The director of business development for All Elite Wrestling and WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett discussed a variety of topics on an episode of his podcast, “My World with Jeff Jarrett,” including the fact that Vince McMahon and his family are no longer the majority owners of WWE.
Jarrett said, “Today is the first day that the wrestling business can no longer say it’s a family business. The McMahons were truly the last of the territories. Yes, they grew and went national, then went global, then went public, but at the end of the day, it’s the last territory.
On Christmas, or Thanksgiving, or Holidays, whether the McMahons sat around the kitchen table or not, it was still a family run business. Change is in the air, and it always happens that way. As much change that has taken place coming out of the pandemic, you just look at our industry and I think 2024 — the business will continue to rapidly change in multiple ways, and what an upswing it’s been on.”
Jarrett also discussed how something similar may be very advantageous for the sector and can create more opportunities.
“It’s the only mindset. We could come up with so many old sayings, but I don’t think old sayings get to be old sayings unless they’re true. You can’t walk through a new door unless you leave the old door. It’s impossible to climb the mountain top unless you’re in a valley.
Change is inevitable, good things happen. Nothing happens if you don’t take action, take massive, radical action. You gotta shake the bushes, try to make something happen, have some patience here and there. There’s so much opportunity.”
The video below has Jeff Jarrett’s whole podcast, which you can view.
