Jeff Jarrett Reveals Three WWE Hall Of Famers Who Pushed Him To His Limit

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Jeff Jarrett has revealed three WWE Hall of Famers who pushed him to his limit as a wrestler.

WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett has accomplished so much and been in the ring with a who’s who of legends over the course of nearly four decades in the business.

With memorable runs with WWE, WCW and TNA/IMPACT Wrestling, Jarrett has been molded by some of the biggest names in the history of wrestling from his time in the ring.

Double J now brings all this experience to his current roles in AEW where he works on-screen and as Director of Business Development.

Speaking on My World with Jeff Jarrett, the AEW star named Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle and Jerry Lawler as the wrestlers who pushed him to the limit in different ways. Jarrett said:

“For different reasons, I’ve got to say, remove the personal side of it, Kurt Angle. Here I am still wrestling week-to-week, but when [TNA] signed Kurt… I had been a heavy force as an in-ring talent from 2002, when we launched, up until about 2006, and I went away.”

“Kurt was there day in and day out. So I’ll say this, in my mind, my best days of in-ring competition were pretty much in my rearview mirror.”

“I’d never said I retired or nothing like that, but in 2010 when me and Kurt had our series of matches there was a competitive nature because who doesn’t want to compete with an Olympic gold medalist?” 

Noting how Shawn Michaels pushed him with his top notch athleticism and Lawler with his remarkable psychology, Jarrett said:

“Shawn Michaels in the 90s. Every time I don’t care if it’s a singles, tag team, or if I was tagging [with Shawn] or whatever. Shawn, I loved to push myself. I think his athleticism is just right up there.”

“Then in a unique way, [Jerry] Lawler. When I was working with Lawler I wanted to — his psychology is so good. Less is more. He’s just an absolute master at the subtleties and small things that you do in a match.”

“We did [hour-long matches] a couple of times in Tennessee. We had some matches in Memphis beyond that. So those three, I feel, are guys that I wanted to compete with and really achieve — I’m sure I’m missing a few here and there, but those three, off the top of my head.”

Jeff Jarrett is currently aligned with Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, Sonjay Dutt and Karen Jarrett on AEW programming.

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