Global Force Wrestling

Global Force Wrestling
Company type	Private
Industry	Professional wrestling
Founded	2014
Founder	Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jeff Jarrett (Founder)
Products	Live events, television shows
Owner	Jeff Jarrett
Parent	Global Force Entertainment, LLC

Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Global Force Wrestling, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 28 November 2025

Global Force Wrestling (GFW) was a professional wrestling organization based in the United States, established in 2014 by Jeff Jarrett, who previously co-founded and served as President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, alongside his wife Karen Jarrett. Operated under Global Force Entertainment, LLC, GFW organized live wrestling events and recorded shows intended for television broadcast opportunities. In January 2017, Jeff Jarrett rejoined Impact Wrestling in an executive capacity, and on April 20, 2017, Karen Jarrett declared a merger between GFW and Impact. For a short period, Impact Wrestling adopted the GFW branding before discontinuing it after Jarrett's departure four months later. Jeff Jarrett resumed promoting under the GFW banner in December 2017 but halted activities after October 2018.

Establishment and live event promotion

Following his exit as a minority stakeholder in TNA Wrestling, Jeff Jarrett launched Global Force Wrestling in April 2014 with a strategy to cultivate international collaborations with wrestling promotions around the globe. GFW formed key partnerships with entities such as 25/7 Productions and David Broome, known for creating NBC’s The Biggest Loser, to develop continuous televised content.

By mid-2014, GFW had secured collaborative agreements with prominent wrestling organizations including Mexico’s Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Japan’s New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), various European promotions, South Africa’s World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), as well as companies based in Australia and New Zealand. Utilizing its connection with NJPW, GFW presented NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 9 pay-per-view event to the North American audience on January 4, 2015, featuring commentary from Jim Ross and Matt Striker; this broadcast reportedly achieved between 12,000 and 15,000 purchases in the region.

In May 2015, Jarrett revealed a roster comprising Bullet Club members Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, the Killer Elite Squad tag team, and analyst Chael Sonnen. Plans were announced to crown four championship titles—Global, NEX*GEN, Tag Team, and Women’s—during tapings scheduled for July.

GFW’s first house show took place on June 12, 2015, at The Ballpark at Jackson in Tennessee as part of its "Grand Slam Tour," which targeted venues typically used for minor league baseball games. The headline match saw Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows defeat the New Heavenly Bodies.

On July 9, 2015, Jeff Jarrett disclosed that GFW’s television series would be named Amped. Recording sessions were conducted at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas throughout July, August, and October of that year. By December 2015, Jarrett confirmed that sixteen one-hour episodes had been completed with ambitions for worldwide television syndication.

GFW secured international broadcast agreements with Boulder Creek TV in the United Kingdom (September 2015) and New Zealand’s TVNZ Duke channel (February 2016). Nevertheless, Amped did not air until 2017 when its footage was repurposed for Impact Wrestling’s One Night Only pay-per-view specials. Throughout its existence, GFW produced a total of 36 live events.

Collaboration with Impact Wrestling and ensuing legal disputes

After rejoining TNA in early 2017 as chief creative officer, Jarrett indicated that GFW and the rebranded Impact Wrestling were progressively integrating. On the April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, Karen Jarrett announced the formal merger between GFW and Impact Wrestling. In June of that year, Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., Impact Wrestling’s parent company, declared an agreement to acquire rights to GFW. Subsequently, Impact Wrestling briefly adopted the Global Force Wrestling name. Jeff Jarrett took an indefinite leave of absence in September while Anthem gradually reverted to using the Impact Wrestling brand. On October 23, Anthem announced it had ended its association with Jarrett and GFW; the acquisition was never finalized, leaving Jarrett as the sole owner of GFW. The promotion resurfaced with a private event on December 27, 2017.

On August 14, 2018, Jeff Jarrett along with Global Force Entertainment initiated legal action against Anthem for copyright infringement concerning GFW intellectual property rights, affirming Jarrett’s ownership dating back to 2014. In February 2019, Jarrett filed an additional lawsuit alleging that Impact Wrestling erased master copies of all sixteen hours of GFW Amped footage and sought trademarks related to his name and likeness from Anthem. Anthem responded with a counterclaim in July 2019 asserting ownership over the "Jeff Jarrett" copyright; acknowledging knowledge of deleted master tapes; denying receipt of profits from GFW content; and asserting differences between GFW trademarks and their former Global Wrestling Network application.

A mistrial was declared on July 30, 2020 after a judge invalidated the jury verdict due to prejudicial remarks made by Jarrett’s legal counsel. Later that year in October, a request by Jarrett for a retrial was denied without prejudice—leaving open the possibility for future motions. The legal conflict concluded with a settlement reached between Jarrett and Anthem in January 2021.

Promotional comeback

In May 2018, FITE TV collaborated with Global Force Entertainment to create content for its streaming service. Their inaugural production was Starrcast, which took place during the week of All In from August 28 through September 2, 2018. Subsequently, on October 21, 2018, Global Force Entertainment co-hosted the NWA 70th Anniversary Show alongside the National Wrestling Alliance in Nashville, Tennessee.

The following year, Global Force Entertainment became inactive as its founder Jeff Jarrett accepted a role with WWE as a backstage producer and member of the creative team. Jarrett stayed with WWE until January 2021 before departing to explore new ventures that might involve Global Force Entertainment. He later returned to WWE as Senior Vice President of Live Events from May until August 2022. In November 2022, Jarrett joined All Elite Wrestling, marking the end of his association with Global Force Entertainment.

Championships

Championship	Last holder(s)	Date Created	Date Discontinued	Previous holder(s)	First holder
GFW Global Championship	Alberto El Patron	October 23, 2015	August 14, 2017	Magnus	Magnus
GFW NEX*GEN Championship	Cody Rhodes	October 23, 2015	July 4, 2017	Sonjay Dutt	P. J. Black
GFW Tag Team Championship	The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana)	October 23, 2015	July 3, 2017	Vacant	The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra)
GFW Women's Championship	Sienna	October 23, 2015	July 2, 2017	Christina Von Eerie	Christina Von Eerie

GFW Tag Team Championship

{{Infobox pro wrestling championship |name = GFW Tag Team Championship |championshipname = GFW Tag Team Championship |promotion = Global Force Wrestling
Impact Wrestling |created = October 23, 2015 |retired = July 2, 2017
(merged with the Impact World Tag Team Championship) |firstchamp = The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) |finalchamp = The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) |mostreigns = All champions (1 reign each) |longestreign = The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) (406 days) |shortestreign = The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) (70 days) |}

Additional championships utilized by GFW

Promotion	Title	Last GFW Holder	Duration
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA King of the Mountain Championship	P. J. Black	July 27–28, 2015
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling	TNA World Tag Team Championship	Brian Myers and Trevor Lee	July 28–29, 2015
OMEGA Championship Wrestling	OMEGA Heavyweight Championship	Trevor Lee	May 2 – November 21, 2015

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