15 Wrestlers That Got BANNED From WWE
11. Jeff Jarrett
Almost 20 years had passed since Jeff Jarrett's last WWE appearance when he was inducted into the company's Hall Of Fame in 2018. His last? Jarrett strolled out the door with pockets full of cash after doing the honours for Chyna at No Mercy 1999, but he's always denied that he held Vince McMahon up for more money or he wouldn't do the job. Others, like Jim Ross and Bruce Prichard, have chimed in on the situation via their podcasts.
The general consensus was that Jeff had played McMahon before bolting to WCW. If true, then that'd explain why Vince ridiculed him onscreen after purchasing remnants of his own competition in March 2001. In a shocking moment, the boss announced that he was firing Jarrett before he even stood a chance of jumping back to the WWF.
He wasn't going to play any part in the 'Invasion' angle, and that was that.
Marooned in nowheresville (not near his native Hendersonville, Tennessee), Jeff had no choice by to show some entrepreneurial spirit by starting TNA as a brand new promotion so he had somewhere else to work. WCW was gone, so was ECW, and Jarrett's options were seriously limited. If McMahon wouldn't rehire him back into the fed, then J-E-Double-F would make his own WWE Universe Mode.
He was on the banned list for a long, long time. That 2018 HOF induction was followed by an appearance in the 2019 Royal Rumble match. Then, following one more bout vs. Elias on a February edition of Raw, Jarrett worked backstage as a producer/agent and made some more cameo showings before hitching his hopes to AEW in 2022.