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Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett (born July 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler and promoter.
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 1992. 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 known as Impact 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 TNA. 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 2022.
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), WWA World Heavyweight Championship (twice), USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (three 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.
| Professional wrestling career | |
|---|---|
| Jeff Jarrett | |
Jarrett in June 2015 | |
| Birth name | Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett[1] |
| Born | July 14, 1967 (age 55)[2][1] Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States[3] |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | 3 |
| Family | Jerry Jarrett (father) Eddie Marlin (grandfather) |
| 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, United States[4] |
| Trained by | Tojo Yamamoto[3] |
| Debut | April 6, 1986 |
Championships and accomplishments
In TNA, Jarrett was a six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
Jarrett was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April 2018
- American Wrestling Association
- Rookie of the Year (1986)
- European Wrestling Promotion
- EWP World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[157]
- Lucha Libre AAA World Wide
- Continental Wrestling Association
- CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[158]
- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Billy Travis (3) and Pat Tanaka (1)[159][160]
- CWA/AWA International Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Pat Tanaka (1) and Paul Diamond (1)[161][162]
- NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (5 times)[163][164]
- NWA Cyberspace
- NWA Total Nonstop Action / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)[166]
- TNA King of the Mountain Championship (1 time)[113]
- Gauntlet for the Gold (2004 – Heavyweight)[167]
- King of the Mountain (2004, 2006, 2015)
- TNA Hall of Fame (2015)[168]
- TNA Year End Awards(1 time)
- Memorable Moment of the Year (2003) Jeff Jarrett attacks Hulk Hogan in Japan
- Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
- PCW United States Championship (1 time)[169]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Feud of the Year (1992)[170] with Jerry Lawler vs. The Moondogs
- Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year[171] (2007)
- Ranked No. 5 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2000[172]
- Ranked No. 141 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003[173]
- Ranked No. 78 of the Top 100 tag teams of the PWI Years with Jerry Lawler in 2003[174]
- River City Wrestling
- RCW Championship (1 time)[175]
- United States Wrestling Association
- USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time[176])[177]
- USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (9 times)[178]
- USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)[179]
- USWA World Tag Team Championship (14 times) – with Matt Borne (2), Jeff Gaylord (2), Cody Michaels (1), Jerry Lawler (4), Robert Fuller (3), and Brian Christopher (2)[180][177]
- USA Championship Wrestling
- USA North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[181]
- Vendetta Pro Wrestling
- World Championship Wrestling
- World Class Wrestling Association
- WCWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[191][192]
- WCWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Kerry Von Erich (1), Mil Máscaras (1), and Matt Borne (1)[193][194]
- World Wrestling Federation / WWE
- World Series Wrestling
- WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[205]
- World Wrestling All-Stars
- WrestleCade
- WrestleCade Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[206]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Feud of the Year (1992) with Jerry Lawler vs. The Moondogs
- Most Overrated Wrestler (2005)
- Other championships
- Memphis Grizzlies Wrestling Championship (1 time)[207]
2 Wins the title while working for the World Wrestling Federation as part of an angle with the National Wrestling Alliance.
3 Upon winning the title for the second time, Jarrett instantly unified it with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
