Jerry Winston Jarrett was an American businessman, professional wrestling promoter, and professional wrestler.
22 Facts About Jerry Jarrett
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Jerry Jarrett founded the Memphis, Tennessee-based Continental Wrestling Association in 1977.
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In 2002, he co-founded NWA:TNA in Nashville with his son Jeff Jerry Jarrett, selling his controlling interest to Panda Energy International later in the same year.
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Jerry Jarrett was born to Christine "Teeny" Jerry Jarrett in Nashville on September 4,1942.
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Over time Christine Jerry Jarrett was given more responsibility by Gulas and Welch, and by the early-1970s, she was promoting shows on their behalf in Indiana and Kentucky.
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At the age of seven, Jerry Jarrett began selling programs for Gulas and Welch.
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Jerry Jarrett worked as a promoter until enrolling in Peabody College.
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Jerry Jarrett began working for Welch and Gulas as an office assistant and became a referee by default after a referee was a no-show.
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Jerry Jarrett wrestled his first match in Hayti, Missouri in 1965.
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Jerry Jarrett performed primarily for NWA Mid-America for the first few years.
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Jerry Jarrett performed for Gulas' Southeastern Championship Wrestling promotion and won the NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship in 1975.
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In 1985, Jerry Jarrett briefly wrestled under a mask as "Hawaiian Flash".
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Jerry Jarrett formally retired in 1988, although he came out of retirement in the mid-1990s to wrestle on several occasions for his United States Wrestling Association.
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In 1979, The Freebirds wanted Jerry Jarrett to allow them to play Freebird on their entrances.
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In 1984, Jerry Jarrett entered into a talent exchange with Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling promotion.
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The United States Wrestling Association began promoting shows in Tennessee and Texas in 1989, with Jerry Jarrett aspiring to make it a national promotion.
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When McMahon was found not guilty, Jerry Jarrett left to focus on the USWA.
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In 2001, Jerry Jarrett suggested the acquisition of WCW, calculating that he could return the company to profitability by aggressively cutting costs.
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Jerry Jarrett remained part of the NWA:TNA management team until departing in late-2005 over a dispute about the direction of the company.
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Jerry Jarrett became estranged from Jeff in 2005 after they had disputes about their operations while running NWA:TNA; they reconciled in 2015.
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Jerry Jarrett died of a heart attack while undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer on February 14,2023, at 80.
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Jerry Jarrett contributed to 2004's The Story of the Development of NWATNA: A New Concept in Pay-Per-View Programming and released the autobiographical The Best of Times in 2011.