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* UnrelatedBrothers: To his trainers Ted and Jerry Oates, as Marty Oates.

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* ArchEnemy: Well, Shawn, of course. Also, in the AWA, The Midnight Rockers had a big feud with Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose and "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers.

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Well, Shawn, of course. Marty never forgave Shawn for the dissolution of the Rockers, and even briefly won the Intercontinental Title from him in an act of revenge.
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* ButtMonkey: Naming the least successful person of a Tag Team after they break up as "The Jannetty".

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Born Frederick Marty Jannetty on February 3, 1960, Marty Jannetty is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er who is, [[NeverLiveItDown unfortunately]], best known as the former {{Trope Namer|s}} for BreakupBreakout, which was originally called The Jannetty. He debuted in 1984 and worked for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. His most famous work was him teaming with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as The Midnight Rockers, later renamed The Rockers in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. That ended when Shawn infamously threw Marty through the window of the set of [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake]]'s [[TalkShowWithFists "The Barber Shop"]] on the January 12, 1992 (taped December 3, 1991) ''WWF Wrestling Challenge''. He would drift in and out of WWE every few years, starting in 1993. He also appeared for Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and numerous independent promotions.

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Born Frederick Marty Jannetty on February 3, 1960, Marty Jannetty is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er who whose name is, [[NeverLiveItDown unfortunately]], best known as a byword for a wrestler who's left behind by a BreakupBreakout (and even the former [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former]] {{Trope Namer|s}} for BreakupBreakout, which was originally called The Jannetty.Breakup Breakout itself). He debuted in 1984 and worked for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. His most famous work was him teaming with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as The Midnight Rockers, later renamed The Rockers in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. That ended when Shawn infamously threw Marty through the window of the set of [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake]]'s [[TalkShowWithFists "The Barber Shop"]] on the January 12, 1992 (taped December 3, 1991) ''WWF Wrestling Challenge''. He would drift in and out of WWE every few years, starting in 1993. He also appeared for Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and numerous independent promotions.
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* RingOldies: In his 50s and still wrestling, and he's not half bad.

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* RingOldies: In his 50s Now 60 and still wrestling, and he's not half bad.
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[[caption-width-right:266:As [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]]]]

Born Frederick Marty Jannetty on February 3, 1960, Marty Jannetty is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who is, [[NeverLiveItDown unfortunately]], best known as the former {{Trope Namer|s}} for BreakupBreakout, which was originally called The Jannetty. He debuted in 1984 and worked for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. His most famous work was him teaming with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as The Midnight Rockers, later renamed The Rockers in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. That ended when Shawn infamously threw Marty through the window of the set of [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake]]'s [[TalkShowWithFists "The Barber Shop"]] on the January 12, 1992 (taped December 3, 1991) ''WWF Wrestling Challenge''. He would drift in and out of WWE every few years, starting in 1993. He also appeared for Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and numerous independent promotions.


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Born Frederick Marty Jannetty on February 3, 1960, Marty Jannetty is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er {{professional wrestl|ing}}er who is, [[NeverLiveItDown unfortunately]], best known as the former {{Trope Namer|s}} for BreakupBreakout, which was originally called The Jannetty. He debuted in 1984 and worked for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. His most famous work was him teaming with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as The Midnight Rockers, later renamed The Rockers in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. That ended when Shawn infamously threw Marty through the window of the set of [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake]]'s [[TalkShowWithFists "The Barber Shop"]] on the January 12, 1992 (taped December 3, 1991) ''WWF Wrestling Challenge''. He would drift in and out of WWE every few years, starting in 1993. He also appeared for Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and numerous independent promotions.

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* ButtMonkey: Naming the least successful person of a Tag Team after they break up as [[PersonAsVerb the Jannetty]].

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* TheatricsOfPain: Being a former tag partner of Shawn Michaels in a team modeled on Wrestling/TheRockNRollExpress, it's no surprise he was really good at this.
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* ArchEnemy: Well, Shawn, of course. Also, in the AWA, The Midnight Rockers had a big feud with Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose and "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers.

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* DavidVersusGoliath: Played straight when The Rockers defeated [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] and Wrestling/TheBarbarian at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} VII'' in 1991. Inverted two years earlier at ''[=WrestleMania V=]'' when they lost to The Twin Towers ([[Wrestling/BigBossman The Big Bossman]] and [[Wrestling/TheOneManGang Akeem]]).



* RingOldies: Pushing 50 and still wrestling, and he's not half bad.

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Born Frederick Marty Jannetty on February 3, 1960, Marty Jannetty is an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er who is, [[NeverLiveItDown unfortunately]], best known as the former {{Trope Namer|s}} for BreakupBreakout, which was originally called The Jannetty. He debuted in 1984 and worked for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation. His most famous work was him teaming with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels as The Midnight Rockers, later renamed The Rockers in Wrestling/{{WWE}}. That ended when Shawn infamously threw Marty through the window of the set of [[Wrestling/BrutusBeefcake Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake]]'s [[TalkShowWithFists "The Barber Shop"]] on the January 12, 1992 (taped December 3, 1991) ''WWF Wrestling Challenge''. He would drift in and out of WWE every few years, starting in 1993. He also appeared for Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and numerous independent promotions.


Along with his IC Title reign, he and [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman The 1-2-3 Kid]] held the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]], he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-h.html NWA Central States Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-tv.html NWA Central States Television Champion]], a former 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/centralstates/nwa/cs-t.html NWA Central States Tag Team Champion]] (2x w[=/=]Tommy Rogers as The Uptown Boys, 1x w[=/=]Bob Brown and 1x w[=/=]Shawn as The Midnight Rockers), he and Shawn were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html AWA Southern (Memphis) Tag Team Champions]] and they were 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champions]].














!!! "Rocker Troper":
* TheBusCameBack: Every year and a half or so after WCW folded. He's usually on the wrong end of a match involving someone with a grudge against Shawn Michaels or a young superstar with a push or winning streak.
* ButtMonkey: Naming the least successful person of a Tag Team after they break up as [[PersonAsVerb the Jannetty]].
* FinishingMove: Rocker Dropper, which he later renamed The Showstopper in WCW as a TakeThat to Shawn, who used that as one of his {{Red Baron}}s.
* RingOldies: Pushing 50 and still wrestling, and he's not half bad.
* TagTeam:
** The Uptown Boys, with Tommy Rogers
** The Rockers (with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels)
***The New Rockers (with [[Wrestling/AlSnow Leif Cassidy]])
* UnrelatedBrothers: To his trainers Ted and Jerry Oates, as Marty Oates.

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