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Jeff Jarrett says his ego had nothing to do with making himself TNA world champion

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What happened?

Jeff Jarrett addressed criticism over making himself TNA World Champion while he was running the promotion, saying the decision was not driven by ego. In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Jarrett argued that as the promotion’s largest shareholder with significant money at risk, he viewed the choice through a business lens rather than personal vanity. The discussion also ties into the broader skepticism some fans have had about Jarrett’s history in WCW and Impact/TNA, even as he later received TV time in AEW.

Key Takeaways

Jarrett rejected the idea that ego motivated his TNA World Championship reigns.
He said people in the room at the time understood the business reasoning behind the decisions.
Jarrett emphasized that he had major financial risk as the promotion’s largest shareholder.
The article frames the comments against long-running fan criticism of Jarrett’s WCW and TNA/Impact history.
The topic came up during Jarrett’s interview with Chris Van Vliet.

AI Timeline

TNA leadership period

Jarrett was involved in running TNA and became TNA World Champion while having a major ownership stake.

Criticism develops

Some fans and observers viewed Jarrett’s title reigns as self-serving because he was also in power.

Late 2022 context

AEW signing Jarrett and giving him TV time prompted renewed discussion of his past reputation.

New interview

Jarrett told Chris Van Vliet that ego was not behind the TNA championship decisions.

Jarrett's explanation

He argued the decisions were based on business considerations because his own money was at stake.

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Jul 2, 11:42 PM

Jeff Jarrett says his ego had nothing to do with making himself TNA world champion

Cageside Seats • AEW

I remember back in late 2022 when I thought Tony Khan risked turning off the AEW fan base by signing Jeff Jarret to a contract and giving him a whole bunch of TV time. A lot of that skepticism was related to Jarrett’s negative history with WCW and Impact Wrestling. In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Jarrett got into a discussion about the stigma related to making himself the TNA world champion when he was running the show. Jeff says the idea that his ego had anything to do with that decision-making is laughable nonsense: “Dutch Mantel, Vince Russo, Jeremy Borash, Scott D’Amore, folks that were in the room, they were well aware. But when I had to really have that conversation, when I knew that it probably needed to be said, I would look at somebody and say, do you really think the Jeff Jarrett you know, that has the most money at risk, is gonna make a decision based on ego, rather than dollars and cents? My money’s at stake. I’m the single largest shareholder of the promotion. I h

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