During a recent edition of his “My World” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett discussed the importance of upholding the prestige of the NWA World Heavyweight Title in the mid-2000s.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On being the NWA World Heavyweight Champion:“I had a conversation the other day that got in-depth. He’s an AEW main eventer. I’ll just leave it at that. He kind of got into all the questioning on, he says like, ‘Tell me a little bit about why and everything that goes with it.’ And I said, ‘Well, starting a new promotion in the circumstances that we did, I knew it was going’ — you know, it goes without saying, it’s a completely different era that we’re in now. It was coming off the Attitude Era, and wrestling was a four-letter word. Sponsors wouldn’t touch it. And so I wanted to kind of create — you know, …