Age, Height, Wives & More to Know

As he announced on AEW A few weeks ago, Jeff Jarrett began his final full-time career as a professional wrestler. For years, he was actively involved in professional wrestling in some capacity. His family has been in the business for decades. During his long career, Jarrett has seen countless eras and generations of talent.

Jarrett is a name that many in the industry recognize. WWE, TNA, WCW, AEW and more have all welcomed the former world champion’s talents. However, there is a lot about Jarrett that many may not know. With that being said, let’s learn more about Jeff Jarrett.

Jarrett is 57 years old

He was born in 1967

• Jarrett’s birthday is July 14.
• He has been working in the wrestling business since he was 18 years old.
• It started in 1985.

Jeff Jarrett was born on July 14, 1967. At a very young age, he already knew the world of professional wrestling. By age 18, he was a referee for the promotion his father worked for, CWA.

Today, at the age of 57, Jarrett has done virtually everything he was expected to accomplish in a decades-long career.

Professional wrestling is a family business

He is the son of Jerry Jarrett

• Jerry Jarrett began promoting in the 1970s.
• He promoted with his wife.
• He was a co-founder of TNA.

As mentioned, Jarrett’s father was involved in the professional wrestling business before his son was his son. Jerry Jarrett was one of the biggest promoters in the Mid-South region of the United States. He and his wife helped promote the CWA.

Eventually, Jerry and Jeff also came together to create TNA in the early 2000s. It was a successful venture for them. However, Jerry Jarrett eventually left TNA in 2005.

He has held more than 80 titles

Jarrett is an 11-time world champion

• Jarrett held world titles in WCW and TNA.
• He has held numerous titles in WWE.
• He has held titles in different promotions.

Although many fans are familiar with the hold on the NWA World Title that Jarrett held while in TNA, he also held numerous other titles during his career.

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He is a four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, a six-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a six-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, a two-time AAA Mega Champion, and he has also held numerous other securities. In total, his career has seen him win over 80 championships since his career began in 1985.

Jarrett is a two-time Hall of Famer

He is in the WWE and TNA Hall of Fame

• Jarrett joined the TNA Hall of Fame in 2015.
• He was in the same class as Earl Hebner.
• He joined the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

Jeff Jarrett has made many contributions to the world of professional wrestling. This earned him two Hall of Fame inductions at two different companies.

Jarrett’s first Hall of Fame induction came in 2015, where he earned a spot in the TNA Hall of Fame. He was the third wrestler to be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame and was inducted with Earl Hebner. In 2018, Jarrett was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

He was one of the founders of GFW

It didn’t exist very long

• GFW was founded in 2014.
• They have hosted a few live events at minor league baseball stadiums.
• The company merged with TNA.

While TNA was Jarrett’s biggest creation in professional wrestling, he attempted to start another promotion after leaving the company he was with.

In 2014, Jarrett announced the creation of Global Force Wrestling. Initially things started to look good as GFW had announced various partnerships, championships were announced and a roster was in place. However, this ultimately failed. GFW eventually merged with TNA and by 2018, that was no longer the case.

Jarrett has been married twice

He has three children

• Jarrett was first married to Jill Jarrett.
• She died in 2007.
• He married Karen Jarrett in 2010.

During Jarrett’s life, he was married on two different occasions. His first marriage was to Jill Jarrett. The two had met while in high school and ended up having three children together. Tragically, Jill died in 2007 after a long battle with breast cancer.

In 2009, Jeff began dating Karen Angle, who was previously the wife of Kurt Angle. In 2010, Karen and Jeff got married. This was actually used as an on-screen storyline by TNA for a while.

He was part of the NOM

Jarrett helped form the NWO 2000

• The nWo 2000 was created in 1999.
• He was originally formed with Jarrett, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Bret Hart.
• More members joined overtime.

The nWo was one of the biggest factions (figuratively and literally) in all of professional wrestling. Eventually, the group became so huge that there were offshoots falling out with each other. A forgotten part of nWo history was nWo 2000.

In 1999, nWo 2000 was created by Jarrett, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Bret Hart. Over time, as had happened before, more and more members joined this version of the nWo. However, it was not as successful as previous versions.

He is 6’0″ tall

Jarrett is of average height

• Jarrett doesn’t have too much of a height advantage.
• He weighs 230 pounds.

When it comes to Jarrett’s height in the ring, he doesn’t have much of an advantage against other competitors.

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He is 6 feet tall. This makes him the same height as Adam Page, Kenny Omega and Adam Cole.

Jarrett is friends with Taylor Swift

They have known each other for years

• Swift babysat Jarrett’s children.
• Jarrett’s daughter was featured in the music video for “Mine”.
• They both lived in Tennessee.

Many professional wrestlers have been friends with celebrities throughout the history of the business. For Jarrett, he has a pretty big name as a friend.

Jarrett has been friends with Taylor Swift for years. In fact, one of Jarrett’s daughters even appeared in a Swift music video in the past.