GFW Press conference, Jarrett vows to be different, Sonnen unveils roster, more
Global Force Wrestling (GFW) is an American professional promotion founded in 2014 by Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett, the founder and former President of Total Non-stop Action (TNA) Wrestling, announced his intentions to create a new wrestling promotion shortly after officially leaving TNA in January 2014. Though Jeff Jarrett is still a minority investor in TNA Wrestling, he debuted the branding of Global Force Wrestling, in April 2014. Since that time, he has been promoting the brand and establishing international partnerships with wrestling promotions across the world. As of August 2014, GFW has announced working agreements with Mexican promotion AAA ,Japan’s New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, multiple European promotions, South African promotion World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) and promotions from Australia and New Zealand. The first Global Force Wrestling show is scheduled for Friday night, June 12 at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, Tennesee as part of GFW’s “Grand Slam Tour.
Here have uploaded videos from the press conference held in Las Vegas earlier this month. Jeff Jarrett discusses how GFW will be different and some of the plans to bring in talent from around the world. Karen Jarrett discusses the GrandSlam tour and Chael Sonnen makes the first GFW roster announcements: