these
discs. From its inception to the present where it is arguably the best federation in
wrestling we get the insider's look at it all.
While it may be a bit much for the casual fan, for anyone who's seriously into wrestling
this is a goldmine of information.
Sweet as just one misplaced apostrophe. I like you!
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