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#2 Marty Jannetty’s SmackDown debut – 15^th March 2005

Marty Jannetty returned to the WWE in 2005

Marty Jannetty had tremendous success in the early nineties as one-half of the Rockers alongside Shawn Michaels.

Michaels began his singles run by famously throwing Jannetty through a glass window on the sets of the ‘Barbershop’ segment (hosted by Brutus Beefcake) and went on to become one of the greatest WWE Champions of all time.

Jannetty had success as a singles wrestler as well, beating Michaels to win the Intercontinental title once.

However, dissatisfied with the lack of direction of his character, Jannetty had left the WWE in 1996. He would return to the company nine years later to hype Michaels’ Wrestlemania 21 super match with Kurt Angle.

Angle had claimed that Jannetty had taught Michaels all that Michaels knew and that he would now teach his former Rockers partner how to tap out in the ring as well, Angle would then challenge Jannetty to a singles match on the March 15 SmackDown tapings.

Angle would make good on his promise, submitting Jannetty and would go on to make Michaels tap out at ‘Mania as well.

Jannetty’s return match would be well received and he would be given a full-time contract by the WWE, only for him to be released three months later