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THE JARRETTS, GETTING BACKSTAGE AT WWE, FEMALE ANNOUNCERS AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2017-10-19 10:00:00

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Where are Jeff and Karen Jarrett?

Likely in their house, in Hendersonville, TN.  Jeff is booked for the 11/25 Wrestlecade event.  He popped up earlier this week in a "Monday Motivation" video for the Tennessee Titans on their Twitter account.  I haven't heard anything in the way of him returning to Impact Wrestling but I do hope it happens.  A fresh, motivated Jarrett is a good thing.  Jeff is a polarizing figure, but I've always enjoyed his work and I've always thought Karen played a great hellcat on screen.  I hope Jeff takes care of his personal situation and returns strong to pro wrestling on a national level.

If you watch YouTube, many of these sites flip the image so that it's backwards. Banners, logos, signs, all backwards. What, exactly, is the purpose of this? Is it some sort of loophole in the copywrite laws, or something?

I believe its an attempt to avoid being nailed by YouTube's algorithms that would list the video as violating a known trademark or copyright.

Any idea when WWE, or any other promotion, will entertain the thought of having a female announcer, play-by-play or color commentary? 

WWE had Renee Young doing it in NXT and had Mike McGirk doing it in the '80s. I think it's just a matter of the right talent coming along.  I am surprised that ROH and Impact haven't attempted to find someone yet.

I know this is a far stretch from wrestling, only having to do with Jesse Ventura and his role in Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Running Man, but I was curious. In a brief scene, where Jesse was looking at a full-size posterboard of himself, he is pictured with a wrestling belt. Any idea which belt he was wearing in that photo? Possibly AWA Championship? 

It was just a prop from the film I am told.

I remember a question you answered about Lisa Maria Varon/Victoria not being allowed backstage, mostly because she did not seek permission from WWE-PR first, although I don't know why she wouldn't be allowed in the first place; I never heard of her having any heat.   My question to you is, should I presume everyone who is visiting a WWE event, has gotten said permission before-hand? The reason I ask is because I just read Shane Helms was backstage visiting at a WWE event recently.

No one is getting backstage that isn't approved by someone in WWE management.  Sometimes they call ahead, sometimes they are invited, sometimes they knock on the door and they are approved on the spot.  Why Varon was denied access, I don't know, but it's not the first time I've heard of former talents being told they couldn't come in the back and it won't be the last.  It just happens to be Varon made it public.

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