American entrepreneur, promoter, and professional wrestler Jerry Winston Jarrett lived from September 4, 1942, to February 14, 2023.
Together with his longstanding business partner Jerry Lawler, Jarrett made a big contribution to the growth of professional wrestling in the Mid-Southern region of the United States.
He was referred to as a “wrestling genius” and inducted into the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2009.
Jeff Jarrett Children: Meet Jeff Jarrett, Jerry Jarrett, Jr., Jennifer Jarrett, Jason Jarrett
Jerry Jr., Jeff, Jason, and Jennifer were among the four children Jarrett had with Deborah, Eddie Marlin’s daughter.
After disagreements over how to operate NWA:TNA, Jeff and Jarrett fell out in 2005; they made up in 2015. In 2002, he and his son Jeff Jarrett co-founded NWA:TNA, which was his second venture into promotion.
Later that year, he sold his controlling stake to Panda Energy International.
Jarrett made a guest appearance at Slammiversary, the third TNA anniversary show, on June 19, 2005. He reprimanded his son Jeff for hitting a fan during a fight. Wrestler Oleg Prudius went with Jarrett.