Jeff Jarrett is excited about the future of AEW and the next chapter of his career.
On Wednesday, November 2, Jeff Jarrett arrived at All Elite Wrestling, smashing a guitar over the head of Darby Allin and letting him know that Sting had become his ultimate weakness. Later on that night, it was revealed that Jeff Jarrett is now the Director of Business Development behind the camera for AEW and once again, a new journey begins for the third-generation wrestling personality.
Speaking on the latest episode of his podcast, My World, the WWE Hall of Famer spoke about his excitement for the upcoming opportunities and detailed just how nervous he was before making his on-camera debut in AEW.
"In the different little footnotes of Double J's career, I may be — and we've talked about this, I may be the last hire of VKM. That may, or may not be true. but from that point to now, there was a lot of soul-searching, a lot of thought processing, and I can tell you today, I don't know if I'm more excited about the behind-the-scenes work, the executive work, or the in-ring stuff," said Jeff Jarrett. "Karen texted me on Wednesday, about 1:00-1:30 PM, and said, 'What are you doing?' I said, 'I said, I feel like I'm a 19-year-old rookie pacing around WMC TV studios. I'm nervous. I'm nervous about tonight. I'm thinking things through and I want them to go right.' So that's kind of one of the messages I want to throw out there, folks. I've been doing it a long time, but I was as nervous as could be. When the lights were restored in the ring, it was a surreal moment. I had a little Fresh coat of paint oh, a little red and black guitar. It was really cool. I got a good crack at ol' Darby. All the faces that I saw backstage, I mean, we can make that a whole podcast. I am super grateful. I'm excited. I'm ready to dig in, in all kinds of ways."
Furthermore, Jeff Jarrett says that his father, Jerry Jarrett reached out to him. Jeff, after many decades in the industry, says he loves the business more today than he ever has.
"I love it. I love the business more today than ever. I can honestly sit here and say this," Jeff added. "I love it more today than I ever have. There are new horizons and new frontiers. Man the rabid AEW fanbase is so vocal online and opinionated and everything that goes with it. I love that because you get a response, one where there's no real gray area. So, you know, the analytics and measuring the YouTube and the interest in this and that, kind of looking at the landscape both domestically and internationally. A lot of fun. I'm pumped. I'm super pumped."
Jeff Jarrett has had a wild 2022. At the start of the year, he successfully defeated EFFY inside the Hammerstein Ballroom at the WRLD on GCW. He also appeared for AAA and the National Wrestling Alliance before being rehired by WWE as the senior vice president of Live Events. Jeff was relieved of that position in August of this year.
In that same month, he also competed in Ric Flair's last match. Read his comments on that at this link.
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