On last week’s Friday Night SmackDown, it was announced that Jeff Jarrett will be the special guest referee for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match between current champions The Usos and challengers The Street Profits at Summer Slam 2022.
.@RealJeffJarrett will be the Special Guest Referee for The @WWEUsos’ Unified WWE Tag Team Title Rematch against The #StreetProfits at #SummerSlam. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/Brp7gNCao0
— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2022
On the recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated the reason why the Jeff Jarrett was booked for WWE’s huge summer show Summer Slam.
“The deal is, it’s Nashville. From a national audience standpoint, whatever. But, it’s Jeff Jarrett, you know, again, the Jarrett family in Nashville goes back 55 years.” Meltzer added: “So it’s, you know, I mean, I can see for the Nashville market and he can go do promotion. They still got a lot of seats to fill. I get it, I definitely get it. I don’t know if this is just a one-timer or if they’re going to introduce him as a regular character, but I was very surprised when they announced Jeff Jarrett that he didn’t come out.” (H/T Ringside News)