Jeff Jarrett | |
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Birth name | Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett[1] |
Born | [2][1] Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.[3] | July 14, 1967
Spouse(s) |
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Children | 3 |
Family | Jerry Jarrett (father) Eddie Marlin (grandfather) |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Blue Blazer[1] Jeff Jarrett[4] |
Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[4] |
Billed weight | 230 lb (104 kg)[4] |
Billed from | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[4] |
Trained by | Tojo Yamamoto[3] |
Debut | April 6, 1986[3] |
Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he also serves as Director of Business Development.
Beginning his career in his father Jerry Jarrett's Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) in 1986, Jarrett first came to prominence upon debuting with a country music star gimmick in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1993. Over the next nine years, he alternated between the WWF and its main competitor, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After WCW was purchased by the WWF in 2001, Jarrett joined the upstart World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) promotion. In 2002, Jarrett and his father together founded NWA: Total Nonstop Action (NWA-TNA now Total Nonstop Action Wrestling). After departing the promotion in 2014, Jarrett founded another new promotion, Global Force Wrestling (GFW). After a failed merger of TNA and GFW, he cut ties with Impact. Jarrett then wrestled in Mexico for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide before returning to WWE in January 2019 as an on-screen talent and producer. He departed WWE once more in August 2022, making his debut with AEW that November.
A third-generation wrestler, Jarrett has had over 80 championship reigns throughout his career, among them the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (six times), WCW World Heavyweight Championship (four times), and AAA Mega Championship (twice). He was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2015 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.
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