GWF founder Jeff Jarrett recently appeared on “The World According To Wrestlinge and said he would be very interested in working with Daniel Bryan if he became available, calling him a phenomenal performer. Jarrett also talked about his plans for GFW’s women’s division, how GFW will be different from other promotions and more. Here are some highlights:
On the term ‘Divas’ and the revolution in women’s wrestling:
“Our championship is going to be called the Women’s Championship. And I understand the terms Divas and Knockouts and all sorts of things like that and that goes with the history of our business. But my track record speaks for itself – I’m a huge believer in women’s wrestling. And when you get highly competitive, highly athletic women, they can have just as competitive, just as entertaining, just as good a match as a man. Look at Ronda Rousey. She’s the hottest box office attraction for the UFC so there’s no reason that that can’t happen in professional wrestling.”
On whether there is a glass ceiling for Black wrestlers:
“Absolutely not. The biggest box office attraction that this business has ever produced ever – in the history of it – is half black. That should answer your question.”
On how Global Force Wrestling with be different to other promotions:
“For the last ten to fifteen years, most wrestling promotions have acted like other wrestling promotions didn’t exist. We’re going to take a 180 to that and recognize other promotions and do our best to work with them on as many different levels as possible.
Before I was a promoter I was obviously a wrestler and behind every wrestler is a real story, a very authentic one. We’re going to document the stories and then obviously we’re going to take the wrestlers from promotions around the world and put them under one umbrella. Yes we’re going to have our core roster. We’re also going to have anything from the biggest international stars to the very local level of the independent scene. And a little bit of everything in between.”
