Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy: WHY?

**Fox** · 11-27-2007, 12:24 PM

Why are they having two of the ONLY over faces on RAW face each other at Armaggeddon?

Yeah, I get the storyline "logic" with having Coach punish them by wrestling each other. That works. But why are they REALLY doing this? Just like they gave Jericho that "never happened" World Title win to test out his reaction from the fans. Just like they gave Chris Benoit a false WWE Title win on PPV in 2000 against The Rock, only to restart the match - to test out Benoit's fan reaction.

So, are they trying to elevate Jeff to the main event by wrestling HHH? The only way this could be done would be to have Jeff get a win over Hunter on the PPV. Any type of a loss is only going to be seen as a solid, compounding, verification of who Jeff Hardy is in the great sceheme of the WWE's rankings: an upper mid-carder for life. On the other hand, a real victory would be just the final notch that Jeff would need on his proverbial belt to be seen as a real, viable, glass-ceiling breaking new main eventer in the mold of Eddie Guerrero, Edge, and Shawn Michaels before him.

Or, is this some type of punishment from the ego-driven Triple H, trying to knock the legs out from under the only other person besides Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho that could be seen as a top face on RAW? Jeff's reactions have been huge lately, sometimes even outpopping The Game himself.

Thoughts?

11-27-2007, 12:24 PM	#1
Fox "Ask him!" Posts: 10,075	Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy: WHY? Why are they having two of the ONLY over faces on RAW face each other at Armaggeddon? Yeah, I get the storyline "logic" with having Coach punish them by wrestling each other. That works. But why are they REALLY doing this? Just like they gave Jericho that "never happened" World Title win to test out his reaction from the fans. Just like they gave Chris Benoit a false WWE Title win on PPV in 2000 against The Rock, only to restart the match - to test out Benoit's fan reaction. So, are they trying to elevate Jeff to the main event by wrestling HHH? The only way this could be done would be to have Jeff get a win over Hunter on the PPV. Any type of a loss is only going to be seen as a solid, compounding, verification of who Jeff Hardy is in the great sceheme of the WWE's rankings: an upper mid-carder for life. On the other hand, a real victory would be just the final notch that Jeff would need on his proverbial belt to be seen as a real, viable, glass-ceiling breaking new main eventer in the mold of Eddie Guerrero, Edge, and Shawn Michaels before him. Or, is this some type of punishment from the ego-driven Triple H, trying to knock the legs out from under the only other person besides Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho that could be seen as a top face on RAW? Jeff's reactions have been huge lately, sometimes even outpopping The Game himself. Thoughts? Last edited by Fox; 11-27-2007 at 12:26 PM.