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Jeff Jarrett
Statistics
Stage names	Simply Irresistible Double J Jeff Jarrett
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Born	April 14, 1967
Hometown	Knoxville, Tennessee
Resides	Hendersonville, Tennessee
Trained by	Jerry Jarrett Tojo Yamamoto
Debut	April, 1986

Jeffrey Leonard (Jeff) Jarrett (born April 14, 1967, in Knoxville, Tennessee), is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of professional wrestling legend Jerry Jarrett.

Career

Jeff Jarrett has wrestled for various organisations including WWE (he is a former six-time Intercontinental Champion, and one-time Tag Team Champion), and while it existed, WCW (he is a four-time WCW World Champion and two-time U.S. Champion). He currently wrestles for the company he co-owns with his father, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is a three time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He made his wrestling debut as a referee working for his father in the now-defunct USWA. It wasn't long, however, before he was making his own in-ring debut. Jeff's feud with Jerry "The King" Lawler got him noticed by Vince McMahon and he was signed by the WWF.

When he made his debut Jarrett was portrayed as a country singer wanna-be, allying himself with Brian Armstrong (best known as D-Generation X member "Road Dogg Jesse James"), then simply known as Jarrett's roadie. He soon grew tired of the country music gimmick and jumped ship to work for Eric Bischoff at WCW, Vince's closest competition.

After his arrival in WCW, Jarrett quickly aligned himself with the Four Horsemen to fight the nWo faction. While in WCW, Jarrett held the United States Championship twice. He left WCW disgruntled by not being in the main event. He returned to the WWF, eventually reprising his old country music star gimmick and being managed by Tennessee Lee. Still not receiving fan reaction, he cast off the country music gimmick and his manager. His gimmick was repackaged and he aligned himself with the tag team Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight - dubbed "Southern Justice" (formerly known as the Godwinns).

He was portrayed as somewhat of a misogynist with the catch-phrase "Don't piss me off!", and aligned himself with his friend, the late Owen Hart, with whom he won the Tag Team Championship. Though his gimmick had changed, Jarrett kept his trademark of smashing an opponent's head in with an acoustic guitar. Later on, he feuded with Chyna before going back to WCW. He apparently quit after then-champion Stone Cold Steve Austin allegedly vetoed the proposed plan to bring Jarrett to the main event.

Back in WCW, he reformed the nWo (this time dubbed the nWo Silver) with Bret Hart, Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner and eventually won the World Championship. Jarrett was part of Ric Flair's Magnificent Seven heel group with Lex Luger, Buff Bagwell, Rick & Scott Steiner and Road Warrior Animal when WCW was purchased by Vince McMahon. He had been feuding with Dusty & Dustin Rhodes.

Jarrett is now a minority owner of TNA Wrestling, and the current four time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He has feuded with a wide variety of opponents in TNA, including Brian Lawler, Scott Hall, Raven, Monty Brown, Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, Jeff Hardy and A.J. Styles. He also had a brief run as The Kings of Wrestling with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.

In early-2005, Jarrett formed a dominant stable known as Planet Jarrett with Monty Brown, The Outlaw and, later, Rhino. Jarrett also uses the phrase "Planet Jarrett" to refer to TNA as a whole, reflecting his real-life stake in the company and his prominent role within the promotion.

At Unbreakable on September 11, 2005, Jarrett guaranteed to have the title back by the time iMPACT! comes to Spike TV on October 1. Jarrett made good on his promise quickly on September 15 when America's Most Wanted turned heel and helped him win the title against Raven at a Border City Wrestling event in Windsor, Ontario. The title change was then declared official by TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko.

In wrestling

Managers

Nicknames

• Double J
• The Chosen One
• The King of the Mountain

Quotes

Finishing and signature moves

• The Stroke (Forward Russian legsweep)
• Figure four leglock

Illegal attacks

• The Acoustic Equalizer - El Kabong (Guitar shot)

Championships and accomplishments

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• 4-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion (current)

National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-time NWA North American Heavyweight Champion
• 5-time NWA Mid-America Champion

World Championship Wrestling

• 4-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion
• 3-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion

World Wrestling Entertainment

• 6-time WWF Intercontinental Champion
• 1-time WWF European Champion
• 1-time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart)

World Wrestling Allstars

• 2-time WWA Heavyweight Champion

American Wrestling Association

• 4-time AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (3-time with Billy Joe Travis, 1-time with Pat Tanaka)

United States Wrestling Association

• 3-time USWA Heavyweight Champion
• 10-time USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 14-time USWA Tag Team Champion (2-time with Brian Christopher, 1-time with Cody Williams, 2-time with Jeff Gaylord, 4-time with Jerry Lawler, 2-time with Matt Borne, 3-time with Robert Fuller)
• 1-time USWA Western States Tag Team Champion (with Robert Fuller)

World Class Wrestling Association

• 2-time WCWA Light-Heavyweight Champion
• 3-time WCWA Tag Team Champion (1-time with Kerry Von Erich, 1-time with Matt Borne, 1-time with Mil Mascaras)

Continental Wrestling Association

• 1-time CWA Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time CWA International Tag Team Champion (1-time with Pat Tanaka, 1-time with Paul Diamond)

Continental Championship Wrestling

• 1-time CWF Alabama Heavyweight Champion

Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling

• 1-time PCW American Heavyweight Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• 141st (of 500) Best Singles Wrestler of the "PWI Years" (2003)
• 78th Best Tag Teams of the "PWI Years" (with Jerry Lawler)
• 1992 Feud of the Year Award (with Jerry Lawler, versus The Moondogs)

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