Jerry Jarrett Talks Jeff Jarrett’s Career: “Russo Was A Cancer Cell”

Jerry Jarrett was recently on The Hannibal TV to talk about his son, WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett. During the conversation, the senior Jarrett said he always tried to avoid giving his opinion, unless asked for it. There was apparently one situation where Jerry Jarrett couldn’t keep his mouth shut, when Jeff Jarrett decided to follow Vince Russo to WCW.

Transcription via Akhilesh Gannavarapu at WrestlingINC.com.

“I broke my own rule. I told him that’s a horrible mistake. Russo was a cancer cell. I don’t know if he’s got a picture of you with a goat or what, but that’s a huge mistake.”

Jarrett also noted that Brian Armstrong (aka Road Dogg) helped get Jeff Jarrett on the straight and narrow, and eventual road to the WWE Hall of Fame.

“Yes and no. Brian Armstrong is very close to Jeff and our whole family. Jeff and I, at one point, got Brian an apartment and bought the furniture for him. I’m saying that only to say that’s how close we were. And then as you know, when Jeff had his run, Brian was Road Dogg. So again, this bond; so Brian went through rehab and recovery, got his life back together and Jeff had to go through rehab and recovery. Brian was responsible for getting Jeff into the rehab.

“So I just felt like when I heard that Brian was really in with Vince and Hunter and Stephanie, I thought, ‘Well, there’s a chance they could bridge that’. And what I think happened is, I think Triple H says, ‘We are a global company, Vince. We don’t have time for jealousies and anger and past grudges. Let’s put it all behind us’. And I think Vince really likes and respects Triple H.”