Necro

Backstage News On Raven's NWA Title Win; Jarrett Upset
By Matthew Boone

06/23/2005 - Credit: PWTorch.com Newsletter

Jeff Jarrett did not wrestle or take part in the main event at TNA's third anniversary PPV, Slammiversary, this past Sunday in Orlando. Although Jarrett was heavily advertised to take part in the match along with AJ Styles, Sean Waltman, Abyss & Monty Brown, Jarrett made the decision to bow out of the match voluntarily. Raven was instead added to the match during the pre-show. According to reports, Jarrett was upset that he wasn't being booked by the new writing committee in TNA to win back the NWA World Title on Sunday. Jarrett reportedly felt that it would have been damaging to his character to not win the match after putting himself over as the "King of the Mountain" all year in TNA. Dixie Carter was said to have stood her ground regarding the decision and would not allow a change in the match to take place to give Jarrett the win. After this took place, many in TNA aren't expecting "smooth sailing" to take place between the Jarrett's and Carter family in the next few weeks as the struggle for power continues in the company.

When Raven was informed hours before Slammiversary that he would be winning the NWA World Heavyweight Title, he reportedly broke down and cried. Being a long time fan and student of the wrestling business, Raven could recognize the history of the NWA Title and the significance of being put in the record books as a champion. As plans stand now, Raven will be defending the title against Abyss at next month's No Surrender PPV on July 17. It should be noted that Raven isn't expected to be a long-term champion based on where TNA's booking committee wants to go with current storylines. Regardless of the plans, Raven benefited in a huge way following Jeff Jarrett's dispute over the way he was scheduled to be used in the match, especially when he wasn't even scheduled to be in the match to begin with. Some were surprised at how quickly AJ Styles' second run with the World Title started and ended just after one month.

__________________

Mikk

I would like to see abyss as champion although i am a raven fan as well, i think abyss is one for the future of tna but i'd like to see them give him a trial run with the belt before pinning their hopes on him.

__________________

Creature of the Night

Jarrett is turning into the TNA equivalent of HHH... he just doesn't need the title! How long does the dude wanna hold it for?

K Jay

I dont just see abyss as the future of TNA but given a run the future of wrestling, this guy ( sorry for the mask comparisons ) is a Mick Foley that can wrestle technically as well. And on top of that he is the most agile Guy I`ve seen at that type of weight/body size. This guy`s potential is unlimited and I hope holding the NWA belt doe not preclude him having a decent run in the WWE at some point in his career.

__________________
I had a sig, once.

Jackie Pies

Raven won another belt here in Kansas on Saturday. The NWA- Central States belt. He'll be back in August to defend it. I'm so excited. I went and saw him, he hit on me and autographed me. My dad took pictures but I have to wait for him to make a cd of the pictures, then I'll post the shit out of them, esp the one w/ me and Raven.

__________________