10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Facts
9. Jeff Jarrett's First WWE Match In 20 Years
That's J-E-Double F, haha, J-E-Double R, E-Double T.
The Royal Rumble 2019 marked Jeff Jarrett's first WWE match for nearly 20 years.
Unlike certain other surprise veteran Rumble entrants over the years, Jarrett had not been retired for any of those years, and he'd instead been patting himself on the back and awarding himself title after title in TNA for a large part of those two decades.
Double J was no stranger to WWE, having had two gold-laced stints with the promotion during the '90s. But whereas so many former WWE talents have made returns to Vince McMahon's sports entertainment juggernaut over the years, Jeff Jarrett remained somewhat on an exception.
By exception, that means that Jarrett was one of the extremely few talents who WWE just outright refused to even consider bringing back into the fold for the longest period of time - as highlighted by Vinny Mac publicly firing the Chosen One live on TV as part of WWE's assimilation of WCW.
The main reason for McMahon's disinterest in Jarrett dates back to 17 October 1999's No Mercy PPV. There, the six-time Intercontinental Champion held WWE up for a reported $200,000 to lose to Chyna, with Jarrett's WWE contract having expired the day prior to that event.
WWE agreed to pay Double J the money asked for, he did the J-O-B to Chyna, and he'd not compete in a WWE ring again until appearing in the 2019 men's Royal Rumble match.
Another fun fact about Jarrett's 2019 outing, is that he wore the exact same gear that he did during his WrestleMania XI match against Razor Ramon.