Jarrett is a third-generation wrestler who has had over 80 championship reigns in companies like NWA, WCW, WWA, USWA and AAA.
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Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967, Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States) is an American professional wrestler, wrestling promoter, podcaster, actor, and businessman who is known by his in-ring name Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett came into the spotlight when he made his debut with a country music star gimmick in the WWE in 1992. Over the next nine years, he moved between WWE and WCW. After WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon in 2001, Jarrett joined World Wrestling All-Stars. In 2002, Jarrett and his father together founded NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA) (now known as Impact Wrestling). After departing the promotion in 2014, Jarrett founded another new promotion, Global Force Wrestling (GFW).
Jarrett wanted to become a basketball player when he was in high school, but he worked for his father Jerry Jarrett’s Continental Wrestling Association as a referee in March 1986 and trained as a wrestler under his father and Tojo Yamamoto. Jarrett made his in-ring debut at the age of 18 against Tony Falk. Jarrett is a third-generation wrestler and promoter who has had over 80 championship reigns throughout his career, among them the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (six times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (four times), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (two times), USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (three times), and AAA Mega Championship (two times). He was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2015 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.
| Name | Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett |
| DOB | 14 July 1967, 54 years |
| Height | 183 cm |
| Weight | 104 kg |
| Occupation | Wrestler, Promoter, Podcaster, Actor, Businessman |
| Professional Debut | 1986 |
| Wife | Karen Jarrett |
| Professional Name | Jeff Jarrett |
Jeff Jarrett made his debut in the WWE on August 9, 1992, when he took part in a cross-promotional feud between WWE and USWA. After defeating Kamala by disqualification that night, Bret Hart accepted Jarrett’s challenge for a match the next time that they came to Memphis. At a taping in Louisville, Kentucky, Jarrett scored the biggest victory of his still young WWE career by defeating Rick Martel. However, the scheduled match between Bret Hart and Jarrett on October 31 in Memphis was cancelled due to poor weather. Eventually, Jarrett would go on to lose many house show matches with Bret Hart starting in early December 1993, then again in early January 1994, but not in his hometown of Memphis.
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Jarrett won the Intercontinental Championship when he defeated Razor Ramon at the Royal Rumble in 1995. He then challenged Diesel for the World Heavyweight Championship in an effort to become a dual champion but he lost. Razor Ramon received a rematch at WrestleMania XI which Jarrett lost by disqualification but retained the Intercontinental Championship. Jarrett was then joined by The Roadie, with the duo losing to Razor Ramon in a handicap match at In Your House 1. On April 26, 1995, the Intercontinental Championship was declared vacant after a controversial ending to a match between Jarrett and Bob Holly. They had a rematch later that evening where Jarrett reclaimed the title. On May 19, Razor Ramon regained the title from Jarrett in Montreal, Quebec, but Jarrett won it back two nights later, making him a three-time Intercontinental Champion.
Jarrett once again took on his country music singer gimmick in 1998 and introduced Tennessee Lee as his new manager. Jarrett and Southern Justice then began feuding with D-Generation X, with Jarrett losing to D-X member X-Pac in a hair vs. hair match at SummerSlam. Jarrett’s long hair was subsequently cut short by D-X and Howard Finkel, who had himself been shaved bald by Jarrett and Southern Justice shortly before SummerSlam. Jarrett and Southern Justice were defeated by D-X at Breakdown in September, and the trio separated shortly thereafter.
WWE Intercontinental Championship (6 times)
WWE European Championship (1 time)
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Owen Hart
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)
| Movie Name | Year |
| Life with Mikey | 1993 |
| The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling | 1999 |
| Head of State | 2003 |
| Blue Collar TV | 2005 |
| Larry the Cable Guy’s Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau | 2009 |
| Rove Live | 2009 |
| Spring Breakers | 2012 |
Jeff Jarrett got engaged to Karen Jarrett on April 6, 2010, and they both got married on August 21, 2010. Karen is Kurt Angle’s ex-wife and is an American professional wrestling valet and personality. She was formerly the senior vice president of the Impact Knockouts Division. Karen was born in Greensburg Pennsylvania where she was educated through the Hempfield Area School District, graduating from Hempfield Area High School in 1990. Jeff Jarrett was previously married to Jill Gregory with whom he had three daughters. Jill died of breast cancer on May 23, 2007.
Jeff Jarrett departed the company on December 22, 2013, but remained as a minority shareholder until his temporary return on June 24, 2015, with the deal for his return including the transfer of his minority stake to Dixie Carter, making her sole shareholder.
