Jeff Jarrett Recalls TNA’s Debut On Spike TV

On the latest episode of My World With Jeff Jarrett, the WWE Hall of Famer talked about October 2025 marking the 20-year anniversary of TNA Wrestling’s debut on Spike TV. You can check out some highlights below:

On the importance of it: “Conrad, I really can’t put it into words in that — excitement? Yes, the talent was excited. But more than anything Conrad, the emotional bandwidth that we had all been through that had been there since day one — people who knew knew that, ‘Okay, this is great.’ And I knew, and a few others knew, ‘Okay, this turns us into a profitable situation, that we have the ability to really get this thing rocking and rolling.'”

On the excitement: “I was so damn happy in so many ways, but I knew for damn sure now the hard work starts like we have to over deliver. And there’s no two ways about [it].”

On needing to make an impact: “In our very first conversations with Spike — and I don’t even know if they said it first. But I know we had brought up like, ‘Hey, what’s it going to take for us to get in primetime? We’re very happy. We’re grateful. We’re on Saturday nights, 11 Eastern, one-hour show.’ We were super happy, but they knew and Kevin Kay sitting back in his chair… he’s like, ‘Jeff — I would be so happy if I’m sitting at a table talking to you, saying, ‘Hey, we need to get you guys in primetime. But only the numbers will dictate that.’ And so that’s when you go, ‘Okay.’ I don’t say careful what you wish for. But where I’m going with it Conrad, just the pressure was on immensely. I mean, big time.”

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