You might remember Marty Jannetty from his time teaming with Shawn Michaels as ‘The Rockers’. After the Rockers split up as a team, Shawn Michaels would go on to become one of the greatest singles wrestlers to ever lace up a pair of boots. As a result, when one member of a tag team is looked upon as weaker, they are sometimes referred to as ‘The Marty Jannetty’ of the team.
Jannetty was interviewed by “The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling”. He spoke about his legacy as being considered the weak link of a tag team:
“The Rockers haven’t been together since ’91 and what year is this? They are still talking about them. Even with John Cena, who is the most popular guy there right now,, in twenty-something years from right now do you think they are going to be talking about John Cena? This is 2017, so in 2037 are they going to be talking about John Cena? They may but I kind of doubt it. The legacy and being the Marty Jannetty of the team people a lot of times ask does that bother me. Why would that bother me? Besides the fact I’m getting royalties every time they say it (laughing) it is keeping me alive as far as being in the business. Here is the thing they don’t know; the “Marty Jannetty” is supposed to be the weak link but let me tell you what the Marty Jannetty of the team really is”
He continued:
“All these guys were not known when they came to me and after they left me they went off to be famous. It is not who is the weak-link of the team it is like the teacher of the world. Billy Gunn used to say that I want to tag with you so bad because they should call you “Springboard Jannetty” because everyone that you tag with shoots to the top. So let that be my legacy and it is pretty much true and all these guys: Sean Waltman, Shawn Michaels, Bob Holly, Al Snow they are all students of mine .”
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You can check out the full interview with Marty here.
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