Jeff Jarrett on "Wrestle Kingdom 9," Global Force Wrestling, TNA Hall of Fame

TNA founder and head of Global Force Wrestling Jeff Jarrett recently talked with the RCWR Show to promote the upcoming “Wrestle Kingdom 9” pay-per-view alongside talk other topics in wrestling. Below are some of the notable parts of the conversation.

Jarrett says he isn’t nervous for “Wrestle Kingdom 9,” which is the first event promoted by his new company, Global Force Wrestling:

“Oh, no, I’m super excited. You don’t get many opportunities to be a part of this type of mega event, you know, in Tokyo, live, at the dome. They’re on pace to sell 50,000 tickets. This ay-per-view’s the most widely distributed pay-per-view in the history of our business with the Flipps app, it’s all through Canada, all through the United States and then you can download the Flipps app and literally see this with a smartphone and smart TV anywhere in the world. And so what Jim Ross did ringside, this card is stacked from top to bottom. I’m super excited, you know? I’ll be wearing a couple hats this Sunday; being a professional wrestler, I’ll be wrestling in a match but much more importantly, you know, behind the scenes and making sure everything comes off without a hitch, I’m super excited for that.”

Regarding Global Force and how it will be different than other wrestling organizations:

“Well, I go back to my short answer. Stay tuned and those facts will be revealed but on the other side of that is just the fact that we have a philosophy that is basically 180 degrees different than the current US promotions in that in the years past, promotions didn’t recognize other promotions and quite frankly, if they did, they talked in a negative connotation about it. We believe just the opposite. We want other promotions to try, we’re going to recognize then. The fact that our first event is New Japan Pro Wrestling, us being the executive producers on the pay-per-view market, is truth to that and we’re going to continue to do that because I believe that the world is so connected now. Before we came on the air, we were talking about you’re in DC and I mean, you’re in Denver, and we got somebody in DC, Lee is, and you know, and the technology connects, you know, it connects everybody. More related specifically to professional wrestling, it connects different fan bases and I want to be a part of that.”

He also discussed his departure from TNA and not being in its Hall of Fame:

“Well, the short answer is like I said, about this time last year, I closed the chapter on this book of TNA wrestling. I moved on very excited, have zero regrets about my time there, very grateful and blessed and thankful for my 12 years there. But it was time for me and my family to move on. And so you know, the powers that be at TNA, they choose who they want to choose and more power to them and if that’s their decision and if they believe that’s truly what’s best for TNA business and TNA entertainment, God bless ’em. I moved on and let that sleeping dog lie.”

More from the conversation can be heard below.