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Jeffrey Leonard (Jeff) Jarrett (born April 14 1967, in Knoxville, Tennessee), is an American professional wrestler. He is currently a part-owner of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Career

Jeff Jarrett has wrestled for various organizations including the WWF (he is a former six-time Intercontinental Champion, and one-time Tag Team Champion), and while it existed, WCW (he is a four-time WCW World Champion and two-time U.S. Champion). He currently wrestles for the company he co-owns with his father, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is a five-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He made his wrestling debut as a referee working for his father in the now-defunct USWA. It wasn't long, however, before he was making his own in-ring debut. Jeff's feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler got him noticed by Vince McMahon and he was signed by the WWF.

World Wrestling Federation (1993-1996)

When he made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation Jarrett was portrayed as a country singer wanna-be, allying himself with Brian Armstrong (best known as D-Generation X member "Road Dogg Jesse James"), then simply known as Jarrett's roadie. He managed to win the WWF Intercontinental Title on three separate occasions. These reigns were traded back and forth with Razor Ramon and once with Bob Holly. Jarrett sang "With My Baby Tonight" live at In Your House II, however this led to controversy between the WWF and Jarrett as the planned plot was Jarrett was just lip synching for the Roadie. This was one of the reasons for Jarrett leaving the WWF as he believed it would make him lose his heat. He also lost the Intercontinental Title to Shawn Michaels in a classic bout in the same night. After a several month absence, he returned briefly to feud with Ahmed Johnson which culminated in a match at the 1996 Royal Rumble, which Johnson won by disqualification. He then disappeared from WWF television and jumped ship to work for Eric Bischoff at WCW, Vince's closest competition.

World Championship Wrestling (1996-1997)

After his arrival in World Championship Wrestling, Jarrett quickly aligned himself with the Four Horsemen to fight the nWo faction. While in WCW, Jarrett held the United States Championship twice. He left WCW disgruntled by not being in the main event.

World Wrestling Federation (1997-1999)

He returned to the WWF, eventually reprising his old country music star gimmick and being managed by Tennessee Lee. Still not receiving fan reaction, he cast off the country music gimmick and his manager. During the 1998 Summerslam, Jeff Jarrett lost to X-Pac in a "cut your hair match." After having his head shaven, his gimmick was then repackaged. He aligned himself with the tag team Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight - dubbed "Southern Justice" (formerly known as The Godwinns).

He was portrayed as somewhat of a misogynist with the catch-phrase "Don't piss me off!", and hired Debra as his manager. He would also align himself with his friend, the late Owen Hart, with whom he won the Tag Team Championship. Though his gimmick had changed, Jarrett kept his trademark of smashing an opponent's head in with an acoustic guitar. When Owen Hart died, he won a match with the Sharpshooter, Owen's finisher, at the RAW is Owen tribute show. Owen was originally supposed to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship at WWF Over the Edge the night he died, and WWE booked Jarrett to win it instead a week later on RAW.

Later on, Jarrett feuded with Chyna before going back to WCW. He apparently quit after then-champion Stone Cold Steve Austin allegedly vetoed the proposed plan to bring Jarrett to the main event. Apparently, when Jarrett first returned to the WWF, he made a shoot comment on RAW which he stated that Austin's "Austin 3:16..." catchphrase was blasphemous. This did not sit well with Austin and he was said to refuse to work with Jarrett henceforth. There is also an incident between the two going back to Austin's early days which may have helped start the tension. According to industry insiders, Austin never forgot an incident that happened when he broke into the business and worked shows for Jeff's father, Jerry Jarrett. The story goes that Austin was sitting in the locker room after a show looking at his paycheck, which he felt was very small, and Jeff made a sarcastic comment along the lines of "it's not going to get any bigger by staring at it".

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Athletes - Jeff Jarrett

Career

World Wrestling Federation (1993-1996)

World Championship Wrestling (1996-1997)

World Wrestling Federation (1997-1999)

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