4 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon personally fired and 4 he hired

#4 Vince McMahon fired Jeff Jarrett

One of the most memorable nights in the history of the wrestling business came on Monday, March 26, 2001 when Vince McMahon ran a simulcast between RAW and Nitro after completing his purchase of WCW.

This led to the ‘Invasion’ angle in the summer of 2001, with several WCW and ECW stars joining the WWE roster. Jeff Jarrett, however, was not one of them.

As he watched live broadcasts of both RAW and Nitro from the backstage area, Vince McMahon spotted Jarrett on WCW’s show and immediately made it clear that he did not want to work with the former Intercontinental Champion.

“As far as the Jeff Jarretts of the world are concerned, you know how Jeff spells his name: that’s J-E, double F. Well, you know what? I would suspect that we spell it a different way after tonight. That would be capital G, double O, double N, double E. Gone.”

The animosity between the two men stemmed from Jarrett’s WWE contract coming to an end in October 1999, just one day before he was set to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Chyna at No Mercy.

Vince McMahon had to pay Jarrett $300,000 to compete in the No Mercy match, which saw him drop the title to Chyna before departing for WCW.