1. Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett was born on July 14,1967 and is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter.
114 Facts About Jeff Jarrett
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Jeff Jarrett is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he both wrestles and serves as Director of Business Development.
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Jeff Jarrett is the founder of the revived Acclaim Entertainment.
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Jeff Jarrett departed WWE once more in August 2022, making his debut with AEW that November.
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Jeff Jarrett was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame in 2015 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett was born on July 14,1967, in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
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Jeff Jarrett comes from a family with deep ties to the professional wrestling industry.
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Jeff Jarrett's father, Jerry Jarrett, was a prominent wrestler and promoter, best known for his work in the Southern United States.
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Jeff Jarrett's maternal grandfather, Eddie Marlin, was a professional wrestler, and his paternal grandmother, Christine Jeff Jarrett, worked for longtime Nashville promoters Nick Gulas and Roy Welch, making him a third-generation member of the wrestling business.
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Jeff Jarrett attended Goodpasture Christian School in Madison, Tennessee, where he participated in athletics, including basketball.
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Jeff Jarrett made his professional wrestling debut on April 6,1986, at the age of 18.
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Jeff Jarrett received his in-ring training from his father, Jerry Jeff Jarrett, and longtime Tennessee-area wrestler and trainer Tojo Yamamoto.
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In 1989, Jerry Jeff Jarrett purchased the Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling and merged it with the CWA to form the United States Wrestling Association, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Jeff Jarrett became one of the promotion's top stars, capturing the USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship ten times and the USWA World Tag Team Championship fifteen times with a variety of partners.
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Jeff Jarrett competed in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council, as well as on the broader independent circuit.
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Jeff Jarrett made his first appearance with the World Wrestling Federation on August 9,1992, during a live event at the Memphis Pyramid.
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Jeff Jarrett made his televised return on October 23,1993, on WWF Superstars of Wrestling as a heel under the gimmick of "Double J" Jeff Jarrett, a country music singer who intended to elevate his singing career through his exposure as a wrestler.
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Jeff Jarrett ended his interviews by distinctly spelling out his name.
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Jeff Jarrett made his pay-per-view debut in January 1994 at the Royal Rumble, entering the Royal Rumble match as the 12th participant and was eliminated less than 90 seconds later by Randy Savage.
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Also at the Royal Rumble, Jeff Jarrett participated in attacking The Undertaker and forcing him into the casket, an incident that would be a focal point in Undertaker's rematch later that year.
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Jeff Jarrett was scheduled to wrestle in a five vs five tag match at WrestleMania X, but the match did not take place due to time constraints.
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Jeff Jarrett's team lost when all the members of the team including himself were counted out.
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Later during the event, Jeff Jarrett tried to illegally attack The Undertaker, but this time was stopped by Chuck Norris.
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At the 1995 Royal Rumble in Tampa, Florida, Jeff Jarrett defeated Razor Ramon to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship thanks to interference by his assistant, The Roadie.
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Razor Ramon received a rematch at WrestleMania XI which Jeff Jarrett lost by disqualification, but retained the Intercontinental Championship.
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At In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks on July 23,1995, Jeff Jarrett performed the song "With My Baby Tonight".
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Later that evening, Jeff Jarrett lost the Intercontinental Championship to Shawn Michaels.
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Jeff Jarrett returned to the WWF at In Your House 5 on December 17,1995, feuding with Ahmed Johnson.
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Jeff Jarrett lost to Johnson by disqualification at the 1996 Royal Rumble and left the WWF shortly thereafter due to a contract dispute.
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Later that year, The Roadie revealed that he had in fact sung "With My Baby Tonight" and that Jeff Jarrett had been lip synching.
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Jeff Jarrett dropped the title back to Lawler in August and left the USWA before the promotion folded in November 1997.
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In October 1996, Jeff Jarrett was hired by World Championship Wrestling, signing a one-year contract.
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On June 9,1997, Jeff Jarrett defeated Dean Malenko to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.
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In mid-1997, Jeff Jarrett was kicked out of the Four Horsemen and began feuding with Horsemen member Steve McMichael.
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Jeff Jarrett returned to the WWF on the October 20,1997, episode of Raw is War, delivering a worked shoot speech in which he criticized both WCW President Eric Bischoff and WWF Chairman Vince McMahon.
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In early 1998, Jeff Jarrett joined forces with Jim Cornette and his stable of "invading" National Wrestling Alliance wrestlers, and began defending the North American Heavyweight Championship on WWF television.
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Jeff Jarrett went on to reprise his country music singer gimmick on the March 2,1998, edition of Monday Night Raw, introducing Tennessee Lee as his new manager.
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At Unforgiven: In Your House on April 26,1998, Jeff Jarrett sang alongside Sawyer Brown with their hit single, "Some Girls Do".
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Jeff Jarrett briefly feuded with Al Snow before reuniting with Debra, who had left WCW for the WWF, and forming a tag team with Owen Hart.
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Hart and Jeff Jarrett were close friends and travel partners for years, so the team jelled almost immediately.
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Eight days after Hart died in a stunt that went wrong at Over the Edge, Jeff Jarrett defeated The Godfather, who Owen was scheduled to face at the pay-per-view, for the Intercontinental Championship.
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In mid-1999, Jeff Jarrett exchanged the Intercontinental Championship with Edge and D'Lo Brown on two more occasions.
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Jeff Jarrett held the record until Chris Jericho's seventh reign in 2004.
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At SummerSlam, Jeff Jarrett challenged D'Lo Brown for both the WWF European Championship and WWF Intercontinental Championships, with Debra accompanying Brown to the ring following an argument with Jeff Jarrett.
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In late 1999, Jeff Jarrett began feuding with Chyna over the Intercontinental Championship.
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Jeff Jarrett eventually abandoned Debra in favor of Miss Kitty after he and Debra were defeated by Stephanie McMahon and Test in a mixed tag team match.
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Jeff Jarrett later turned on Miss Kitty after she lost a match that Jarrett had inserted her into in his place.
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Jeff Jarrett left the WWF in October 1999, right after WWF head writer Vince Russo resigned from the WWF in order to join WCW.
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Jeff Jarrett's contract expired on October 16,1999, one day before his scheduled match with Chyna at No Mercy.
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Jeff Jarrett wrestled at No Mercy nonetheless, losing the Intercontinental Championship to Chyna.
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In 2006, Jeff Jarrett asserted that he had been paid only what he was owed by the WWF.
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Jeff Jarrett returned to WCW on the October 18,1999, episode of WCW Monday Nitro, attacking Buff Bagwell and proclaiming himself the "Chosen One" of WCW.
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Jeff Jarrett took part in a tournament for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship, winning his first three matches with the assistance of Creative Control.
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Jeff Jarrett was stripped of the United States Heavyweight Championship after suffering a concussion during his bout with Snuka, but the title was returned to him by Nash after he became WCW Commissioner.
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Jeff Jarrett hit Page with the championship belt while special referee Kimberly Page's back was turned; WCW official Mickie Jay counted Bischoff out while Jeff Jarrett had Page pinned, who kicked out.
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Russo then stated that, while Hogan was free to keep the title belt he had just won, Jeff Jarrett would wrestle Booker T for the official WCW World Heavyweight Championship later that night.
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Jeff Jarrett won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship, but was later stripped of the title.
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Jeff Jarrett returned to the WWA during his first NWA World Heavyweight Championship reign; he defeated Sting for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship at the last WWA event on May 25,2003, unifying the two titles.
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At TNA's debut pay-per-view, Jeff Jarrett competed in a Gauntlet for the Gold match to determine the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion, but was eliminated by guest entrant Toby Keith.
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Jeff Jarrett regained the championship on October 22,2003, turning heel in the process.
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Jeff Jarrett retaliated by interfering in a subsequent title match, helping Ron Killings defeat Styles.
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On June 2,2004, Jeff Jarrett won his third NWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Killings, Styles, Raven, and Harris in TNA's inaugural King of the Mountain match.
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In early 2005, Jeff Jarrett formed the heel stable Planet Jeff Jarrett, which included Monty Brown, Kip James, and later Rhino.
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Jeff Jarrett captured the title for a fourth time on September 15,2005, defeating Raven at a Border City Wrestling event.
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Jeff Jarrett retained the title against Sting at Hard Justice, aided by a heel turn from Cage, who struck Sting with Jarrett's guitar.
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At Bound for Glory IV, Jeff Jarrett defeated Angle in a singles match with Mick Foley as the special enforcer.
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Shortly after Slammiversary, Jeff Jarrett disappeared from TNA programming.
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When he returned, Jarrett feuded with Hulk Hogan, who told Jeff he had to earn his spot in TNA.
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Jeff Jarrett then attacked Angle, when he was being restrained by TNA's security officers.
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However, on the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Jeff Jarrett challenged Angle to a Parking Lot Brawl and agreed to sign a contract that would force him to move to Mexico without Angle's children; Angle ended up winning the fight after choking Jeff Jarrett with a shirt, forcing him to say "adios", thus ending the long feud in the process.
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At Golpe de Estado, Jeff Jarrett defeated Shane Sewell to retain the NWA title and help the heels gain an advantage in the series.
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However, his reign was short, being stripped on the same event and at the time the title change was unrecognized by the NWA, with Jeff Jarrett returning to TNA with the belt.
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Post-match, Jeff Jarrett took part in the reformation of La Sociedad.
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On March 16,2014, at Rey de Reyes, Jeff Jarrett represented La Sociedad in a six-man tag team match, where he, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.
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Jeff Jarrett made his in-ring debut for the promotion on October 28,2015, defeating Nathan Cruz as part of the GFW UK Invasion tour.
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On June 21,2014, it was announced GFW had inked a working agreement with New Japan Pro-Wrestling On August 10, Jeff Jarrett made an appearance for NJPW to officially sign the agreement.
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Jeff Jarrett managed the IWGP Champion AJ Styles at King of Pro-Wrestling, Power Struggle, and wrestled a six man tag team match at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome, where he and his Bullet Club stablemates Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi were defeated by Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma.
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Jeff Jarrett vacated the title when he was appointed Impact Wrestling's new authority figure.
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On February 19,2018, WWE announced that Jeff Jarrett would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, Jeff Jarrett was inducted on April 6, by his long-time friend Road Dogg.
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In January 2019, Jeff Jarrett was hired by WWE as a backstage producer.
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Jeff Jarrett appeared as a surprise second entrant in the Royal Rumble match, where he was eliminated by Elias, defeating him in Jarrett's first singles match in 19 years the following night on Raw.
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In March 2019, it was reported that Jeff Jarrett was promoted to a full-time member of the creative team.
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On July 30,2021, it was reported that Jeff Jarrett had quietly departed from WWE in January.
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In May 2022, Jeff Jarrett rejoined WWE, as the promotion's Senior Vice President of Live Events.
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At SummerSlam in July 2022, Jeff Jarrett served as a special guest referee for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match between the Usos and the Street Profits.
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Jeff Jarrett departed WWE in August 2022 and was replaced by Road Dogg.
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On January 1,2022, Jeff Jarrett made a surprise appearance for Game Changer Wrestling at the promotion's Die 4 This event, hitting Effy with his trademark guitar shot, debuting a new persona in the process.
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Jeff Jarrett's attacks set up a match with Effy at the promotion's The Wrld on GCW pay-per-view, which Jeff Jarrett won.
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Jeff Jarrett was named an ambassador on February 11,2022, for the National Wrestling Alliance's Crockett Cup event, which took place on March 19 and 20,2022.
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Jeff Jarrett was later announced as the special guest referee for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match between Matt Cardona and Nick Aldis.
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On November 2,2022, Jeff Jarrett made his debut for All Elite Wrestling on Dynamite, making his first televised wrestling appearance on TBS in over 21 years since the final episode of WCW Thunder on March 21,2001.
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Jeff Jarrett aligned himself with Heat after attacking Darby Allin.
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Jeff Jarrett would go on to declare war on the entire AEW roster and fan base.
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Two days later at the Battle of the Belts V event, Lethal and Jeff Jarrett had a rematch with The Acclaimed in a No Holds Barred tag team match, which they were unsuccessful.
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Jeff Jarrett was eliminated in the tournament in the first round by the wildcard particpant "Hangman" Adam Page.
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In 2009, it was reported that Jeff Jarrett had lost all of his backstage power in TNA and would work only as a wrestler.
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Jeff Jarrett remained an investor in TNA Wrestling after his resignation came in effect on January 6,2014.
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In 2011, Jeff Jarrett was part of a TV Pilot called All Wheels Wrestling, a pro wrestling show with motorsports theme which was pitched to Speed Chanel.
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When Jeff Jarrett left TNA, he announced intentions to create a new promotion.
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Jeff Jarrett revealed the promotion's name, Global Force Wrestling, on April 7,2014.
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Since the founding of GFW, Jeff Jarrett has represented the organization at TNA, NJPW, and other companies' events.
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Since the announcement, Jeff Jarrett has been active in the Springfield area promoting the team, which marked its 14th season in 2022 and the first season since its rebrand.
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On March 4,2025, Jeff Jarrett is among the investors of the revived Acclaim Entertainment, a video game publisher that originally existed from 1987 to 2004.
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In 1993, Jarrett had a small cameo role in the Michael J Fox movie Life With Mikey, appearing alongside Jerry Lawler as a wrestler named "Evil Eye".
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In 2005, Jeff Jarrett made a guest appearance on the comedy show Blue Collar TV.
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In 2018, Jeff Jarrett appeared in the music video "Dr Dare Rides Again" for the pop punk band Send Request.
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In May 2021, Jarrett along with co-host Conrad Thompson began the podcast My World with Jeff Jarrett discussing a wide variety of subjects from Jarrett's professional wrestling career.
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Jeff Jarrett married his "high school sweetheart" Jill Gregory on November 14,1992, with whom he had three daughters.
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In 2009, it was reported that Jeff Jarrett was romantically linked to Karen Angle.
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In 2009, Jeff Jarrett returned to TNA, using the real-life situation briefly as a storyline.
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On October 25,2017, Jeff Jarrett entered an in-patient rehabilitation facility.
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Days earlier Real Canadian Wrestling promoter Steven Ewaschuk had claimed that Jeff Jarrett had shown up to their event late and intoxicated, and then continued drinking until passing out in their locker room prior to his match.
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Jeff Jarrett went on to wrestle the first of his two scheduled matches, but boarded a plane home before the second event.