Jeff Jarrett comments on potentially transitioning to commentary once he retires from his career as an active wrestler.
Speaking on his My World podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett was asked whether he would consider transitioning to commentary after he retired from in-ring competition. He stated that he would have said no prior to his recent one-off doing commentary for AEW.
“Prior to Spokane, Washington, and when Tony Schiavone came to me in catering, and he kind of sat down, he kind of did some warmup conversation, and then he said, ‘Hey, you’re gonna do Dynamite tonight.’ I’m like, ‘Do what?’ He’s like, ‘You’re gonna be the third man [on commentary]. I said, ‘No, no, no.’ He said, ‘Really?’ I said, ‘What’s going on?’ He said, ‘The man has requested you to do it, and they wanted to know if you’re up for it.’ I’m like, ‘What do you think, Tony?’ Tony said, ‘You’ll be fine.’ Anyway, prior to that, I would have said no.”
Jeff Jarrett: Commentary Is An Art
Jarrett went on to note that doing commentary was an art. He expressed that he was open to it, and he then said that you never know with wrestling.
“I’ve had the conversation I don’t know how many times with Mike Tenay through the years,” Jeff Jarrett said. “When we would be going through show notes and prep, I used to have those conversations with Lawler about how damn good he was, Schiavone, JR.
“It is a freaking art to do that. But yeah, when the time, if it ever, that would be a bonus to the career, but yeah, prior to Spokane and me doing that one episode of Dynamite and Rampage, I would have said zero chance. But you never know. I’ll just sit back and have fun with it. I love being part of the Zero Hour panel.”
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