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Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977 in Cameron, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestler and musician, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy. He is best known for his appearances with his older brother Matt Hardy as the Hardy Boyz in the World Wrestling Federation between 1999 and 2002.

Wrestling career

Matt and Jeff Hardy had a dream of becoming wrestlers since a young age. They watched wrestling often and by the time Jeff was 16, he had been on WWF (now WWE) TV as a jobber. Jeff (and Matt) were trained by former wrestler Dory Funk, Jr. in his Funkin' Dojo. The Hardys worked all over the East Coast as well as continuing to do jobs for WWF. Matt had formed his own wrestling promotion, OMEGA (Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts) with Thomas Simpson. The promotion was successful and included such talent as Matt, Jeff, Shannon Moore, Gregory Helms, Amy Dumas, Joey Matthews, Caprice Coleman, and many others.

World Wrestling Federation

In 1998, they were signed to WWF contracts. When they were finally brought up to WWF TV, they formed the acrobatic tag team called The Hardy Boyz. Matt recently said that if they were compared to the Rockers, Jeff would be Shawn Michaels and Matt would be Marty Jannetty.

Jeff is known for his high-risk aerial maneuvers, especially in TLC matches and made a name for himself as one of the most seemingly reckless WWF performers of his time.

The team of Matt and Jeff won the Tag Titles in the WWF on several occasions. After years in the tag-team division, Jeff stepped up and took on The Undertaker in a ladder match for the Undisputed Championship. Jeff came up short, but earned the Undertaker's respect. If Jeff was to win, he would have become a Grand Slam Champion, winning the Undisputed Championship, Tag Titles, Intercontinental Championship, and European Championship. Jeff competed for singles titles on several occasions, but was unsuccessful. Finally the Hardy Boyz split apart, as Jeff continued to pursue his singles ambitions and brother Matt defected to SmackDown! from Raw.

Jeff was in a few angles after that. He first teamed with Shawn Michaels and then hooked up with Trish Stratus after saving her from Steven Richards and Victoria. In his last WWE match, Jeff was defeated by The Rock. Jeff parted ways with WWE on April 22, 2003. According to rumors, Jeff either refused to take a drug test or failed one, so WWE fired him. Jeff denies such rumors and says that he lost his passion for the wrestling business and wanted to focus on other endeavors. [1]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

In July 2004 Jeff signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In his debut match, he fought against A.J. Styles for the X-Division title as a surprise opponent. The match was declared a draw after Kid Kash and Lance Hoyt interfered. Jeff has since became a main event star and has even competed against Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Title at TNA's final weekly PPV (before it switched to its current monthly format).

Jeff was given the nickname The Charismatic Enigma and made his way back towards the NWA World Heavyweight Title, Jeff fought against Jarrett in TNA's First Sunday PPV Victory Road in a ladder match but lost due to interference by Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. Jeff then teamed up with A.J. Styles and "Macho Man" Randy Savage against the then-Kings of Wrestling (Nash, Hall, Jarrett). He has recently defeated Scott Hall at TNA's Final Resolution, lost to Abyss at Against All Odds (in a Full Metal Mayhem match), then defeated Abyss at Destination X (in a Falls Count Anywhere match). At TNA's Lockdown April PPV event, Jeff defeated Raven in a brutal Six-Sides of Steel Tables match. Jeff was suspended by TNA for no showing the May 15, 2005 Hard Justice PPV, an incident he blamed on travel issues. The suspension was lifted on August 5, 2005, and at the August 14, 2005 Sacrifice PPV, Hardy made his return when he attacked Jeff Jarrett during his match against Raven and Sabu.

Hardy had his first TNA match in four months at TNA Unbreakable, where he lost to Bobby Roode following interference by Petey Williams and Jeff Jarrett. He beat Rhino on the October 1, 2005, episode of iMPACT! via disqualification after he was attacked by Abyss, but was pinned by Rhino in "Monster's Ball 2" at TNA Bound For Glory on October 23. He went on to lose to Monty Brown in a match for the number one contendership to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA Genesis on November 13 following a Pounce.

On the TNA Pay-Per-View on Sunday December 11th, Jeff "no-showed" his match thus being his preverbeial "3rd" strike, soon after rumors of a WWE return ran wild all over the internet. His Profile on the TNA website has infact been taken down, and put back up.

Artistic pursuits

Jeff has many diverse interests outside of wrestling. He had at one time built a 20-foot statue of an aluminummy (a creation of Jeff's mind) out of tin foil. It stands above his music studio, which is a trailer Jeff spray-painted himself. On another occasion Jeff created a volcano in his front yard, which he would jump over on his motocross dirt bike. Jeff is also an artist, as well as a poet.

After his release Jeff formed a band along with fellow professional wrestler Shannon Moore and members of Burnside 6, entitled Peroxwhy?gen. Peroxwhy?gen split up in 2004 shortly after recording Jeff's TNA entrance music.

In wrestling

Managers

Finishing moves

Signature moves

With Matt Hardy

Championships and accomplishments

  • 1-time OMEGA Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time OMEGA New Frontier Champion
  • 1-time OMEGA Tag Team Champion (with Matt Hardy)
  • 1-time NCW Heavyweight Champion
  • 2-time NCW Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time NDW Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time NEW Junior Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time NFWA Heavyweight Champion
  • 1-time NWA 2000 Tag Team Champion (with Matt Hardy)
  • 1-time UWA World Middleweight Champion
  • PWI ranked him # 418 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year Award, with Matt Hardy (2000)
  • PWI Match of the Year Award, with Matt Hardy, versus The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian (2000)
  • PWI Match of the Year Award, with Matt Hardy, versus The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian (2001)

Title lineage

Preceded by:
Triple H 		WWF Intercontinental Champions Succeeded by:
Triple H
Preceded by:
William Regal 		WWF European Champions Succeeded by:
Rob Van Dam

Books

  • Hardy, Jeff; Hardy, Matt; and Krugman, Michael (2003) The Hardy Boyz : Exist 2 Inspire, ISBN: 0060521546

References

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