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Jeff Jarrett Exclusive: Slammiversary “The Card Is Stacked Top-To-Bottom”

The annual IMPACT pay-per-view Slammiversary is around the corner on July 2nd. This promises to be one of the best yet, with a stacked card, the fifteenth anniversary and a main event that is shaping up to be a classic. We spoke to co-founder and now Chief Creative Officer, Jeff Jarrett, about the up and coming event, the newly-formed relationship with Spike TV in the United Kingdom, as well as the state of play of the ITV World Of Sport series and the situation with The Broken Hardy’s.

On the Slammiversary pay-per-view: A lot of people have asked me over the last week or so, ‘Jeff, give me a reason to watch Slammiversary,’ and I really can say this with all sincerity, if you’ve ever watched one programme, or if you’ve ever been a fan of TNA/IMPACT, if you’ve ever bought a shirt, if Don West has ever sold you anything, this is an unmissable event. Obviously, this is a 15-year celebration that we are all very excited about and the card is stacked top-to-bottom. A mega main event in Alberto versus Lashley, title-for-title. We’ve just recently announced a truly iconic legend from the lucha libre world, Alberto’s father, Dos Caras, one of the top three most famous luchadores of all time, is going to be in Alberto’s corner and then, you just go all the way down the list, Low Ki versus Sonjay in the X-Division and both of those guys are truly pioneers and X-Division was here since Day One, we’ve got a title situation with luchadores and stars from NOAH and LAX; our current dual GFW and IMPACT Champions and we’re speaking to American Football star DeAngelo Williams and Moose, a former NFL player in his right, are in a Tag Title Match; Sienna versus Rosemary. I could go on, Joseph Park and Jeremy Borash, one of the UK’s favourites, actually stepping into the ring with “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner. I could go on and on about the card, but all things have come together. The PR fever here in the States, whether it is ESPN or Sporting News or FOX Sports or Sports Illustrated. Robert Flores has come on to be play-by-play, with a 20-year career in broadcasting sports, he currently works for NHL and MLB. It just is a huge, huge night for us, we are celebrating 15 years and all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Everybody is super excited, it’s just one of those unmissable events and it’s very, very hard to come by, but Anthem and the new ownership basically stepped in January 1 and I consulted for about a month and really got on board early March and here we are and the fans in the UK get to see it less than 24 hours after it takes place on Spike TV over there, for free actually. Spike, a fantastic partnership and then we cme on in April, the ratings and the numbers and the viewership far exceeded their expectations and the momentum going in. We’ve had a couple of hiccups, but that’s in our rear-view mirror. We’re very excited and really looking forward to the future. I couldn’t be more excited.”

On the situation with The Broken Hardys: “I always take the high road because there is legal squabbles or potential legal squabbles, but I have said this to a couple of outlets and I say this with very broad strokes, I am from Nashville, so I am around music, which is intellectual property and I have been in the business 30 years. Intellectual property laws are very simple, there are two sides to it; there are publishers and the writers, then there are the performers as well. Jeff Hardy has been one of my best friends for 20 years, you can look on my social media and their social media and we take family vacations together, but business is business, so when it relates to intellectual property, it’s real simple, there is a publisher who owns the property, there is a writer who gets credit and can monetize it, then there is the performers. There is no question that Broken Matt and Brother Nero’s performances were off the charts good, but when it comes to ownership, to me it’s almost a silly squabble, it’s never been in question, IMPACT are the owners.

The interview is available in full below.