Jim Ross, Jeff Jarrett, Al Snow, and Jimmy Hart Comment on Jackie Fargo’s Death

WrestlingRumors.net previously reported that NWA legend, “The Fabulous One” Jackie Fargo, has passed away at age 85 due to heart failure. In that report, we included some comments from Jerry “The King” Lawler as he remembered Fargo via Twitter on Monday. Other wrestlers and commentators such as Jim Ross, Jeff Jarrett, Al Snow, and Jimmy Hart also have released statements or memories of Fargo as well.

Jeff Jarrett said this on Twitter…

RIP Jackie Fargo… Huge influence on my career… Often imitated, but never duplicated…

— Jeff Jarrett (@JeffJarrettTNA) June 24, 2013

Al Snow also went to Twitter to express his condolences…

RIP the true King of Pro Wrestling Jackie Fargo . Jackie was an influence to generations of Pro Wrestlers .

— Al Snow (@TheRealAlSnow) June 24, 2013

Jimmy Hart had a statement released by Sal Corrente via his Facebook page: “I just got off the phone with Jimmy Hart as many of you know he doesn’t use a computer. He asked that I post this statement for him.”

From the Desk of Jimmy Hart

                  Championship belts are won and lost but legends live forever. Jackie Fargo will always be my champion.

                  The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart

Jim Ross also commented on Fargo’s death with a new blog post over at JRsBarBQ.com. Here’s what he had to say about “The Fabulous One,”…

“RIP Jackie Fargo who was arguably the biggest star ever in the Memphis area for years and was the inspirational mentor of my friend Jerry Lawler. Fargo took King under Jackie’s wing and helped start Jerry’s legendary, HOF career. Without question, Jackie Fargo was the most influential person in the storied career of Jerry Lawler. I’ve heard a litany of Fargo stories via riding with the King for all the years that we were broadcast partners so I felt like I almost knew the innovator and ‘King of the Strut.’

Fargo was not an imposing athlete but was naturally charismatic, believeable and had the ability to verbally and physically connect with his fan base aka customers/ticket buyers. Those skills, some actually unteachable, are the same, exact skills one must have to be successful in the biz today. The fundamentals of crowd psychology haven’t changed and likely never will to any significant degree.

Jackie Fargo was a master crowd psychologist and gave viable meaning to the term “less is more” when it came to in ring execution. Everything that he did had meaning and Fargo told such a viable, believeable story that every fan in the arena knew what Fargo was doing and why, all the while being able to process the story that he was telling and emotionally invest in it.”

 

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