Jeff Jarrett has said that his “emotional connection” with fans means it makes sense that he receives screen time on AEW programming.
The former WCW World Champion joined AEW last November, months after his tenure with WWE as the company’s SVP of Live Events ended.
Since then Jarrett has wrestled 18 times for AEW and has competed for the AEW World Tag Team Championships (with Jay Lethal,) and for the AEW International Championship.
In a recent appearance on the “Good Karma Wrestling” podcast, Jarrett explained why he receives consistent TV time despite the criticism of some fans. He said,
“Emotional connection with the audience (is why I deserve AEW TV time). It’s just that simple and it’s something that, you know, it goes without saying and the naysayers, ‘Oh, he’s done this, he’s done that.’
“All you have to do is listen to the people in the arena. They love me. There’s some kind of ‘F you Jarrett’ that they get going on but I think that’s a term of endearment. They absolutely love me but it’s the emotional connection. That will never go away.
“The moves will continue to get more and more aggressive and more and more athletic. That’s just the nature of the beast. You look at things that will happen (at AEW in the ring) and I don’t use this word lightly, revolutionary.
“But at the end of the day, the emotional connection with the audience existed 70 years ago and it’s gonna exist 70 years from now.”
Jarrett most recently competed on the April 26th episode of Dynamite where he defeated Dax Harwood, while Jay Lethal defeated Cash Wheeler on the following edition of Rampage.
