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Jerry Jarrett

[Jerry Jarrett Interview]

Title History

  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating The Interns (October 19, 1970);
  • NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Kurt & Karl Von Brauner (????, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating Al & Don Greene (January 9, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating Al & Don Greene (May 31, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating Al & Don Greene (June 28, 1971);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating The Bounty Hunters (January 1, 1973);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Bounty Hunters (Febuary 20, 1973);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating Jim White & Jerry Lawler (April 18, 1973);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Johnny Marlin defeating Jim White & Jerry Lawler (June 30, 1973);
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating ?????????? (May ??, 1974);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating Al Greene & Phil Hickerson (October ??, 1974);
  • NWA Mid America Tag Team titles w/George Gulas defeating Ron & Don Wright (May 7, 1975);
  • NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Jackie Fargo defeating The Scorpion & Don Greene (?????, 1976);
  • CWA (Memphis) World Tag Team titles w/Tojo Yamamoto defeating Austin Idol & Dutch Mantell in a Tournament (July 28, 1980);

Career Highlights

In The Beginning:

  • Jerry Jarrett is the father of multi-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett..

A Career as a Wrestler:

A Career as a Promoter :

  • Jerry Jarrett headed up Mid-Southern Wrestling in Memphis, the CWA, & the USWA for decades upon retiring from active wrestling..
  • Jerry Jarrett held ownership of World Class Championship Wrestling and worked in the mid-1990’s with the WWF..

NWA: Total Nonstop Action:

  • 2002: Jerry Jarrett starts a new promotion to compete with the WWE under the NWA banner, called Total Nonstop Action..
  • June 18, 2003 – NWA^TNA ANNIVERSARY: Jerry Jarrett appears on TNA PPV for the first time to celebrate its 1 YEAR Anniversary!
  • May 19, 2004: Jerry Jarrett is admitted to hospital after suffering from chest pains and dizziness..
  • May 23, 2004: Jerry Jarrett underwent a triple bypass heart surgery in Nashville, Tennessee..
  • September 25, 2004: Jerry Jarrett was hospitalized again due to an irregular heartbeat..
  • September 2009: Jerry Jarrett returned to wrestling as a consultant for Reno Riggins’ Showtime All-Star Wrestling..
  • February 14, 2023: Jerry Jarrett passed away at the age of 80.
Updated: February 3, 2024 @ 5:55 am

Active Promotion Inactive

Trained By

Sailor Moran
& Tojo Yamamoto

Debut

1965-1988

Birthday

September 4, 1942

Hometown

Nashville, Tennessee

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11" (181 cm)

Weight

227 lbs (103 kg)

Finishing Move(s)

The Thesz Press

Favorite Move(s)

Rolling Arm Drag,
High hip tosses,
Forearm smashes

Notable Feuds

The Von Brauners,
The Interns,
Sputnik Monroe,
Norvelle Austin,
Jerry Lawler,
Jim White,
Don & Al Greene

Status

Deceased