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        Jarrett: ‘TNA Doesn’t Have My Mindset For Sharing!’ Update On
       TV & More.       
   DIR By: tnafan
       Date: June 15, 2015, 8:33 am
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       On using social media to promote GFW: “I love it in a real
       positive way. Global Force Wrestling or Jeff Jarrett can touch
       the consumer, the viewer, the fan instantaneously and we don’t
       have to go through traditional channels. When I was growing up
       when I first broke in, you would have the local promoter come
       out. He’d write the story and it’d come out at the very best
       three or four days later. That is really best case scenario.
       Then as time went along you may get a live news hit, the sports
       guy come out and do a live news thing. Then you roll through
       time and you’ve got 500 digital channels and you’ve got
       streaming services – Netflix, Roku, Amazon, going on and on.
       YouTube. Social media. Instagram. Vine. Snapchat. That’s really
       where the fans are. You were on the field with us, tweeted the
       first pitch and the whole world saw it in 30 minutes? 15
       minutes? I like that as a promoter. You can touch the fan base.”
       On TNA pulling Tyrus from GFW live events: “Am I disappointed
       that George Murdoch can’t be part of it? Absolutely, but life
       happens. TNA, it’s very obvious that they don’t have the vision
       and don’t have the mindset that I do. That it was without
       question, you know, George, yep you’re going to be on our
       non-televised events. And that’s where we stand. He agreed to
       it. He was legally available for us and then whatever happened –
       I don’t want to speak for George. I don’t want to speak for TNA.
       I don’t know. He told me, “I can’t make it.” I’ll sort of leave
       it at that. When one door closes on a situation, that’s
       opportunity and the door is opened for other talents to come on.
       In the month of July we got a couple different announcements
       coming up. Some former World Heavyweight Champions (will) be
       part of the Global Force Wrestling roster.”
       On when more details about a TV deal are expected: “I release
       information when I feel the time is right. I think you guys have
       accepted that fact. I think it helps everybody, the
       anticipation. Professional wrestling is no different than the
       music business or other forms of entertainment. 15, 13 years
       ago, the CD is how the music business made its money. Then you
       went to .99 downloads or $1.29 downloads. Now it’s streaming.
       It’s a different form of how the consumer consumes content. My
       goal, Global Force Wrestling, I’m standing on global. We got
       alliances with 13 promotions on 5 continents and we are on a
       much smaller world than we used to be. My goal is to make sure
       that the content we produce is going to be able to be consumed
       on a global basis. The ‘TV deal’ – those details will be
       released at the appropriate time. Traditional forms of cable
       network television, they are definitely in the rearview mirror.”
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