Jarrett waited until November of 2002 to put the belt on himself. Reason being is that at the time the company was just getting off the ground, and the choices for a champion were pretty rough. You had Shamrock, whom they thought would be good but had no real charisma/fan interaction. Scott "Alka" Hall would be too much of a risk. No way in hell was Brian Christopher getting a World Title, and Ron Killings was still on his way up the card. When Killings took off, they capitalized and put the belt on him, THEN Jarrett got the belt. In the meantime, the man feuded with A COUNTRY SINGER AND NASCAR DRIVER, taking bumps for them and everything. Granted, his strong booking of himself these days is not what I look forward to, but give Jarrett the credit that he did not make himself out to be the franchise of this promotion right off the bat.