Jeff Jarrett takes aim at Ric Flair, Andrade El Idolo, David Crockett, and more following the announcement of Ric Flair's final match.
Ric Flair's last match will be a tag team match where he will team with his son-in-law to go against Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett. Jeff Jarrett and Ric Flair were cordial with one another during the press conference for Ric Flair's Last Match, but new footage showed an intense confrontation after the event with Jay Lethal knocking Ric Flair to the ground and initially, Jeff Jarrett tried to help him up. However, Ric Flair outright refused the help of “The King of the Mountain,” saying that he had had enough Jeff Jarrett and "his old man."
As the confrontation continued, the verbal back-and-forth increased in intensity with Jeff Jarrett dropping an F-bomb on Ric Flair and "The Nature Boy" responding with, “it ain’t fuck me, it’s fuck you,” at which point Jeff Jarrett slapped him and proceeded to bloody him up using the heel of his wife's shoes.
Breaking down his actions on the latest episode of the My World podcast, Jeff Jarrett explained, from his perspective, that he tried to help Ric Flair but Ric Flair's ego would not allow it. Jeff Jarrett also claimed that Ric Flair had a hand in getting Jay Lethal fired from TNA Wrestling.
“Conrad, I tried to help your father-in-law up, literally. I said, ‘Jay, don’t do this.’ I get why Jay’s slighted. Look, if you really wanna get right down to it, who’s the one who took Jay Lethal out of New Jersey and said, ‘Jay, you got a spot in TNA.’ Guess who got him fired at TNA. Ric, Hulk, Eric, Dixie Carter,” said Jeff. “Because he came begging for a job at TNA because he had 18 wives and 3000 payments to be made, and Uncle Sam was breathing down his throat. He had a wonderful retirement match in Orlando at WrestleMania. Then all of a sudden, he’s gonna come back and say, ‘Hey, I want a job.’ You talk about an egomaniac, Hulk Hogan is debuting, January 2010. That’s a whole ‘nother story, but Ric’s gotta start the same night? How much sense… Conrad, we could go down every rabbit hole you wanna go if you want to.”
Conrad tried to explain that both he and Jay Lethal could reasonably face criminal charges for what happened in the parking lot following that press conference, and Jeff Jarrett made it very clear that Ric Flair, who is no stranger to being on the other end of a parking lot attack, knows what industry he is in.
Jeff Jarrett also turned his attention to David Crockett and took the chance to take even more shots at Ric Flair, who was at the helm of JCP in a wrestling capacity, when the original Jim Crockett Promotions went out of business.
“What do you think ‘The Nature Boy’ signed up for? He cussed me out, cussed me out in front of my life, little hanger-on David Crockett, who’s a complete jabroni. Every person in WCW covered up for his BS. He gets on that doc and says, ‘Oh, we didn’t end the right way.’ Yeah, ‘cause you ran it out of business, David Crockett. You ran your freakin’ old man’s promotion out of business and who was leading the charge? ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair. Look, when everything went national, somebody had TBS and Turner, and Ted Turner had all the guns behind him. Somebody had USA Network. Who kicked their ass? It’s because the Crocketts put Ric Flair in charge. ‘Oh, The Nature Boy.’ Ric Flair couldn’t balance a lemonade stand, and there’s proof in the pudding there. Crockett, that whole doc made me sick, all this feel-good BS, Crockett, ‘We’re gonna end right,’ and Ric. He got exactly that he deserved in that parking lot. He wants to slight Jay Lethal and say you’re an opening card guy? Even if you really, really believe that, do you tell the guy that to his face? You do if you’re an egomaniac like Flair,” said Jeff Jarrett.
Jarrett would stay on the topic of Ric Flair's ego and claimed that he laid on that parking lot floor for 20 minutes rather than allowing Jeff Jarrett to help him up.
“I offered my hand to Ric not once, not twice, Conrad, legit, three, four, five minutes, and he would not take my help. I stood on the podium and called Ric, because I’m promoting, the greatest wrestler of all time having his last match and what an honor it is. Less than 20 minutes later, he won’t let me help him up when he’s lying on his back like a turtle? I mean think about the ego that’s involved there, and you’re calling me an egomaniac? To this today, I have a boatload of Ric — He doesn’t realize how sick he is. He has zero clue how sick he is,” said Jeff. “Buddy, I ain’t trying to fix him because I’m as sick son of a bitch as him. I’ve got a certificate that says I’m insane. But he wants insanity, he’s gonna get insanity. I can assure you that."
Turning his attention to Andrade, Jeff Jarrett would say that Andrade has had enough opportunities on a main stage and call the former WWE United States Champion “a dime a dozen” performer, insinuating that he has "latched" onto his marriage to Charlotte Flair as a way to stay in the spotlight.
“Look at my history in lucha libre. Andrade is a dime a dozen, my friend. Literally, there’s 15-20 that I’ve faced over the years. Latin Lover, Psycho Clown, Rey Mysterio, Dr. Wagner, literally one after another after another. Go look up on YouTube my AAA success. Andrade, I mean, if he ain’t a curtain-jerker, I don’t know who is. Literally. If he wasn’t married to who he’s married to…”
Jeff added, "How many opportunities is Andrade gonna get on a national stage? Tell Andrade to start making opportunities and succeed, it doesn’t happen. He latched on to The Nature Boy’s daughter with everything he’s got.”
One way or another, this will all be settled on Sunday, July 31 as Ric Flair’s Last Match rounds out Starrcast V. Fans can check out the full card for the event here.
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