Marty Jannetty on Jimmy Jack Funk Incident

Marty Jannetty on Jimmy Jack Funk Incident
WWE Legend and one half of the legendary "Rockers" Tag Team Marty Jannetty talks about a behind the scenes incident at a bar in Buffalo NY involving former WWE star Jimmy Jack Funk that led to "The Rockers" being fired from WWE after their first television tapings in 1988 due to Funk exaggerating the incident because of Marty hooking up with a girl Jack had been with.
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[@Force4949]

Despite his hard partying days. Marty always seemed to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. He was a great talent.

[@glamgal7106]

I agree that Marty indeed was a great talent...and yes, he always seemed to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@Shinobi33]

God these interviews are addictive

[@lucag.lisickza425]

agreed.

[@togibok18]

Marty is so funny when he said Andre the Giant being bigger than Outer Space 😭

[@Fultonfalcons86]

To appreciate the mass Andre had you just had to see him in person I saw him twice and huge is an understatement ........

[@handsolo1209]

Marty really sounds like Roddy Piper sounded in his last few years.

[@mikes.4136]

Marty’s life is like a comedy of errors.

[@mikes.4136]

LooseCan88 - I hope he saved some of it.

[@Potent_Potables]

Marty Jannetty and Ricky Morton are one of a kind.

[@4EyedAnimation]

you mean two

[@aaronkendrick462]

Wow how’d Hannibal get Brian Johnson from AC/DC?

[@aaronkendrick462]

The Chris King Show damn if I would’ve seen any other comments I wouldn’t have said it 😂 my bad

[@MacStoker]

12:50 it was that moment after noticing the nice boots that vinny mac also noticed HBKs ass, THE REST IS HISTORY LOL

[@ryanmorby7626]

I'm picturing Marty getting in the car with her and Bobby Heenan saying "Oh I knew that was going to happen"

[@TheSands83]

She don’t need Jannette

[@paullindstrom7635]

Marty talks like a American Keith Richards. Like the hot button on his central nervous system has been pressed way too often.

[@joshshields9229]

Jimmy Jack is still alive. My brother works for him in Portland Oregon. He retired from wrestling and has a construction business. His real name is Ferrin Barr jr.

[@Ifoughtpiranhas]

Is he keeping an eye out for Haku? I'll see myself out!

[@mikemartin5073]

I always thought Marty was the cooler of the two ROckeRs when I was a kid. Marty Jannetty deserves better

[@canedewey756]

I partied with Marty back in '98 in Columbus GA, I was like 15 years old drinking beers with Marty, cool memories

[@NONE2NONE]

I could listen to Marty all day haha

[@michaelt.rodriguez4688]

Is there any video of that 1987 match? I've seen their "debut" in 1988, but I've always been curious about anything from 1987.

[@jonblazeinc]

Yes I'd like to see it too, I'm at this very point in HBKs autobiography....I always thought they first appeared in WWF in 88 not 87

[@mariocoleman9251]

He looks like Mickey Rourkes' character on that wrestler movie he did

[@BigPhillyStyle1982]

There always has to be a Marty, a Brutus, a Warrior, a Typhoon, a Brian Blair, a Bart, a Christian, a Hawk, someone who suffers when a tag team splits up.

[@wagsoman]

I believe that were some homosexual relations between Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon actually is why he got such a big push and as able to get away with so much debauchery for a long time.

[@justinmartin1831]

That's just rumor.

[@kenbush6942]

of course

[@crt1634]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

[@DCRACKA]

@DLO Brown 😂😂😂😂

[@codyzempel5506]

This was by far the most entertaining interview ive seen period. Marty is hilarious and the way he delivers the stories just puts it over the top! Marty Jannetty a true Rocker!

[@theRussianJiu]

He has an outstanding memory...for a drunk.

[@ChadPlainview_]

Marty is the man.

[@bosoxfan2525]

Gotta love the "low cut top," "filling it over the top" look LOL

[@pj006marsden]

It's heaps strange because at first me my brother and all my cousins who loved American pro wrestling ( I'm Australian ) we all thought marty jennety was better than Shawn when they were a team.

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

I always even as a young kid felt like they would go out an try to "out move" each other during there matches

[@jorndoff2002]

In their early days of the awa, so did everyone else. Shawn looked goofy also with short hair and doing a rock and roll gimmick

[@jonnycat529]

My favorite Rocker.

[@glamgal7106]

I heard Marty talk about this at an event that he was featured in...What's interesting is that in his interviews is that not only does he stick to his own version of the story, he's human enough to admit his own faults when it's applicable. For me, Shawn's versions of what happened are losing credibility because a lot of wrestlers--not just Marty--have said the same, if not similar things about Shawn: that he was known to start up problems with his peers and then going crying to Vince that he was the victim. Just recently, Shawn said that he was "forced" to wrestle at Crown Jewel--at the "sweet chin music" tune of $2-3 million...it seems like for him, this habit just hasn't changed.

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

In Shawn's book, he said it was a beer bottle he broke over his head.

[@DoctrineOfMayhem]

Yeah but Michaels is full of shit.

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

@@DoctrineOfMayhem true...

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

@@alwaysamysteryyes2021 yea a beer bottle sounds alot better than a wine glass lol

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

@@UziBlancoOfficial yeah cuz a bottle is harder to break! Lol

[@samiam7342]

i like to see marty clean and serene! he's got alot of stories to tell.....................

[@jjbopbo]

David Cassidy the later years, Not a burn btw. Just reminds me of him.

[@glamgal7106]

Funny you mention that...a friend of mine said that Marty looked like David Cassidy. Shortly after the Rockers' break-up, she'd have some of her friends sing, "C'mon get happy"(from the Partridge Family); I don't know if Marty noticed. I thought Marty looked like Wayne Campbell from "Wayne's World;" if you put the baseball cap on him, you'd think they were separated at birth. I got a bit of a surprise when I first met Marty and heard him speak out of character...let's say I wasn't aware that he had that heavy Southern drawl that we're hearing in this interview. I'd said, "Hi Marty, great match, can I take a picture with you?" He put his arm around me and said, *Southern drawl* "C'mawn hunny, gimme luvs."(apparently a Southern term). I'd thought, "Wow, this is like Huckleberry Hound meets 'Wayne's World'" Now Marty sometimes wears reading glasses and he looks like Austin Powers...I'm not kidding! LMAO!

[@jjbopbo]

I feel he really was talented and was Jim Neidhart but, when both Tag teams as well as many others split they didn't know what to do with their character and had to think pretty damn fast. But, he made his mark for sure.

[@lovelyhurlin6494]

Mick Foley says in "Have a Nice Day" that Marty was the most nicest genuine guys in the business. He would give money to homeless people and buy them things.

[@hansjuker8296]

I never knew Marty was the lead singer of AC/DC!!!

[@hansjuker8296]

@the SUBMARINES typo. Ever heard of one?

[@litehouse6]

Marty looks like Brian Johnson from ACDC,

[@thelastemperor6357]

He needs subtitles

[@pauleswitalski8187]

Watched Jesse Barr wrestle in CWF (Tampa) early 1980s. His Dad was a wrestling promoter in the Pacific Northwest.

[@phrasesinner]

Paul E Switalski #solie #solongfromthesunshinestate

[@davidjustice5805]

He is alive he's 64 years old he is very much alive

[@Kellibyerley]

absolutely my favorite rocker i love you marty

[@Fultonfalcons86]

Marty is a character for sure........

[@ArkOmen1]

YOU'VE BEEN.... THUNDERSTRUCK!!!

[@kentgraham9821]

Marty Loves to Party

[@davidjustice5805]

WWF not WWE

[@AMadLanza]

I never expected him to be such a character (strange I know), fucking Mr Personality! I guess Shawn never shut up long enough for me to hear him!

[@vvstreetfightervv]

Marty is definitely one of those dude's who was doin A~Z, back in the day.

[@pj006marsden]

He still is mate haha

[@peteviviano377]

Is this Angus Young or Brian Johnson

[@aronraygetchapull42071]

Marty Jannetty seems like he's a cool guy and everything, but HOLY SHIT..... You can definitely tell that he's done A LOT of drugs!! All those drugs he did, it scarred his brain up pretty fucking bad!! I'm not talking trash about him, he'll I've done my share of drugs, and then some!!!! I'm just saying, in my opinion, he looks like he did way too many drugs!! I'm really not judging the man, I'm glad he's still here to talk about it, because there's A LOT of other guys in the sport that are Six Feet Under, and will never get to tell their story!! So yeah, God bless him, I'm glad he's still here to tell his story!!👍👊

[@TroublesBig]

DRRRUGGGSSSS lol

[@leeleeclark3132]

Marty Janetty was as Equally talented as Shawn Michaels He should've had a Heel run with awesome ring Gear like Shawn Michaels had his career would've been more successful

[@d.blaze901]

Lol I bet Marty was fun to hang out with!

[@kirbypoohbear]

Who else is in the background on this interview, cuz Marty keeps talking to him as well wen he's describing an event in the pas!?!?!?!?!

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

What ?!?

[@johnasbury3856]

Does Marty have a traumatic brain injury or something? He seems a lil off even when He is not stoned.

[@michaelt.rodriguez4688]

I'd venture a combination of head injuries and copious amounts of "partying."

[@dougrobertson2470]

Yes unfortunately the brain injuries and crazy amount of partying (as mentioned^) is very obvious

[@dougrobertson2470]

@@TombstoneChris it's a lot more than medical marijuana in his case

[@barrymason9104]

He did another shoot with Kayfabe commentaries where he says he has ADHD but also admits he gets very very nervous doing stuff like this even after all this time

[@johnasbury3856]

I didnt mean this negatively it just seems he has all the symptoms of being punch drunk and seems to have a hard time keeping his thoughts in track. Maybe even something else on top of that. Too bad he partied so hard and didn't take care of himself he could have been so much more.

[@robferguson5513]

i thought jimmy jack was art barr and died long ago

[@robferguson5513]

jessie barr??

[@danielkennedy3758]

Jimmy jack funk was Jesse Barr. He had a brother named Art Barr. Art did die.

[@lucag.lisickza425]

party with marty

[@Jkrazy83]

3:16 marty must have forgot how pretty he was back then, no homo, the gals loved him just as much or more than shawn originally

[@allwightallwong5045]

Facts. The girls in my neighborhood and at my school had crushes on him when they were The Rockers. No mentions of Shawn was always Marty Jannetty

[@togibok18]

😭

[@cardiffemorgan8284]

Where Jimmy Jack funk know?

[@TheHannibalTV]

Nobody's heard from him after Haku allegedly ripped out his eye shortly after this lol!

[@cardiffemorgan8284]

Lol thanks man I really enjoy all ur videos. I'm huge fan of u man. This video of Marty is my favorite ment him a couple of years ago really funny and cool dude. Do u think u can ever get the undertaker or mabye even sting ?,

[@danielkennedy3758]

Jimmy Jack Funk was fired after that. I think he did wrestle a little after that in Texas where he lived. I can't really remember. He was a boilermaker for a long time. He lives in Louisiana with his wife. He has three kids.

[@rodzor]

Someone said he lives in Portland, OR in the Construction industry.

[@dp-mo5jh]

I always preferred Marty over Shawn in the rockers. He was far more talented and relatable... just goes to show that drive wins over talent. This guy just hasn’t grown up at all.

[@wafe107]

Marty is the biggest waste of talent ever.

[@davidyu3533]

personally i wouldn't have done this interview because clearly he seems to be under the influence of something. you'll just get a certain percentage of people viewing this calling him a drunk... that's the last thing i would want.

[@TheHannibalTV]

I drove 9 hours to do this interview and many people lived it. Marty likes it and it got good hits so I don't regret doing it.

[@coreysmorgan8488]

Great Interview like always, Hannibal. That guy dont know what he is talking about

[@DCRACKA]

This is a great interview!