Jeff Jarrett shared his views and thoughts on the changes he has seen throughout his career in the wrestling world.
During a recent interview on The Mark Hoke Show, Jeff Jarrett shared his views and thoughts on the changes he has seen throughout his career in the wrestling world. Jeff said before we had to initiate the conversation and paid a hefty amount of money to famous celebs all around the world. But now people come asking for an event to promote themselves.
“We used to strive to get into the pop culture conversation. Those days are way in our rearview. We are pop culture. There’s just no doubt about it. In [AEW’s] short history, we’ve had Shaq wrestle. We’ve had Mike Tyson in the ring. I mean, Paul Walter Hauser, I give him a hard time, Golden Globe winner. I cracked him over the head with his guitar. It was a hell of a shot. It was a great shot, he felt that one. You just think about all the athletes, the actors, and the people that want to be a part of it.”
Jeff on Bad Bunny, came begging to be featured in an event even when he is quite famous in his industry. Yet he knew the exposure he can get inside the Wrestling ring can make a big impact on his career outside.
“I know I’m talking a little bit about the competition, but I’d say Bad Bunny is pretty successful in his world. He came begging our industry, it wasn’t reversed. You just kind of think back to WrestleMania 1, the celebrities that were paid big money to do cameos because of creating an aura. Now the tide has turned. Folks are coming to us. They come to us every day in AEW. So, it’s really cool to see where the business is at from a third-generation guy,” Jarrett said.
“Man, if my grandmother could just see what’s going on now. My dad (Jerry Jarrett) got to see so much of it and hear all of it, the numbers. You share with him gross revenue on this event or that event, it’s just completely foreign to him and his heyday of running promotions. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger.” (h/t WrestleZone)
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