Karen Jarrett

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Karen Jarrett
Jarrett in 2014
Birth nameKaren Smedley
Born (1972-10-12) October 12, 1972 (age 51)
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1998; div. 2008)​
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(m. 2010)​
Children2
FamilyJerry Jarrett (father-in-law)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Karen Angle
Karen Jarrett
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
DebutAugust 2007

Karen Jarrett

valet and personality currently appearing for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is the former wife of professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle and the current wife of AEW wrestler Jeff Jarrett.[1]

She previously served as ringside manager for both Angle and Jarrett, and later as an on screen authority figure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001, 2004)

Karen was never involved in a storyline of World Wrestling Entertainment while her then-husband Kurt Angle was under contract. She herself was never under contract, but did briefly appear at Unforgiven 2001 as a part of the big celebration with the Angle family following Kurt Angle's victory over Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship. She also made an appearance on the WrestleMania XX DVD set in a bonus segment regarding Kurt Angle.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2008)

Jarrett and Kurt Angle watching a match at ringside during an episode of Impact!

Karen Angle was introduced in

Sting slapped her at No Surrender when, in fact, he had not. This led to Kurt and Sting losing the Tag Team titles to Team Pacman after Kurt executed the Olympic slam
on Sting. Another feud then erupted between Kurt Angle and Sting in which Sting had Karen arrested for violating a restraining order and Kurt stalking Sting's son.

At

A.J. Styles after the priest, who had just been knocked down by Kevin Nash
, awoke and married the two, mistaking Styles for Kurt. Kurt then started to emotionally attack Karen for not ending the "marriage".

Later in the year, she proposed to separate from Kurt Angle (

Booker T, Team 3D, and Tomko. After being ejected, Karen ran to the back to enlist Kurt's aid, who came out with a chair. Kurt threatened the four with the chair, only to turn around and see his estranged wife hugging a bloody AJ. Kurt freaked and hit AJ with the chair, thus prompting the four back in the ring. Team 3D
held Karen up while Kurt held AJ's head, yelling at Karen, telling her this was all her fault. Kurt is quoted as saying to Karen, "This is your fault! You deceived me!"

On the May 29, 2008 edition of Impact! after being assaulted backstage before his entrance, A.J. ran to the ring to help Karen only to be beat down by Team 3D and Kurt Angle for the second week in a row.

Knockout
photos were taken off TNA's official website, but were put back up a few days later.

Return to TNA (2011, 2015)

On January 10, 2011, TNA announced that Karen would be making her return to the promotion on the January 13 edition of Impact!, appearing beside her new husband

Knockouts Division.[14] On the October 20 edition of Impact Wrestling, Jarrett aligned herself with Gail Kim and Madison Rayne.[15] On the December 15 edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA's authority figure, Sting, fired both Jarretts from TNA as a result of Jeff losing to Jeff Hardy at Final Resolution.[16]

Four years later, Karen, alongside her husband Jeff returned to Impact Wrestling on the June 24, 2015 tapings. Jeff announced that he would be the first entrant in the King of the Mountain match at

Drew Galloway. A team of 5 wrestlers from GFW fought against a team of 5 from TNA in a Lethal Lockdown match
to determine complete control of TNA. GFW was unsuccessful when Drew Galloway pinned Brian Myers, thus exiling GFW from TNA. [18]

Family Wrestling Entertainment (2013)

On October 12, 2013, Jarrett appeared at Family Wrestling Entertainment's Grand Prix, where she was named Commissioner.[19]

Global Force Wrestling (2015–2017)

She is the co-founder of Global Force Wrestling.[20]

Second return to Impact Wrestling / Global Force Wrestling (2017)

On January 5, 2017, it was announced that Karen Jarrett had rejoined Impact Wrestling, now under the ownership of

Impact Wrestling and Global Force Wrestling had merged
.

All Elite Wrestling (2023–present)

Karen Jarrett (left) and Jeff Jarrett (right) at All In in August 2023.

On May 17, 2023, Jarrett made her debut in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), helping her husband, Jay Lethal, and Satnam Singh attack FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) on Dynamite, and joining Jeff's stable.[23]

Personal life

Karen and Jeff Jarrett in 2015

Karen has two children with her former husband Kurt Angle, whom she married in 1998. In 2008, Karen filed for divorce, which was finalized on October 26, 2008.[24][25]

Karen was romantically linked to TNA co-founder

Bubba the Love Sponge Show.[30][31] On April 6, 2010, Karen announced that she and Jarrett were engaged.[32] Karen and Jarrett were married on August 21, 2010.[1]

During April 2016, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter published a report that Karen was involved in an argument with

Dallas over the WrestleMania 32 weekend. Details include Santos was complaining about not having a chair to sit on, somehow leading to Karen spitting on her and a confrontation that nearly escalated into a fight.[33] It was reported as early as July 27, 2017, Karen had a confrontation with WWE superstar Braun Strowman in a bar in Nashville. The report described Karen approached Braun with a request for an autograph for her son. Braun allegedly refused to sign an autograph and disrespected Karen with an unspecified but derogatory verbal response. Karen went on to identify her child was the son of then-WWE superstar Kurt Angle, prompting Strowman to apologize. After the story made sports news, Karen went on to state the incident was "blown way out of proportion."[34][35]

Karen works to spread awareness against leukemia through her social media handles. She has also supported the Black Lives Matter movement.

References

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