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Originally Posted by Dave Youell
9.5
You know Jake isn't the only wrestler in the world to have a drug problem, I think it's unfair to mark him down because of it, we are basising this on how he was as a performer, not how he was on a wrestling documentary film.
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And when the others have a drug problem that affects their performance too, well then they will get the appropriate rating.
Look, I'm not bashing him; he is one of my all time favorites, top five for sure. However, I'm going to rate him objectively, and not according to how I personally feel.
He was one of the best ring psychologists EVER. To me, how he was as a performer might have been rated higher if he could have kept his shit together and therefore perhaps accomplished more. His crack addiction cost him the ability to capitilize on opportunities that would have helped to justify the 9.5 I would have given him otherwise. Its not like 8 is terrible. It still puts him in the same league with really good guys.