The 7 Most Inexcusable Omissions From The WWE Hall Of Fame

#6 Jerry Jarrett

Will Jerry Jarrett follow his son into the Hall of Fame?

His son, Jeff was inducted this year, in 2018. Perhaps, in 2019, the patriarch of the Jarrett family will get his due.

Jarrett founded the Memphis based wrestling promotion, the Continental Wrestling Association in 1977 with Jerry Lawler as his star and the likes of the Fabulous Freebirds on the card too. In 1989, the CWA merged with the Von Erich’s World Class Championship Wrestling promotion to form the United States Wrestling Association. Memphis was an excitingly booked and hugely profitable territory for two decades, one of the last to succumb to Vince McMahon’s national expansion.

So well respected was Jarrett as a booker, that during Vince McMahon’s 1994 steroid trial, Jarrett was lined up as McMahon’s replacement should he have been convicted and incarcerated.

Jarrett along with his son established NWA:TNA (the current Impact Wrestling) as an alternative to the WWE in 2002.

It is quite incredible Jarrett has not been inducted already. Most likely, this was due to his son’s continued involvement with TNA/Impact Wrestling.

His legacy is assured, hopefully his enshrinement will be imminent too.