Karen Jarrett Karen Jarrett ( formerly Angle ; born October 12 , 1972 ) is an American professional wrestling valet and personality , formerly working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) as the Senior Vice President of the TNA Knockouts Division . She is the ex - wife of professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle and the wife of TNA / GFW founder and wrestler Jeff Jarrett . Career . World Wrestling Entertainment . Karen was never involved in a storyline of World Wrestling Entertainment while her then - husband Kurt Angle was under contract . She herself was never under contract , but did briefly appear at Unforgiven in 2001 as a part of the big celebration with the Angle family following Kurt Angle ' s victory over Steve Austin for the WWF Championship . She also made an appearance on the WrestleMania XX DVD set in a bonus segment regarding Kurt . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 – 2008 ) . Karen Angle was introduced in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) in the summer of 2007 when Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle were feuding for an all - at - once Triple Crown Championship ( Kurt held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship , and Joe held the TNA X Division and TNA World Tag Team Championship ) . Karen was supposedly wanting to divorce Kurt , claiming that he was emotionally abusive toward both her and their children . At the Hard Justice pay - per - view , however , Karen betrayed Joe during his match with her husband , resulting in Kurt winning the Triple Crown ( thus turning her heel ) . In the following weeks , her character began to develop into a manipulative vamp , such as when she claimed that Sting slapped her at No Surrender when , in fact , he had not . This led to Kurt and Sting losing the Tag Team titles to Team Pacman after Kurt executed the Olympic slam on Sting . Another feud then erupted between Kurt Angle and Sting in which Sting had Karen arrested for violating a restraining order and Kurt stalking Sting ' s son . At Genesis , Karen persuaded A . J . Styles and Tomko into helping Kurt retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship during the tag team match for the title . In late 2007 , Karen began to have issues with Booker T ' s wife Sharmell , claiming there was only room for one " queen " in TNA ( a direct reference to Booker T ' s and Sharmell ' s last WWE gimmick , where they were self - proclaimed royalty after Booker won the 2006 King of the Ring tournament ) . This led to a catfight at the December 12 " TNA Impact ! " tapings . Karen suffered a broken foot after jumping from the apron after an in - ring segment . She did not miss any time as a result of TNA ' s taping schedule . On the February 14 , 2008 episode of " Impact ! " , Karen was scheduled to renew her wedding vows to Kurt , but in the storyline , she was pronounced married to A . J . Styles after the priest , who had just been knocked down by Kevin Nash , awoke and married the two , mistaking Styles for Kurt . Kurt then started to emotionally attack Karen for not ending the " marriage . " Later in the year , she proposed to separate from Kurt Angle ( kayfabe ) which Kurt Angle supported to " concentrate on his upcoming match with Samoa Joe at Lockdown . " Since then , hints of a relationship with A . J . were given , after Kurt continued to ignore Karen , even having her ejected from her ringside seat at Lockdown . On the May 22 , 2008 episode of " Impact ! " , Kurt Angle asked Karen to the ring to forgive him for not performing his " husbandly duties " and to ask her to come home . Karen then left a begging Kurt in the ring after he pleaded for a second chance . At the end of " Impact ! " , Karen came to the ring to the aid of A . J . Styles who was being beaten four on one by Booker T , Team 3D , and Tomko . After being ejected , Karen ran to the back to enlist Kurt ' s aid , who came out with a chair . Kurt threatened the four with the chair , only to turn around and see his estranged wife hugging a bloody AJ . Kurt freaked and hit AJ with the chair , thus prompting the four back in the ring . Team 3D held Karen up while Kurt held AJ ' s head , yelling at Karen , telling her this was all her fault . Kurt is quoted as saying to Karen , " This is your fault ! You deceived me ! " On the May 29 , 2008 edition of " Impact ! " after being assaulted backstage before his entrance , A . J . ran to the ring to help Karen only to be beat down by Team 3D and Kurt Angle for the second week in a row . Christian Cage came to the ring to aid Styles but was viciously assaulted for his trouble as well . It was then announced that at the Slammiversary pay - per - view it would be A . J . Styles one - on - one with Kurt Angle . Karen then interfered helping A . J . Styles win his match against Kurt Angle at Slammiversary 2008 , turning her face again . Shortly thereafter , Angle was given her own interview segment , " Karen ' s Angle " on " iMPACT " . Her first interview was Kaz on July 24 , 2008 . On the October 9 , 2008 episode of " Impact ! " , it was announced that Karen had to step down as the host of " Karen ' s Angle " to focus on her family . Her profile and Knockout photos were taken off TNA ' s official website , but were put back up a few days later . Return to TNA ( 2011 ) . On January 10 , 2011 , TNA announced that Karen would be making her return to the promotion on the January 13 edition of " Impact ! " , appearing beside her new husband Jeff Jarrett , who has recently been feuding with Kurt Angle . In her return appearance Karen confronted Angle just as he was about to attack Jeff , told him that she would not allow him to ruin their personal lives and promised to tell all about their divorce the following week . The following week Karen slapped Kurt , providing a distraction which allowed Jeff to beat him down . On February 13 at Against All Odds Jeff defeated Kurt in a singles match and as a result Angle was forced to walk Karen down the aisle , when she and Jarrett renewed their wedding vows on the March 3 edition of " Impact ! " . On March 3 Angle proceeded to destroy the wedding set with an axe and forced wedding guest , New York Jet Bart Scott to tap out with the ankle lock . On May 15 at Sacrifice , Angle and Chyna , whom Angle had recently brought to the promotion to negate Karen , defeated the Jarretts in a mixed tag team match , after Karen submitted to Chyna . Due to a storyline injury , Karen missed the culmination of Jeff ' s and Angle ' s feud at Slammiversary IX and the following " Impact Wrestling " , which led to the defeated Jarrett leaving the company for a tour of Mexico . On June 18 , Karen appeared beside her husband at Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ' s ( AAA ) biggest event of the year , Triplemanía XIX , and provided a distraction , which led to Jeff defeating El Zorro for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship . On the September 1 edition of " Impact Wrestling ! " , Eric Bischoff named Karen the new Commissioner of the Knockouts Division . On the October 20 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , Jarrett aligned herself with Gail Kim and Madison Rayne . On the December 15 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , TNA ' s authority figure , Sting , fired both Jarretts from TNA as a result of Jeff losing to Jeff Hardy at Final Resolution . Family Wrestling Entertainment ( 2013 - present ) . On October 12 , 2013 , Jarrett appeared at Family Wrestling Entertainment ' s Grand Prix , where she was named Commissioner . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 - present ) . She is the co - founder of Global Force Wrestling . Second Return to TNA ( 2015 - present ) . Karen , alongside her husband Jeff , returned to " Impact Wrestling " on the June 24 , 2015 tapings . Jeff announced that he will be the first entrant in the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary 2015 . On the August 26 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Karen turned heel when she revealed that she orchestrated the attacks on TNA General Manager Bully Ray and Drew Galloway . Personal life . Karen has two children with her former husband Kurt Angle : a daughter named Kyra Angle ( born December 2 , 2002 ) and son named Kody Angle ( born October 26 , 2006 ) . Their daughter , Kyra , has been seen on TNA television several times and also attended WWE ' s 2006 Hall of Fame ceremony with her father . In 2008 , Karen filed for divorce , which was finalized on October 26 , 2008 . In 2009 , it was reported that Karen was romantically linked to TNA co - founder Jeff Jarrett . The relationship was said to have started while Kurt and Karen were separated . This resulted in TNA president Dixie Carter placing Jarrett on a leave of absence . The situation was revealed in July 2009 when a caller claiming to be a former TNA employee called the Bubba the Love Sponge Show . On April 6 , 2010 , Karen announced that she and Jarrett were engaged . Karen and Jarrett were married on August 21 , 2010 . Karen has three stepdaughters as a result of her marriage to Jarrett .