5 times Vince McMahon saved the careers of his rivals

#2 Jeff Jarrett

The former TNA World Champion is no stranger to WWE fans. Jarrett left WWE in bitter terms during the late 90s. WWE's lawyers forgot to recognize that Jarrett's contract was expiring, which led to him holding Vince up for an undisclosed amount of money to wrestle his final WWE match.

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Sources say that the amount was US$300,000, but Jarrett admitted once that he only received stock options as a part of the deal. Years later, Jarrett started TNA, which garnered its own fan base and became an alternative to WWE for many.

Despite all of this, Vince McMahon welcomed him back to WWE with open arms, and Jarrett was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018. Later, he was signed as a backstage producer. After his "Global Force Wrestling" project failed gloriously, this job came in as a boon for Jarrett.

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Abhilash Mendhe is a pro wrestling journalist at Sportskeeda with nearly five years of experience. He completed his MBA from the Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management in 2016 and worked with multiple banking institutions, including Tech Mahindra. While he started writing WWE articles for Sportskeeda in 2019 as a hobby, it eventually became a significant part of his professional journey.

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