Jeff Jarrett spoke about a wide range of topics during an interview with Inside the Ropes.
During it, he looked back on leaving WWE in 1999 and cashing out on stock.
“Obviously I was not happy with the offer they had gave me,” Jarrett said. “The business was red hot, the company was going public. As it was going public, there were stock options that were offered to me.
“I was standing there on the cell phone, at a Nitro, had that shirt on, but I can remember talking to the office at the WWF. Did all the finish, got my check, and did all this, but talking to them about stock options. I said, ‘Look, let me get a pen and paper right now. I got my financial guy’s number.’ Even after all that, I still got my stock options and went on. Today WWE’s stock is at $85, and we got it at $17. The first day it went public, it went to $35 and sold a chunk of it, doubled my money.”
H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcription
