Jeff Hardy Released by WWE
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I just don't see how you can trust him in terms of committing to a push past mid-card. At this stage in his career, he shouldn't be in the main event anyways. Bring him in for one last feud with his brother (have no desire to see them flab it up as a tag team), let him retire Matt, then Matt can go strictly to a manager/backstage/producer role for AEW.
Jeff can goto Impact after that....
Jeff can goto Impact after that....
They made him take a drug test that he passed. I'd feel a certain type of way too. But he had mentioned in previous interviews that Reigns was on his wishlist of opponents
Jeff spoke in length about the situation and revealed all the details surrounding why he walked out of the show in Edinburg, Texas that ultimately led to him being let go by WWE.
“Certain things happen for a reason and subconsciously that was one of the smartest, maybe the smartest thing I have ever done guided by something higher than me,” Jeff Hardy said. “WWE was so strange, I had been there for almost two years I guess after I came back from knee surgery. When Matt debuted in AEW, the pandemic hit in front of nobody, he teleported down in the nosebleeds and I was going to debut in Detroit Michigan, I came back from knee surgery in front of the performance center to nobody.
“It was just weird, the best way I can describe my last few months in WWE was just glimmers of hope like maybe I still do have something and the last glimmer of hope was the Survivor Series which was really good. Came down to me and Seth Rollins and I almost won and the crowd was so behind me, I felt like one of the most popular babyfaces in WWE.
“Then there’s other times where I just felt like a ghost roaming the halls, I don’t know, why am I even here? I don’t feel important at all. I kept doing my deal, showing up and doing whatever they wanted me to do and I’ve never been a politician so I don’t go out of my way to get a certain spot or to achieve a certain status.
“But yeah that night in Texas, I finished my heat, took the heat, and just said I’m ready to go. Went over the railing, disappeared into the crowd and naturally, they think I took something like drugs or whatever but I didn’t. I mean if I was that bad I should’ve never went out there is the way I see it.
“But yeah, it’s just another unpredictable thing that I can do and I’d get away with it but it was more serious than that. It was one of the smartest things I had ever done because it worked out so perfectly, mainly because my first day in AEW I felt valuable for the first time. The care and love I was shown, I felt like I was supposed to be there, I just got chills thinking about that.
“With WWE it just felt like they were keeping me there to sell action figures and that’s one of the things, I get so much joy out of painting my face and when I see that come out and immortalized in an action figure I’m like man, that’s why I do this. This is so cool and that’s one thing I’m super excited about here in AEW is my first action figure with the face paint. This is exactly where I’m supposed to be right now.”
Jeff Hardy made his AEW debut last week, helping his brother fend off the HFO on AEW Dynamite, and then teamed with his brother this week against Private Party.
Continuing to talk about the details surrounding that night in Texas, Jeff Hardy mentioned what led up to him walking out of that match. The former WWE Tag Team Champion talked about the highs and lows of his most recent run with WWE and why he felt like he had no purpose.
“It felt right in the moment, I wasn’t trying to get released,” Jeff said. “Just thinking about Survivor Series and how fun that was, that connection with the crowd and how they wanted me to win so bad. It just made me think back to SummerSlam, I went to SummerSlam and it was a big crowd in this stadium in Vegas and I was there all day for nothing. I was like why am I even here?
“I was so excited about being a part of it, some little spot or something but I just wasn’t involved. I was like why am I even here? And that’s not just at SummerSlam but like why am I still here in WWE? What’s my purpose because it felt like I didn’t have much of one.”
“Certain things happen for a reason and subconsciously that was one of the smartest, maybe the smartest thing I have ever done guided by something higher than me,” Jeff Hardy said. “WWE was so strange, I had been there for almost two years I guess after I came back from knee surgery. When Matt debuted in AEW, the pandemic hit in front of nobody, he teleported down in the nosebleeds and I was going to debut in Detroit Michigan, I came back from knee surgery in front of the performance center to nobody.
“It was just weird, the best way I can describe my last few months in WWE was just glimmers of hope like maybe I still do have something and the last glimmer of hope was the Survivor Series which was really good. Came down to me and Seth Rollins and I almost won and the crowd was so behind me, I felt like one of the most popular babyfaces in WWE.
“Then there’s other times where I just felt like a ghost roaming the halls, I don’t know, why am I even here? I don’t feel important at all. I kept doing my deal, showing up and doing whatever they wanted me to do and I’ve never been a politician so I don’t go out of my way to get a certain spot or to achieve a certain status.
“But yeah that night in Texas, I finished my heat, took the heat, and just said I’m ready to go. Went over the railing, disappeared into the crowd and naturally, they think I took something like drugs or whatever but I didn’t. I mean if I was that bad I should’ve never went out there is the way I see it.
“But yeah, it’s just another unpredictable thing that I can do and I’d get away with it but it was more serious than that. It was one of the smartest things I had ever done because it worked out so perfectly, mainly because my first day in AEW I felt valuable for the first time. The care and love I was shown, I felt like I was supposed to be there, I just got chills thinking about that.
“With WWE it just felt like they were keeping me there to sell action figures and that’s one of the things, I get so much joy out of painting my face and when I see that come out and immortalized in an action figure I’m like man, that’s why I do this. This is so cool and that’s one thing I’m super excited about here in AEW is my first action figure with the face paint. This is exactly where I’m supposed to be right now.”
Jeff Hardy made his AEW debut last week, helping his brother fend off the HFO on AEW Dynamite, and then teamed with his brother this week against Private Party.
Continuing to talk about the details surrounding that night in Texas, Jeff Hardy mentioned what led up to him walking out of that match. The former WWE Tag Team Champion talked about the highs and lows of his most recent run with WWE and why he felt like he had no purpose.
“It felt right in the moment, I wasn’t trying to get released,” Jeff said. “Just thinking about Survivor Series and how fun that was, that connection with the crowd and how they wanted me to win so bad. It just made me think back to SummerSlam, I went to SummerSlam and it was a big crowd in this stadium in Vegas and I was there all day for nothing. I was like why am I even here?
“I was so excited about being a part of it, some little spot or something but I just wasn’t involved. I was like why am I even here? And that’s not just at SummerSlam but like why am I still here in WWE? What’s my purpose because it felt like I didn’t have much of one.”
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
So he basically felt useless in the WWE and decided to leave. Another talented guy that ended up burnt out by the company.
Jeff saw the writing. He wasn’t getting a title shot against Roman or another reign as champ. Jeff always been one of my top 5 but that’s just it 
. I love how he said all they wanted to do was sale action figures in WWE but then says he can’t wait for AEW to put out his first action figure with face paint…
What exactly does Jeff think he’s gonna do in AEW beside a tag title run? He ain’t becoming world champ when CM Punk, Danielson, Mox, MJF, Adam “skinny fat”Cole, etc all in that company. No one cares to see Willow either.
. I love how he said all they wanted to do was sale action figures in WWE but then says he can’t wait for AEW to put out his first action figure with face paint… What exactly does Jeff think he’s gonna do in AEW beside a tag title run? He ain’t becoming world champ when CM Punk, Danielson, Mox, MJF, Adam “skinny fat”Cole, etc all in that company. No one cares to see Willow either.The sad thing is the thing that keeps him from being a consistent top guy is his love of just performing and his loyalty to his brother. Like he said he's never been a politician and how much time has he spent either in reformations of the Hardy Boyz or just supporting whatever the fukk Matt is doing?
MightyHealthy
said what he said
I don't think Jeff wants to be put over as much as he wants to wrestle. I don't think Jeff is gunning for the AEW World title, although TK will probably have the sense to use him as a reign-solidifying challenger, at some point.
Hardy Boyz reunion is the best way for these two to put over talent. They've more than proven they are their own men, but their strength is as a tag team, and their matches in AEW mean more now.
Matt also gets to redebut, in a way, and the perspective they have to appreciate that...just shows they are wired for performing for crowds.
They can run clinics with new talent while still having unique matchups. Imagine them versus Mox and Danielson, Jurassic Express, ReDRagon...
Hardy Boyz reunion is the best way for these two to put over talent. They've more than proven they are their own men, but their strength is as a tag team, and their matches in AEW mean more now.
Matt also gets to redebut, in a way, and the perspective they have to appreciate that...just shows they are wired for performing for crowds.
They can run clinics with new talent while still having unique matchups. Imagine them versus Mox and Danielson, Jurassic Express, ReDRagon...
Well he's said Roman was his dream match up and WWE were working towards making it. That's why he was the last one at Survivor Series and had some build going into it, they were building him up back to the main event for Roman
And if Jeff had a bad time this last run why did he say a week and a half ago he still hopes to go back there and retire?
He's saying and doing a bunch of contradictory shyt. Then puts it out himself that he knew what he was doing and intentionally got heat, he was better off letting WWE take the hit for flying off the rails with a drug test.
All this has done to me is highlight his biggest issue throughout his career, he's unstable. Whether it's the drug farm at his peak or scratching Sting with his nails high out of his mind, every time he's had the ball he's dropped it. At the same time when he was holding the ball in his prime he was magic so it's a double edged sword.
He wasn't getting no main event run. They would've done it years ago if true.
Norrin Radd
To me, my board!
son got a song back and thought he was going to get a title match. he might've been on them drugs.
thought he could do some dikkhead shyt and get away with because he was Jeff Hardy and they thought he was on a drugs again so now he in AEW with his bum ass brother.. oh, well.
embrace being a nostalgia act, play the tag team hits and keep it moving.
as long as he's not on drugs any company will have him because he can make them some easy cash
thought he could do some dikkhead shyt and get away with because he was Jeff Hardy and they thought he was on a drugs again so now he in AEW with his bum ass brother.. oh, well.
embrace being a nostalgia act, play the tag team hits and keep it moving.
as long as he's not on drugs any company will have him because he can make them some easy cash
Reality Check
Keepin' it 100
This. They're careers are winding down and the best thing they can do for their legacy is try to give back while having a lot more creative freedom than in WWE.
Add ANOTHER talent that was unhappy with WWE using them. This is what happens when you push the same 3 people, and always bringing back apart timers.
Rell84shots
Veteran
Man please, Jeff was getting a push and he fukked it up like he always does. This ain't even about the WWE or Vince, this is about Jeff abandoning his co workers in the middle of a match because he's a screwup. The only people I see defending him are the hardcore anti WWE neckbeards. Also how can Jeff of all people complain about anything? The fact that he was still getting a push after multiple firings is proof that he had it made.