Biography
Jerry Winston Jarrett (September 4, 1942 β February 14, 2023) was an American businessman, professional wrestling promoter, and professional wrestler. Along with his long-term business partner Jerry Lawler, he was a key figure in the history of professional wrestling in the Mid-Southern United States. Described as a "wrestling genius", he was inducted into the National Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame in 2009.Jarrett founded the Memphis, Tennessee-based Continental Wrestling Association in 1977. In 1989, he merged the CWA with the Dallas-based promotion World Class Championship Wrestling, creating the United States Wrestling Association which he sold to Lawler in 1997. In 2002, he co-founded NWA:TNA in Nashville with his son Jeff Jarrett, selling his controlling interest to Panda Energy International later in the same year.
Filmography
all 11
Movies 9
self 4
TV Shows 2
Writer 2
Director 1
Producer 1
Creator 1
Biography: Chyna (2023)
The Beautiful One: Bobby Eaton (2019)
Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' (2011)
TNA Wrestling: Enigma - The Best of Jeff Hardy (2005)
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV (2002)
AWA SuperClash III (1988)
AWA The Road to SuperClash III (1988)
CWA Mayhem in Memphis: The Steel Cage Haircut Match (1987)
CWA Championship Wrestling
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath
Guest Booker with Jerry Jarrett
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1942-09-04
Deathday2023-02-14 (80 years old)
Birth NameJerry W. Jarrett
Birth PlaceNashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Height170-centimeter
ChildrenJeff Jarrett
RelativesKaren Jarrett
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesHendersonville, United States of America
AwardsWrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
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