WWE announced the death of Jerry Jarrett. (Moses Robinson/Getty Images)
Jarrett would sell the controlling ownership to the United States Wrestling Association to Lawler in 1997. However, the promotion would become a casualty of the "Monday Night Wars" between WWE and World Championship Wrestling and fall to the wayside.
Jarrett’s son, Jeff, would become a mid-level star in WWE and move to WCW and become a main event player in the latter days of that company. When WCW was bought by WWE, the Jarretts would form their own company called NWA-TNA, which would later be called Total Nonstop Wrestling and later Impact Wrestling.
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Jeff Jarrett attends Ric Flair's Last Match on July 31, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Jarrett would later sell his stake of the company to Panda Energy and would leave by 2005 over a dispute about direction. The company would help produce future WWE stars like A.J. Styles, Xavier Woods and Bobby Roode. All Elite Wrestling stars like Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels and the Young Bucks were among those who wrestled there as well.
Tributes around the wrestling world began to pour in for the Jarrett family.
Jarrett has three sons Jerry Jr., Jeff and Jason and one daughter, Jennifer.