Marty Jannetty on his Royal Rumble 93 Firing 

Marty deserves to get inducted to the Hall of fame!

I met Marty at a convention signing years back in Birmingham. He turned up intoxicated, was swaying side to side not only that he smelt like piss. Was a shame to see him like that, hope he's doing better now!

How could you not like Marty Jannetty,he is a humble man and calls it honestly and not afraid to admit his fuck ups,he would be some laugh in the pub, I hope he writes a book,a phenomenal worker and respectful to all his industry.

As a kid growing up in the 80's and watching all of the greats , I really loved "The rockers" energy they brought to their matches. Nobody, to me topped them except Ultimate Warrior.

Jannetty, you got the short end of the stick. I've always argued on your behalf bro. Michaels owes you alot of credit. He wouldn't have become HBK without you... Period! Also, thank you man for your autograph you have me around 89 @ the County Market in Columbus, GA 😉

Nice ending.. Shawn got caught up in his lie. Marty should of punched him in stomach 😆 but RIP Mr. Perfect a true friend.

I always loved Marty as a kid. Too bad about his personal issues. I wish him the best. Great little interview here.

This is your best shoot interview. Because Marty is all honesty. Doesn't get any better.

Marty looking like Brian Johnson from ac/dc 😂

The first match that night was The Steiner Brothers vs. The Beverly Brothers. Shawn and Marty were next.

If what Marty said is 100% true then shame on Vince just making a decision based on what Shawn told him, and on Shawn for blaming his own transgressions on Marty. Often there's more to the story, such as Vince already wanting to fire him but just looking for an acceptable excuse. I wonder how Curt Henning helped him get his job back.

I've always hated Shawn Michaels, that guy must have drained pat Patterson dry to get the career he got , what a sneaky prick .

The Rockers should be in the WWE Hall of Fame.

The match was second on Royal Rumble 1993. The match they had on Monday Night Raw was awesome. It was the same night 1-2-3 Kid pinned Razor Ramon.

I've never liked Shawn Michaels, ever since he became a heel after the Rockers duo ended. Little did I know, he was like that in real life too.

*4:31* Marty: "Shawn...he kept making mistakes." I thought it was just me that noticed Shawn's "mistakes." I did notice Shawn had this tendency to screw up by doing the same unsuccessful moves and expect different results. I've lost count of how many times he'd done this during Hart Foundation vs. Rockers matches and him vs. Bret Hart matches and that's only those that I've mentioned. It was rather funny how Shawn would attempt this same unsuccessful move on Bret; Bret would knock him out of the ring with this look on his face like, "You did this before; guess you want the same result." Thank goodness for Curt, may he rest in peace. Marty is definitely telling the honest truth here. Other wrestlers have mentioned how Shawn put their careers in jeopardy if not put them out of wrestling altogether.

Mr Perfect is the Perfect friend to have around when you're in trouble.

Marty.. Right here reminds me of an older RVD

I know this wasn't the era of social media to actually see these things, but you would think that Vince would've been notified that Shawn was fucked up due to the fact that he had passed out in his food, and they had to dial up the ambulance to get him to the hospital the night before Royal Rumble. Apparently, Vince didn't know a lot about what his talent was doing in those days.

I can see why Marty was rehired so often. He was obviously a great worker when he had all his faculties and he seems like a likeable and affable man; a good person to have around!

Marty's such an underrated worker. Always entertained in the ring. Goof move by Michaels throwing Jannetty under the bus. Shawn's as solid as a soup sandwich!!

Just odd how they changed the flow of the match with adding Sheri last minute to mess up the match that was good. Shawn didn’t like Marty was getting high praises.

Damn put those Rockers in the HOF already!!! They were my favorite tag team as a kid

The sound quality of these interviews are getting better. Thank God!

I read this in an old PWI wrestling magazine right after the Rockers break up. The article was an interview-style article, where the writer would ask Shawn Michaels all these questions. and one of the questions went something like this:Interviewer: Its been reported that before you and Marty came to the WWF, that they (the WWF) didn't want the Rockers in a package deal. Do you remember that.Shawn Michaels answer was: I don't know what they saw in that guy.Also, Shawn Michaels told the story in the same article, that when VKM wanted to break the Rockers up, he first went to Marty. But Marty liked being a tag team with the Rockers; so VKM went to Shawn Michaels, and Shawn jumped at the chance. (this is was Shawn Michaels said, according to a PWI interview in a wrestling mag I had back in 1993)

Marty does the best impressions of alot wrestler including Vince I cant stop laughing about this

Vince was playing head games to fire Jannetty in 93

HBK more like BSK, backstab kid

I could drink and do lines of blow and listen and laugh to Marty tell stories all night , so regular like all my party buds. Love the interview Hannibal

If you make a mistake You make a mistake and You've made a mistake ! Another great shoot from GNW

Match-wise - HBK did not have a good year in 1993: his match with Hennig [at SummerSlam] was also a let-down. And by the Fall: he gets suspended (then called back as some type of understudy for Jerry Lawler at Survivor Series). Sat-out a good chunk of 94' too, while Marty was still active that period.

Shawn Michaels screwed over many wrestlers in his day. As did Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Triple H (to this day).

Man it's heartbreaking to listen to how messed up he is. He was my favourite growing up.

I remember watching this back in 93 and thought it was a great match. I was surprised on hearing that Vince didnt enjoy it

Shawn Michaels. The FART BREAK KID!

And Shawn is in the h.o.f and this guy isn't?

A few minutes into this match they do a spot on the outside where Shawn rams Marty's right shoulder into the ring post. Marty then immediately starts selling an injury on the other shoulder which Shawn has to continue working over for the next few minutes. One of the most blatant botches you'll ever see. Not sure how Shawn could be blamed for that.

Great interview. Can't wait to watch the rest.

Vince and Pat moved all the chips to the center of the table betting on Shawn, Marty was expendable and Shawn buried him.

Strangely enough, there are a multiple of stories of Jannetty being messed up at the Rumble as well --- by people who have no loyalty to Shawn. Seems to me that both guys probably were not in the right place and Sherri was the icing on the cake for that match underwhelming.

As long as Vince got to keep his Boy Toy he was happy.

I was at that rumble. It was a great event. I remember the first cpl backstage segments couldn't be heard in the arena. Shawn and Marty's match was good but they've had better matches with each other before and after.

They should rehab Marty and give him an office job. He was a hard worker, respect.

I believe Marty as Shawn was known to be pilled out of his mind in those days

Oh yeah, it pissed on Vince, and what did he do? He had Shawn lose the IC belt, win it back 3 weeks later, and pushed him to the moon. I'd LOVE to taste that flavor of punishment!

I would love to hangout and, party with Marty ! I know I would have a good time. Just listening to his stories!! LOL

I seriously thought Marty was RVD in the thumbnail.

This had my on the verge of tears....🥲

9:02 what was there a bee flying around or something, marty flinched pretty hard lol

So, Vince fires Marty based on what Shawn told him , but doesn't fire Shawn, after finding out the truth....

The better rocker IMO. A shame the way Shawn buried Marty's career. The best part of Shawn Micheals ran down his mothers leg!

I smoked a joint w Marty in the locker room of the Scranton CYC back in the 90s. I was like 14 lol.

Can we get together and buy this man some ankles from China? One of the greatest ever in the ring and should be able to teach others what he knows.

Coronavirus?? Are you kidding me?! I just sat thru a 10 minute Party Marty story!!

Wow, shawn was a real pos

Shows Vince has no idea what a good match is. Jannety Shawn match was brilliant.

I love Marty, but I remember Shawn slamming Marty’s shoulder into the post during the Rumble match and Marty sold the wrong shoulder. Not all Shawn

Damn ! So fucked up he passed out in his food, lol

That makes sense. Why interject sherry if they didn't have it for the last few days

I always hated the rockers, but gotta say, this is one of your more interesting, entertaining shoots.

It was the third fucking match, this guy is off his Rocker 😉

Marty needs to work on his Vince impersonation. It's practically a prerequisite to have a good one if you're telling a story with him in it.

The match was 80% Marty nursing an injured shoulder (Michaels rammed it into the post). It was like watching Flair work the leg and the other guy just selling most of the match. Kind of ho-hum, but hardly fireable over. Their matches on Raw were much better.

I always said Marty Jannetty Vs Shawn Michaels should of happen at WM 9 for the IC Title, with Marty Jannetty winning the IC title than, they could of had a great build up leading to WM 9 and have Sensational Sherri return and turn on Shawn Michaels and help Marty Jannetty win the IC title.

Are u going to post the entire interview??

Is that Marty or Brian Johnson? I was half expecting for him to start singing "Highway to Hell".

It's like the interviewers supply him dope to do the interview...hes so high!...i hate it because he's so underrated and the rockers were my fave when I was a kid....so sad

I hope Marty was in better shape during that match then he is in this interview.

I liked the match other than the finish where HBK super kicks Marty and Marty oversold by flipping in the air

Fun Fact: Marty was fired twice by the WWF in 93

Vince was in love with shawn

Yeah it was actually the second match on the card, not the first.

wonder if marty can spell XANAX

Vince McMahon was fuckin HBK thats why he did whatever Shawn Michaels told Him I hope Janettey got his ankle fix stay strong Marty ✊👌

Marty could have had his own hof career if he'd sobered up abit more, Definitely talented enough to get to IC level on a regular basis..when the big money came in mid to late 90s he could have cashed in...a real talent not as good as Shawn became but​you never know, he just kept doing crazy shit n unlike Shawn could not kp on Vince good side long enough to prove it..

I thought their match at RR was great! I don't agree with blaming the fact that Sherri made her return and was at ringside in a neutral corner. She cost him the match, yes. But her return was just as much a part of the storyline as Marty's was when Sherri took the mirror shot and she was advertised for more than 3 days before the PPV. If he can't incorporate her 2 spots into what y'all just did the night before, that's his bad. Also, I didn't see RR93 live but if I recall correctly, Steiners vs Beverly Brothers was the opening bout on the VHS.

Shawn falling in his own food happened later. Although this is Shawn so I'm sure it happened multiple times.

always loved marty way better than shawn.

This is one of the reasons why Shawn isn't the greatest of all time cause he didn't make any body besides himself even when working with Diesel at 11 he sabotaged the finish if you look at Okada vs Tanahashi in New Japan that's how the HBK vs Hart rivalry should have been can you imagine if Okada just said nah I ain't putting Tanahashi over after he beat Tanahashi the first time lmao

Shawn's my fav wrestler of all time, BUT I believe Marty 100 percent bc we all know and Shawn has even stated back then he was a asshole and just about himself, so it's nothing hard to believe

Ive always loved Mr Perfect. Now I love the guy even more. What an awesome dude. Shawn is my fav wrestler and has been since the rockers when they broke up and followed him since but its a shame to hear all these negative stories about him and what a prick he can be. Ive always liked Marty and hope happiness continues with him. And the royal rumble 93 match they had was a good one in my opinion.

He couldn't have been sacked for that long because he appeared Summerslam 93

Their match was not the first match of the night, or the PPV.

I feel like there's whole chunks of this story missing. Of course Sherri was "inserted" into the PPV match. She was part of the storyline -- doesn't Marty recall "hitting" her with HBK's mirror? That should have had absolutely no effect on the match itself. Also, HBK spent practically the entire 1990s out of his mind on booze and pills but -- WM 14 aside -- he always delivered. He has the track record of success. Marty doesn't. Plus, there's no way Vince would've fired Marty on HBK's verbal testimony alone. There's more to the story that Marty is leaving out.

Marty is having the last laugh who is the old sexy boy now lol. Marty looks way better than HBK.

A bad match my ass. That match was awesome I thought, and I’m a tuff critic

I love Marty, but guys, he gets into a lot of trouble being less than truthful. He's a charming dude but I have a hard time believing he's always innocent. Look at his history. Hell, read Bret's book. And other guys' too.

Oh but they won't fire Shawn for the same thing, drinking and drugging?

Umm What was that @ 9:03 ? Marty just out of nowhere looked behind him and said "Oh did i break something?" That was weird

marty jannetty for wwe hall of fame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marty sold the wrong shoulder.. of course Vince hated the match

This guy is hilarious.

Id hate to say this but maybe it was the best time to get out the biz brotha. Shawns legacy is tarnished bro as you have some future left outside the ring

Drugs kick in at 9:03

9:04 is pretty hilarious

it was a good match.like i said it already.he was a great talent and sadly very underrated most of the time.shawn was a real piss ant,stabbing his back and run to vince.and all for saving his own skinny but.why vince does not send marty immediately to a rehab ? he know he has a drinking problem at the point.to fire him makes it much worser not better.

9:02 wth Marty 😂

Marty still looks good and at peace with himself and the world after all he has gone through and his age , Shawn on the other hand has started to look too tired and too stressed up .

Dont you talk about my Sherri! Dont you dare 🙂!

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