Jeff Jarrett goes from Hendersonville to WWE Hall of Fame

Former Goodpasture basketball star Jeff Jarrett traded in his high tops for wrestling tights in the 1980s and hit the big time.

Jarrett quickly became known for his unique skill-set in pro wrestling along with his penchant for smashing guitars over the heads of his foes through the early 2000s.

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On Monday, it was announced that Jarrett has been elected to the WWE Hall of Fame.

He will be enshrined on April 6 at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans, living up to his signature line "Ain't I great?".

"If you think Jeff Jarrett expected to hear anything other than an affirmative every time he fired that question at the WWE Universe, then you didn’t understand the character of the Fargo strutting, Technicolor dreamcoated country crooner from Music City, USA," WWE's Bobby Melok wrote.

Others in the 2018 class include Goldberg, The Dudley Boyz and Ivory.

“I would have never dreamed that in 2018 I’d be going into the Hall of Fame," Jarrett told NBC Sports. "But as I’ve sat back and looked I said, ‘Welp, I guess there are some things that are just meant to be.'”

Jarrett was a two-year starting guard at Goodpasture who made the 1985 Tennessean and Nashville Banner All-Metro Area Basketball first teams.

He averaged 15 points per game in his senior season and went on to play at Aquinas Junior College, where he averaged eight points per game.

Jarrett is the son of former pro wrestler and Nashville promoter Jerry Jarrett.

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