Jeff Jarrett is one of the most well-known wrestling promoters in the world and he spoke about the AEW and Impact Wrestling partnership. He appeared on the Wrestling Inc. Daily to talk about it. Jeff Jarrett is a WWE Hall of Famer and he is also the co-founder of TNA which is now known as Impact Wrestling. He revealed that he wasn’t sure about what AEW wanted out of the deal.
“Again, it’s easy to armchair quarterback so many things, I have no idea, I wasn’t in the room, didn’t really know what they wanted out of it on either side. What were their goals, were their goals aligned? Was it a Don Callis and Kenny Omega relationship first? I’m not saying the only first. What was the end goal? I have no idea what their goals were, but it goes without saying I am a huge proponent,” Jarrett claimed.
Jeff Jarrett Reveals That He Didn't Know What AEW Wanted From The Deal
“A lot of people like to say online, ‘Oh, neither side got anything out of it or one side got more than the other.’ I think that is being so hypercritical. At the end of the day, it’s great for the industry. It creates a sense of freshness that you don’t normally get. I understand why WWE and Vince, look, that’s not their business model,” he said. “When you get outside of that WWE realm of things, they’re number one, they’re so much bigger and so much more profitable than everybody else, I kind of think you’re doing a disservice if you don’t work with other promotions and try to figure out a way.”
Jeff Jarrett then spoke about The Forbidden Door, which is basically known as the restrictions that many wrestling promotions put on their wrestlers. The wrestlers that are signed with one promotion usually cannot go and wrestler for another. However, Tony Khan opened that door. Jeff stated that it is a good thing that Tony Khan opened that door.
“Forbidden door, is that an oxymoron? What’s forbidden about it? I don’t mean that in a bad way, what is forbidden about it? If you look at what the territory business was built on, Andre The Giant was a touring attraction. NWA Champion was a touring attraction, Super Clash 3, three promoters got together. super cards in Florida, years ago guys would be sent in from all over,” Jeff Jarrett pointed out. So anyway, I think the collaborative effort has always been, you look at Japan and Mexico and they have worked together for years and years, so I’m not sure what’s forbidden about it,” he questioned. “But I think it’s something that is so beneficial to the promotion. The end result is the fans win out of it.