Jeff Jarrett On AEW Hiring New COO: It Has Been Needed Due To Our Growth, I’m Excited

Jeff Jarrett is excited about the growth of AEW.

Jeff Jarrett is excited about the growth of AEW.

As reported by Fightful Select, AEW recently hired Kosha Irby, a former Regional Director of Live Events for WWE, to join the company, possibly as the Chief Operating Officer. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer then confirmed that Irby would serve as the COO.

Speaking on his My World podcast, Jeff Jarrett, AEW’s Director of Business Development, was asked whether he had ever met Kosha Irby before. He noted that they had met in passing before he shared his belief that AEW needed a COO due to the growth of the company. Jarrett also expressed his excitement

“You think about the growth of AEW, going from two hours of Dynamite and Rampage in the early days, and then just kind of the growth, I’m elated. COO I think is a position that has been needed for quite some time. I don’t think that is sharing anything outside of the box. But I think it’s part of, I don’t want to say growing pains, but it’s the growth of a company. So I’m very, very excited for Kosha to be on board. I just think, when you really drill down and the press release this week that WBD put out and you take a step back and look at the big, big picture, which we always get caught up, and we all do. It’s kind of the nature of the beast. In so many ways, it is why wrestling, to me, is so successful in the digital era. It’s because of the constant exchange of information. Yes, some people will say Twitter is toxic, and I’d rather stay in Instagram or TikTok, and then you have YouTube and all these different kind of things. But at the end of the day, the wrestling industry, no matter what social media platform, is an instantaneous exchange of information, good and bad, but I think that’s kind of what makes the world go round. So I am super excited to see Kosha on board, and the continued growth,” Jarrett said.

In recent weeks, AEW has lost Rafael Morffi, Dana Massie, and QT Marshall, but Tony Khan has said the company would make some announcements soon.

As Jarrett noted, Warner Bros. Discovery recently highlighted AEW’s performance on TBS and TNT. More information is available here.

Fightful will have live coverage of AEW Dynamite as it airs on January 15.

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