Jeff Jarrett believes that those who have criticised the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Death Match are incorrect.
The horror-movie-inspired encounter was all that wrestling fans could talk about that day and for the next few days after, which saw Jarrett and Jeff Hardy fighting all over the arena in a match that saw a cameo from Leatherface himself.
Fans were quick to voice their opinions online after the bell rang on AEW Dynamite, with some stating that it was worse than the Mountain Dew Pitch Black match back in January at the Royal Rumble. Jarrett is aware of the buzz created online and is a fan of it.
Speaking on the My World with Jeff Jarrett podcast, the Hall of Famer is a big believer in the saying that the worst reaction is no reaction:
“I told my buddy at the gym this morning. I’ll just say, he’s not down with lucha libre, says it doesn’t make a lot of sense. He loves Japanese wrestling. He’s not so much a fan of WWE. He just kind of likes the no nonsense strong style. He leans more into that. He came up, and he said, ‘Man, there’s some people bent out of shape online. What do you think about that?’ I said, ‘Well, let me ask you, why do you like it? Because you’re shocking me that you like that.’
He said, ‘Well, when you hear the title ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre Death Match’ right out of the gate, you kind of know you’re not gonna be getting any hurricanranas and German suplexes and all that.’ He’s like, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘The biggest disappointment I would’ve had, by far, is if there would have been no feedback.’ The point that there was people, that this made them so divisive, that somebody cared so much or cared so much about the AEW brand, that they tune into Twitter or Instagram…I really thought that the sponsor, exact words, ‘Incredible. Way overdelivered.’ Okay, so that’s a win,”
Continuing to praise the match, Double J admitted he is not a fan of the genre, but believes the production and participation of the extra people in the match made it memorable:
“I’m not a horror movie guy, but Leatherface, that clip of him walking down the aisle, throwing the chainsaw, and he was supposed to be on our side, but Sonjay got his ass kicked, Karen got ran off, and all the integration. Production across the board, it was a grand slam in so many ways. For those that didn’t like this kind of stuff, I will say this without question, it certainly will make you appreciate more your four-and-five star matches. So yes, it actually served a purpose to you as well. It will make you appreciate, ‘Hey, I don’t like that integration stuff, I like this stuff.’ So I’m super excited. Mission accomplished.”
Jim Cornette Disagrees With Jeff Jarrett’s Comments
Unsurprisingly, one wrestling fan who thought the opposite of Jeff Jarrett was Jim Cornette. Reviewing the match in his unique way, Cornette believes that Jarrett should be embarrassed for being involved in something like this.
H/t to Fightful.