It's been almost two years since Jeff Jarret announced his latest promotion, Global Force Wrestling (GFW) during WrestleMania season back in 2014.
In that time, they've produced an English-language version of a Japanese pay-per-view (PPV), called a press conference, unsuccessfully invaded TNA, held & cancelled live events, crowned their initial champs, had at least one title change and filmed hours of television shows... all without getting said show, Amped, onto a single screen.
That's about to change, according to double-J. In the United Kingdom to promote some upcoming live shows, Jarrett was asked on The Rack podcast about the reported sixteen one-hour episodes which were filmed across three dates in Las Vegas last Fall:
There is a lot of updates, we will be having an update, in what I like to call LA Based here if not this week, for sure next week and that will be a game changer that is for sure for us. I am very excited to spread the news. On the international front we are going to continue to work the contracts. Amped is coming to your television sets to your home very very soon.
It's hard to know what to think here. After the initial announcement, as GFW was announcing "partnerships" with independent promotions across the globe, there seemed to be genuine excitement about the idea - back when we thought is was a 21st century NWA.
In 2016, it seems like a long-shot that Jarrett will get any major television partners to bite on airing Amped when there are already four wrestling companies running weekly shows on North America channels, and none of them is impressing in ratings.
And if he does, will wrestling fans make time for a show headlined by Nick "Magnus" Aldis, Sonjay Dutt and Christina Von Eerie?
At least he's in the TNA Hall of Fame, right?