Is Edge a bigger star than Jeff Hardy

[I-Hate-You]

First Ballot Hall of Famer
Critically acclaimed actor
Highest rated champion since the Attitude Era

no, not Dwayne Johnson folks. That's Adam '20/20' Copeland. AKA Bigger Star Than Nero Harvey.

 

[NoMorePie]

Jeff had a more prest...

I mean Edge had a much more memora.....

fukk man, I don't know.

 

[JoogJoint]

Also, ya'll gotta look at it this way too...

Where would Edge be if that sh_t with Fatthew and Lita never happened? Would he be known as the Rated R Superstar still? That's what really made him stand out as a singles competitor at first, IMO. Lita helped a lot in creating the Edge as a singles competitor we know today.

I think Jeff would've been popular regardless. Also, wasn't he heel for a VERY short period of time, but people loved him so much, they quickly had to turn him face. That's how loved Jeff is and how the IWC underestimate how big his fanbase is. Also I would even go as far as to say he elevated Punk in that feud they had. Punk played off his real life demons and made him a good Heel. People just don't want to boo Jeff.

 

[puppetmaster]

Hardy had and still has "it" its a cliche at this point but dude looks and carries himself like an artist, makes him fascinating, the kids and chubby girls woulda willed him to title runs with their parents wallets if he were reliable. Jeff actually was a good talker in TNA during his heel run of 2010 the few of us here who were watching actually recall that, it's too bad he really was living that gimmick at the time though.

Edge was injury prone but maximized every single break he got (the Matt Hardy thing couldnt have been more perfect to launch off of) so I'd pro'ally say yeah Edge

It was pro'ally due to being chemically enhanced enough to be radioactive damn near but Nero somehow has never had a major injury which would be a feather in his cap if Hardy didn't like to self destruct/sabatoge right when he's on the brink, he had that ladder match classic with Undertaker in 2002 and was looking like a star but can't keep his shyt together

late 07-summer 09 dude was as hot as anybody and damn all that "he can't talk" shyt if you're bored sometime go rewatch some of those pops dude got ok Smackdown/raw/PPV during that "07-09" period. He was ready, him and Punk coulda really dug their heels in and made more classics if he wasn't 2 strikes and a bad fit for the scheduland didn't have to talk or scream his way into being over. He found a way to connect and make people care in spite of not having Classic promos

So yeah Edge ultimately did more and I'd say his star in wrestling is brighter because you could count on him when it counted. It's all hypothetical of course but I do think a healthy and clear headed hardy would have had a higher peak than Edge but a non injury prone Edge woulda still outlasted him because you can make adjustments mid 40's and be Edge, you can't be mid 40's and still be Jeff Hardy, the body just ain't meant to take some of that damage of his style which he has not changed at all at that point

 

[I-Hate-You]

Also, ya'll gotta look at it this way too...

Where would Edge be if that sh_t with Fatthew and Lita never happened?

Why do we gotta look at it that way? It did happen.

Only one of those guys grabbed the brass ring.

 

[puppetmaster]

Why do we gotta look at it that way? It did happen.

Only one of those guys grabbed the brass ring.

Yeah. This point is pretty tough to defeat and is why I said Edge is the bigger star, you can only move the goal posts so far before you're just basically hating.

Ultimately it happened and Edge MADE something happen with it, there have been a LOT of folks who fumbled the ball big time when it practically rolled right to them career wise. I Prefer Nero to Edge but Jeff is one of those people who the ball rolls thru his legs at the worst times

 

[I-Hate-You]

Yeah. This point is pretty tough to defeat and is why I said Edge is the bigger star, you can only move the goal posts so far before you're just basically hating.

Ultimately it happened and Edge MADE something happen with it, there have been a LOT of folks who fumbled the ball big time when it practically rolled right to them career wise. I Prefer Nero to Edge but Jeff is one of those people who the ball rolls thru his legs at the worst times

what's your deal with liking the inferior wrestler between rivals?

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

they are about equal to me.

 

[September]

Dude was getting it though in this video!

Team Xtreme is honestly one of my favorite things ever and so many of my wrestling memories are tied to them. Rikishi as well. This moment was so amazing

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

 

[Project Downtime]

Also, ya'll gotta look at it this way too...

Where would Edge be if that sh_t with Fatthew and Lita never happened? Would he be known as the Rated R Superstar still? That's what really made him stand out as a singles competitor at first, IMO. Lita helped a lot in creating the Edge as a singles competitor we know today.

I think Jeff would've been popular regardless. Also, wasn't he heel for a VERY short period of time, but people loved him so much, they quickly had to turn him face. That's how loved Jeff is and how the IWC underestimate how big his fanbase is. Also I would even go as far as to say he elevated Punk in that feud they had. Punk played off his real life demons and made him a good Heel. People just don't want to boo Jeff.

Fatthew fukked up and made THREE careers excel.

Jeff may be the bigger wrestling star, but Edge is bigger overall/crossover star.

 

[PYRRHUS 88]

Jeff is the Kurt Cobain of wrestling. He coulda been a contendah. 5 star matches, memorable promos, all that shyt is fine and dandy, but when the wrestling audience CARE, that's when money is made. For all the tools he was lacking, he never stepped through the curtain to a tepid response. His floppy ragdoll selling style, his "edgy" proto-emo swag, whatever it was, a lot of people (primarily chicks and tweens, perhaps, but even still, a lot of people) bought in and supported the guy for YEARS AND YEARS.

There were a LOT of better musicians than Kurt Cobain, but certain demographics were buying what he was selling in a big way


Total conjecture, but I'd bet that if you could somehow poll every WWE fan and have them rank their all-time top 5 favourites, Jeff Hardy would place higher than Edge, by a lot. That makes him a bigger star in wrestling to me.

 

[LastManStanding]

The biggest stain on Jeff's career is all the time he has wasted being in TNA. Not trying to knock TNA, but that would be like Kobe or LeBron waking up one day in their prime years and deciding to go play in the D-League because the schedule is easier.

Drug problems aside, it's a damn shame Jeff has wasted so much time in TNA when he should have been in the WWE. Certainly he is/was popular enough and draws enough money for the company to be given a lighter schedule type of deal? Jeff could have easily been knocking down at least 1 million every year in the WWE instead of the food stamps TNA pays, but then again he does come across as the type who doesn't give a shyt about the money.

 

[puppetmaster]

what's your deal with liking the inferior wrestler between rivals?

Spoiler

Jeff held his own in win loss singles matches against Edge since he didn't have Fatthew weighing him down

 

[JoogJoint]

Fatthew fukked up and made THREE careers excel.

Jeff may be the bigger wrestling star, but Edge is bigger overall/crossover star.

Fatthew's such a loser at life he makes others a success by default.