Update: Jeff Hardy released.
 

Per PWInsider/Fightful, WWE has sent Jeff Hardy home after the following:

lol Jeff Hardy

So sad

He just needed his pills.

Not good. I hope he’s okay.

And you get mad at profane words. Shame Lock Jaw, SHHHHAAAAMMMMMMEEEEE!

Just saw a video of it. Looks like he clutched his chest after he dives for the hot tag. Seriously hope there's nothing wrong from a health standpoint..... and definitely hope he's not back on grandpa's cough medicine.


About 10:45 into the video




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Looks to me like he got bored at a WWE show. Nothing to see here.

Must have been something serious to have him walk out, his body must be a trainwreck after what he's put it through over the years.

I wouldn’t read too much into that. It looked like he just kinda rested his arm in his chest. It didn’t seem out of the ordinary.

Of course if he was drunk he was probably extra winded.

I watched the match, he definitely didn't seem "fucked up" like he has been in the past. That match with Sting, that's all I can think of, but this looks different.


Either way man, it doesn't look good. if the dude did just take his ball and go home, whatever.

If he did just take his ball and go home then I applaud him for doing it in style although he should have waited for a TV match.

On the Broken Skull Sessions it sounded like Jeff had cleaned himself up again, but unfortunately for an addict, those demons can always come back.

Not sure what happened here but I hope he's OK.

hope he can get released so matt can take care of him. make him carpool with cm punk.

Would've loved to hear the commentary team scramble to cover that one with only buzzwords.

Ironically, this IS vintage Jeff hardy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">��PROBLEMAS CON JEFF HARDY: WWE LO HABRÍA MANDADO A SU CASA DESPUÉS DE UNA &quot;NOCHE DURA&quot;<br>El dia de ayer, Jeff Hardy estaba haciendo equipo con Mcintyre y Woods para enfrentarse ante Roman Reigns y The Usos. En un momento de la lucha, Jeff Hardy se retira hacia la fanaticada⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/HsXtUd5mN1">pic.twitter.com/HsXtUd5mN1</a></p>&mdash; Deportes Y Luchas WWE (@DeportesYLuchas) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeportesYLuchas/status/1467718939178328074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

why did he go through the crowd to leave? I'm assuming wrestlers go to and from the ring via entrance way even at house shows? unless he now goes through the crowd with his gimmick or something? I haven't seen a match of his in a while.

the security guard bolted for him though lol

Avoiding the immediate reaction from everyone in the back telling him to get the fuck back out there?

Or drugs.

Maybe both.

lol hightailed it through the crowd and out the back door. took the bus home

Maybe he shit himself?

Matt Hardy said he spoke to Jeff and he's doing OK. He won't divulge their private conversation or speak on his behalf, but he's apparently fine.

Any chance he got concussed during the match. Might explain why he left through the crowd if he was confused.

This shit is just boring.

This is what I was thinking, based on his movement and just overall..... presence I guess?

I don't want to jump to conclusions because as likely as Jeff falling back and using again, the idea that he was concussed or injured seems just as likely. He didn't appear to be high from what I saw. Certainly not like the TNA incident.

Curious that we haven't had this addressed officially.

It does seem like a concussion/head injury or some substance though simply because he left through the crowd instead of going through the ramp. That's odd.

Matt's tweet could've gone into some detail if it was an injury. Makes more sense for him to leave it to Jeff to explain if he relapsed or sharted and felt he had punched out his bump card and one more would've been a total mess.

Blame Vince

It’s Vince McMahon back to his Victory Road ‘11 ways.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fightful has learned WWE has released Jeff Hardy</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1468968491982090248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He gone.

Preliminary reports suggest that he was released after declining WWE's offer of rehab. If I were to interpret that charitably, I'd say that it doesn't necessarily mean that he's refusing help, just that he's refusing help through the company.

Not to downplay whatever issues he's going through at the moment, but if he wanted out of his contract, and knew that refusing their offer would get him there, there's nothing stopping him now from pursuing help through other means.

Hopefully he cleans himself up before anything else.

I am looking forward to hearing the real story on this.

Dude has young kids. If he wants to be all Marty Jannetty and be a giant mess than so be it. But when there's kids involved it just brings it to another level.

Addiction is a life-long battle unfortunately, I hope that being away from WWE's schedule is a blessing in disguise for him.

PLOT TWIST: He faked being fucked up so they would give him the ultimatum.

Hahaha, right.

Historically, it hasn’t. The dude’s been so lucky to flirt with self-destruction and more or less come out of it unscathed. Who knows the toll it takes on his family and friends? I hope he sorts his shit out.

Someone get this man some DDP Yoga.

yeah i am sure matt has gotten in touch with ddp an jeff will be his next project

Didn't somebody else do something similar before?

In any case, I'm not going to assume he relapsed until there's proof. I am of the mind he prob'ly doesn't like where WWE is headed and took the likes of Scotty 2 Hotty and Beth Phoenix exits to heart, but found his own "escape hatch"... just way more literally out the back door of a house show.

Wasnt it only a few weeks ago Matt Hardy was saying Jeffs the best hes seen him in years?

Jeff Hardy to AEW confirmed as per @tomguycotwrestling via Twitter.

All things being equal, I would hope my brother said the same about me publicly... even if it were 100% true or he were just covering my ass.

But again, I'm not assuming he's off the wagon without proof just because of his past. It could have been as simple as "fuck this; it ain't fun anymore". He could be working a ploy to head to AEW (or even elsewhere - can't assume Jeff doesn't do his own thing). It could even be a long con by WWE themselves like they did with Brian Danielson after he "choked" Justin Roberts with his own tie during the original NEXUS invasion. You know, where he was "released" on paper, allowed to work indy dates, and then came back to WWE right at the end of his non-compete after the negative PR blew over and got "thanked" with a US title run for keeping his mouth shut about it (you can't convince me that's not what went down).

I get Occam's Razor and all, but it isn't necessarily good to assume the worst just because.

My point wasn’t to say he’s having addiction issues, it was kinda the opposite with a hedge of “some people hide it well”

I am thinking this... no way the guy works the entire match looking just fine, taking the bumps and hitting all his cues, setting the up the hot tag and just decides to fuck off cuz he's high or hung over.

We've all seen Jeff Hardy fucked up wrestling. It ain't pretty and its OBVIOUS when compared to his sober work. This does not seem to be that. Looks like a Gail Kim situation.

Given he walked out and then got a release (something it seemed that he wanted) tells me he fucking played the game and out-played the out-of-touch Vince McMahon.

Imagine the POP if/when he walks back into a ring from the crowd "somewhere".

You know what? I should open a twitter account under that name so that the hyperlinik works. Also, if he doesn't show up in AEW, I could always pull a Meltz and say "Well... you know... plans change." Instant out that wouldn't lose me any credibility whatsoever. If that were what I actually was saying.

But I was legit asking: didn't someone else get released under a pretense of being "injured" or "intoxicated" or some shit, and refused to see a doctor, and got released? I could've sworn someone actually pulled something like that to get out of their contract, but I can't remember who.


*(By the way, someone pointed out to me that there IS a "tom guycott" - spelled incorrectly like I did it - on Twitter, but it legit isn't me. Some of it seems like things I'd post, but then other shit was completely off my mark where even I'd be fooled into thinking I actually wrote it.)

**(Double checking now, that account I was referring to appears to be gone, and there is now more than one "Tom Guycot" on Twitter - single t correct spelling - and one of them is actually cosplaying as the Clash At Demonhead boss.)

Well, given that the reason why people jump to that conclusion is because he was never one to "hide it well", so that's the first thought they'll think for any deviant behavior from the norm - which in this case is just getting the fuck out of Dodge.

What I will say, though, is that if this *is* some sort of "scheme" to leave (or an actual work within WWE for something not addressed publicly; see my DB stance), Jeff could swerve everyone and go work for Billy Corgan.

He doesn't necessarily have to show up in AEW just because Matt is there. There was a point where Jeff was in TNA and Matt was in Ring of Honor. Both guys ended up making appearances at both places, but not always.

Right or wrong, I'm just putting money on him not being happy there anymore. Kinda like that football player who up and retired at halftime of an NFL game.

Jeff Hardy really does have the “it” factor everybody knows about but nobody can accurately define.

Like I love Matt but anytime he’s just tried being regular ‘ol Matt Hardy, he felt like just another guy and it didn’t work. But Broken Matt, V1 Matt, Big Money Matt etc were all enjoyable to me because of his character work.

Jeff on the other hand, doesn't need a character, just being himself has always been enough to get massive pops everywhere. He’s the living embodiment of EWR’s “Unique” gimmick.

also if he was too drugged up to wrestle all the trained wrestlers around him would not let hem wrestle as long as he did in the match.

The article says the WWE offered him rehab prior to his release

If he wanted to leave, there are plenty of other avenues you can take other than being fucked up, making people think you are fucked up or being wildly unprofessional. I get that people want to think the best, but Jeff is probably not in a good spot. People don’t always show it as obviously as they sometimes have.

And before anyone says “But WWE won’t let people go,” it’s probably easier to get out of a WWE deal now than it was before. Is there anyone there that has asked for a release that hasn’t been given it at this point? You can call up Vince, talk to him about your health not holding up — mental or physical, pitch a conditional release, fight the contract, a bunch of things besides fucking over your coworkers and a paying audience.

And didn’t Jeff just sign a new contract recently?

It’s all a work so that they can introduce the WWE Universe to Willow!

I wonder if Vince has ever seen Jeff as Willow and what his reaction was?

This is all speculation, but here is a possible scenario.

Jeff Hardy was not under the influence in the match. Whatever reason he walked out, him being upset, him being injured, etc. may have led to his relapse, which was evident when he showed up the next day and and was sent home.

My second concern is that the same people who say he is faking his condition to get out of WWE would be the first to try to blame WWE should he go too far and end up deceased (worst case scenario).

My first concern is that Jeff goes too far and ends up deceased.

Jesus fuck, I was only joking.

does jeff also have 4 kids? if he has fewer than matt, he's still the less fucked up of the two

Poe's Law and all that shit. :-\

Also, that is the legitimate sentiment of folks I have seen online.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I feel xtremely good about the future.</p>&mdash; MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) <a href="https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1469489100554186753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ugh

If he seriously faked a relapse so he could go to AEW then fuck Jeff, fuck Matt, and fuck AEW if they hire him. That Matt tweet just doesn't sit right with me.

I like Jeff a lot, always have, but if it turns out this is what happened then it is some of the most unprofessional conduct I've ever seen and is borderline fraud.

I really don’t think that would be the case. I think either Jeff’s relapsed proper or the WWE suspects him of relapsing, and he’s refused to take a test to either prove or disprove their suspicions. But offering him rehab implies there is some sort of knowledge of a condition, which he is refusing to treat within company guidelines.

It’s also pretty telling the company actually released him. I think there is an awareness about how firing someone can exasperate their personal issues. The company really does give people plenty of chances in these sorts of scenarios. Even if Jeff refused rehab, they could have still sent him home to “think about it.” They’re cutting bait on this guy.

I think Impact Wrestling or GCW is the most likely place for Jeff if he decides to keep wrestling at all. AEW should probably stay clear.

A silver-lining to this potentially awful situation is that if Matt wants to work with Jeff, and Tony won’t sign Jeff, maybe Matt leaves to go to wherever Jeff is and we don’t have to see him in AEW anymore? But Matt’s probably making too much bank.

Should, but probably won't.

If Tony hadn't proven himself to be the biggest mark of all time, I'd agree with you. The thing is, I can totally see Jeff signing with AEW, so the Hardy's can job to the Bucks one last time.

Sadly, you’re probably right.

I would only do that if WWE were insisting he keep doing flaming barbwire TLC Hell-In-The-Cell (on a pole!) matches and letting him take wilder and wilder bumps during all these years. That's a plus side of WWE becoming boring sticks-in-the-mud: they toned down a lot of the super dangerous ante-upping.

This is a different circumstance than, say, historically rewarding people who have obviously "enhanced" physiques because of Vince's bodybuilding predilictions, but then punishing them when outed or implicated for being on the gas. I would absolutely blame WWE in that instance.

If this were to happen, I'd honestly rather see a "send off" vs Darby Allin and not cross paths with Matt or HFO at all... but, you're prob'ly right, since the Bucks would have to go over. Prob'ly even CLEAN, and not make with the heat fuckery from the peanut gallery until after the Hardyz lost.

Plus, it would take at least some attention away from FTR vs The Briscoes since they're not involved in that. So, I could see your prediction coming true also.

hashtagtomguycottscoops on Twitter!*



*No, I didn't actually make that a thing either. Too much like work.

AEW losing Matt would be a huge loss for them. AEW will keep him signed so other promotions don't steal him. It's Matt's world and if he wants to get a deal for Jeff at AEW then it will happen.

The whole situation is interesting. Think about it. The WWE continues to make fun of his rehab and substance abuse problems. If this was done to any of us, we would be able to threaten to sue or whatever. Jeff could not. So if he did fake this to get released from his contract, then good for him. I know that's the unpopular opinion, but he should be able to work in front of an audience and not have to worry about that shit. He also hasn't been involved in a meaningful storyline since Matt was let go.

With all this said, he didn't relapse when they were stuck in Florida filming shows in the Thunderdome. If he did in fact relapse, and the stories are true, then it might be all the time on the road that is doing him in. I just hope that he gets the help he needs, whether it be physical or mental.

i think if jeff came to aew it would be limited like matt cardonas was. it will be like 6 matches. as long as matt watches over him he should be ok.

I guess I’m just pipe-dreaming that AEW would give itself competition by letting Matt Hardy spread greatness to other wrestling promotions.

Matt and Jeff will probably book another OMEGA show.

Lol the Broken Hardys are technically in the midst of a nearly 5 year reign as OMEGA Tag Champs from the last event they held.

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Yeah, definitely leaning toward this not being drug-related. They’d at least let it blow over for a bit before doing stuff like this and making jokes about the situation.

Sean Ropa Sapp stating on Twitter that the rumors of Jeff getting fired on purpose is bs

I don’t know what happened and I don’t believe anyone who is saying they do, but it’s seeming increasingly likely that Jeff faked a relapse to get out of his contract.

I’d also like to add that I 100% support a worker lying to an evil corporation for their own personal gain


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