Jeff Jarrett was allegedly involved in a physical altercation over money during the weekend at a IWA Mid-South event. The story goes that Jeff was given half of the money he was promised at the event and was told he would get the rest of it a few days after the event. Jeff apparently didn’t take to kindly to that and supposedly knocked the glasses off of Ian Rotten’s (the promoter) son 17 year old John Calvin’s face and then threatened to break them.
An IWA wrestler who has asked to remain anonymous said that Jeff was completely out of control and Karen Jarrett supposedly threatened to go to the ring at one point and cause a scene during Drake Younger’s promo.
You can read the official statement which Ian Rotten posted on his Facebook page below:
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So, I will address the 500 lb elephant in the room in full.
Jeff Jarrett was paid half of his money tonight and was told he would get the rest of it in 2 or 3 days as through one way or another, or just plain stupidity, we forgot to get the advance money out of PayPal. I know it sounds incredibly stupid, but it occurred. Am I embarrassed about it? Yes, but a very intoxicated Jeff Jarretts actions to follow would be absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for. INCLUDING knocking the glasses off of John Calvins face, taking said glasses, and for a time period threatening to not give them back and break them. Screaming at numerous people in the dressing room that it was their fault, they were behind it like some paranoid coked out raging idiot. Not saying he WAS coked out, but I will say he was drunk, him and Karen both and I have a locker room full of people that will back me up on it.
Jeff Jarrett will get his money in a couple days as promised, then he can spend it on a defense attorney as I will be going to the sheriffs department to swear a warrant out on him tomorrow for assault on a minor. This was not some wrestling angle or anything of that nature, and he had no right to take it out on anyone else but me. Don’t get me wrong, I was wrong. We should have had that taken care of, but Jeffs actions after that along with Karen insisting on going out to the ring to interrupt Drakes speech was absolutely despicable. That is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
