Recently listened to Wrestlespective's episode on Bash at the Beach 2000. Excellent as always, but I did have one note on the discussion. At one point, Jason referred to Jeff Jarrett as a "replacement level" wrestler. Jason went on to say that Jarrett was essentially an average wrestler. I agree with him that Jarrett was an average or mediocre wrestler, but I do think that it is important to distinguish between replacement level and average.
In baseball, replacement level is the point at which a player could be replaced with a minimum salary player at the minor league level. Wikipedia uses the term "freely available talent." Hardball Times aptly describes it as "the level of talent at which teams stop competing
for your services, and you end up competing for the last handful of open
roster spots." Luminaries who fit the bill in baseball can be found over at Fan Graphs.
In that sense, Jarrett isn't really a replacement level grappler. On the current WWE roster, Camacho or Jinder Mahal would be replacement level guys. If you don't factor in charisma or mic skills, a guy like Heath Slater would be there too. Bart Gunn or the Headbangers would be examples of Attitude Era replacement level guys. Dating back to my early days as a fan, Beau Beverly or Skinner.
Just to be clear, Jarrett remains incredibly annoying.
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