{"id":8810,"date":"2017-10-23T13:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T17:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2017-10-25T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:09:37","slug":"breaking-impact-releases-jeff-jarrett-following-weekend-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/10\/23\/breaking-impact-releases-jeff-jarrett-following-weekend-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Impact Releases Jeff Jarrett Following Weekend Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong>, formerly TNA Wrestling and, for a brief period, <strong>Global Force Wrestling<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/impactwrestling.com\/news-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">officially announced<\/a> moments ago that it was severing all business ties to TNA founder <strong>Jeff Jarrett<\/strong> and it&#8217;s alliance with Jarrett&#8217;s Global Force Wrestling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8811\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8811\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW3.png 475w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW3-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling Facebook Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>BREAKING: Impact Releases Jeff Jarrett Following Weekend Incident<\/h1>\n<p>The announcement comes following an incident over the weekend with <strong>Real Canadian Wrestling (RCW)<\/strong> in Calgary, where Jeff Jarrett had been booked to appear at two RCW shows, one in Calgary on Friday and one in Edmonton on Saturday. Jeff Jarrett apparently showed up drunk for his appearance at\u00a0Friday&#8217;s Calgary show and then no-showed the following night&#8217;s show in Edmonton, choosing instead to fly home on his own accord.<\/p>\n<p>One audience member at the Calgary show posted a scathing rant at RCW over the conduct showed by the former World Champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8812\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8812\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW1.png 507w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW1-100x70.png 100w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW1-218x150.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: RCW Facebook Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the incident and finding out that Jarrett had opted to return home instead of make his Edmonton appearance the following day, RCW promoter <strong>Steven Ewaschuk\u00a0<\/strong>issued this statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8813\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8813\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/10\/RCW2-e1508778346469.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: RCW Facebook Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Jarrett initially left Impact Wrestling the second time this past September, it was initially a leave of absence that many speculated was due to Jarrett&#8217;s increasingly agitated and erratic behavior at events throughout 2017, including appearing to be intoxicated at his match at <strong>AAA<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>TripleMania XXV<\/strong> <\/em>in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R45Uwtx_28w<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact Wrestling, formerly TNA Wrestling and, for a brief period, Global Force Wrestling, officially announced moments ago that it was severing all business ties to TNA founder Jeff Jarrett and it&#8217;s alliance with Jarrett&#8217;s Global Force Wrestling. 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