47 Facts About Marty Jannetty

Marty Jannetty is widely known for his tenure as half of tag team The Rockers, in which he partnered with Shawn Michaels.

Marty Jannetty made sporadic appearances for WWE during the latter half of the 2000s, and has remained a challenger for titles on the independent circuit.

Marty Jannetty was an amateur wrestler in the state of Georgia, qualifying for the state championship tournament his last three years of high school.

Marty Jannetty boxed while in high school, and won many Golden Gloves events.

Marty Jannetty then went to Auburn University to wrestle, but the school dropped its wrestling program.

Marty Jannetty thought about trying football, but was instead coaxed into professional wrestling by Jerry Oates, who trained him.

Marty Jannetty resumed his wrestling career in March 1984, wrestling for the National Wrestling Alliance affiliate Central States Wrestling.

Marty Jannetty wrestled in singles and tag team competition with various partners, including Bulldog Bob Brown, Dave Peterson and Tommy Rogers until joining forces with fellow rookie Shawn Michaels in late 1985.

Marty Jannetty wrestled Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship during his time in CSW.

Michaels got up after being pinned and began screaming at Marty Jannetty, blaming him for being eliminated.

Animal fell on top of Marty Jannetty and got the 3-count.

Marty Jannetty refused to fight back and stormed out the ring while Michaels taunted the booing crowd.

Michaels and Marty Jannetty appeared to reconcile, but then Michaels turned heel, hitting Marty Jannetty with "Sweet Chin Music".

Marty Jannetty then picked up Jannetty and tossed him through the big Barber Shop glass window, causing him to bleed profusely.

Marty Jannetty was initially meant to work the injury, thus missing the opportunity to win the vacant WWF Championship at the 1992 Royal Rumble.

Marty Jannetty was scheduled to return shortly after to start a feud which was to lead to a one-on-one match between Michaels and Jannetty at WrestleMania VIII.

However, in the early hours of January 25,1992, Marty Jannetty was arrested in Tampa, FL after an altercation with police.

Marty Jannetty assaulted the officer performing the arrest, which led to his arrest.

Marty Jannetty was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest with force.

Shortly after his house arrest concluded, Marty Jannetty re-signed with the WWF and returned on October 12,1992 at a TV taping in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from the crowd, attempting to strike Michaels with his mirror but inadvertently hitting Sensational Sherri, Michaels's then-manager, when Michaels pulled her in front.

Marty Jannetty challenged Michaels to a match at the 1993 Royal Rumble for the Intercontintental Championship.

Marty Jannetty returned on May 17,1993, challenging Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship after appearing out of the crowd on Monday Night RAW when Michaels was being interviewed by Vince McMahon and telling the audience that he would defend his title against anyone at any time.

Marty Jannetty won the title that night, thanks to Mr Perfect preventing Michaels from heading to the locker room where he would be counted out but keep his title.

Marty Jannetty had only one title defense on TV, defeating Bam Bam Bigelow by countout on the May 31,1993 edition of Monday Night RAW.

Marty Jannetty lost the title back to Michaels on June 6,1993 in a non-televised match in Albany, New York due to interference from Michaels' debuting bodyguard Diesel.

Marty Jannetty believes that his title victory was meant as punishment for Shawn Michaels for lying.

Marty Jannetty then vanished from the mainstream wrestling scene until early 1995 when he made several appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling.

Later that year, just months after Michaels made a shocking face turn that got him over, Marty Jannetty returned to the WWF in September 1995.

Marty Jannetty continued to wrestle as a face, despite bad blood between him and Michaels that had carried over in the storylines.

Marty Jannetty asked for his release from the company after the show, as he was unhappy with the team's lack of success and management's refusal to split them up.

Marty Jannetty made an appearance in ECW when he teamed with Vampire Warrior in a losing match against Roadkill and former partner Al Snow at a house show in Orlando, FL on September 27,1997.

Marty Jannetty made his first appearance following this injury on May 8,1999, facing IPW Heavyweight Champion The Cuban Assassin.

In May 2018, Marty Jannetty wrestled his most recent singles match for AIW, a match he lost to Joey Janela.

Marty Jannetty made his debut on the January 12,1998 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, defeating Black Cat.

Much as Al Snow's run in the WWF in 1997, Marty Jannetty was initially utilized at an enhancement level, falling to wrestlers such as Raven, Dean Malenko, and Chris Jericho.

Marty Jannetty was successful lower level competition, defeating Lenny Lane, Frankie Lancaster, and Horshu.

Marty Jannetty was released from his contract while recovering from a shoulder injury suffered during this match.

Marty Jannetty scored the win for his team after he used his signature Rocker Dropper.

Angle made good on his promise and forced Marty Jannetty to submit to his ankle lock, but only after a nearly twenty-minute match and an impressive showing for Marty Jannetty which saw him nearly pin the Olympic champion.

McMahon then added a stipulation that Marty Jannetty had to join Mr McMahon's "Kiss My Ass Club" the following week on Raw.

Marty Jannetty refused, and McMahon instead offered Marty Jannetty the possibility of breaking Chris Masters' signature submission hold, the Master Lock.

Marty Jannetty appeared to almost break the hold, but Mr McMahon hit Marty Jannetty with a low blow.

Marty Jannetty countered this rumor on his Myspace page, stating it was untrue.

The next week on the 15th anniversary of Raw, Marty Jannetty appeared along with Michaels in an interview.

On October 19,2009, Marty Jannetty made an appearance on Raw, losing in a match against The Miz.

On October 22,2011 it was announced that Marty Jannetty had signed with Chikara as a trainer and as a wrestler.

In July 2016, Marty Jannetty was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against the WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.