Jeff Jarrett Says He Felt Driven To Carry On The Family Tradition When He Started TNA

On the latest episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Jeff Jarrett reflected on why he took the leap to start TNA in 2002, noting that no one else in his family was positioned to carry the wrestling business forward. You can check out his comments below:

“When I look back, my dad had no interest, none, especially in 2002. He’d gotten into the construction business, then into the oil-and-gas part of it, and was really wheeling and dealing, very successful at times. Wrestling was his main business over the years, but at that time he was into other things. My little brother was really just breaking in. So when I think back, God’s had a hand in every bit of my life, and something pushed me, an inner drive, because that’s a big step. As opposed to going back and working for peanuts, or going to Japan, or Mexico, or wherever, and making a career out of it as a wrestler — for whatever reason, I was driven to go, you know what, I’m going to carry on the family tradition.”