Jeff Hardy

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Jeff Hardy in 2007.

Jeff Hardy in 2007.
Data
Surname Jeffrey Nero Hardy
Ring name Brother Nero
Jeff Hardy
Keith Davis
Willow
Wolverine
Additions to names The Charismatic Enigma
height 185 cm
Fighting weight 99 kg
birth August 31, 1977
Cameron , North Carolina
nationality United StatesUnited States United States
Announced from Cameron, North Carolina
Trained by Dory Funk Jr.
Michael Hayes
debut October 15, 1993

Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977 in Cameron , North Carolina ) is an American wrestler who is under contract with the WWE . Hardy became known as a member of The Hardy Boyz tag team , which was formed by himself and his brother Matt . Hardy received the WWE's highest title three times.

Early years

Jeff Hardy is the younger brother of wrestler Matt Hardy . In 1986, when Hardy was nine years old, his mother died of a brain tumor. At the age of 12 he became interested in motocross and at the age of 13 got his first motorcycle, a Yamaha YZ-80. He had his first race when he was in ninth grade. Hardy played baseball when he was young but had to quit after falling and injuring his arm during a motocross race. He also played American football during his high school years. He had to quit after being told to choose between wrestling and American football. Hardy's favorite subjects at school were history and art.

Wrestling career

Beginnings

Matt and Jeff Hardy have been huge wrestling fans since childhood. As adolescents both began with the "backyard wrestling". The Hardys founded their own wrestling promotion, with which they and their friends gained their first experience in front of a larger audience. A little later, Hardy received his first engagements in some regional associations of the independent scene .

In 1993, at the age of 16, Hardy signed a development contract with what was then WWF . However, in order to compete there, he posed as an 18-year-old. He was trained by Dory Funk Jr., among others. Hardy appeared in parallel to his involvement in the WWF but continued in the US independent scene.

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (1998-2003)

He and his brother Matt initially formed a tag team . Both became known to a larger WWF audience as members of the "Brood", the Stables of David Heath ("Gangrel"). They feuded against Edge and Christian . Hardy won with his brother Matt - during the integration time of World Championship Wrestling in the WWF (2001) - several times the WCW Tag Team Title .

In 2004, a WWE drug test on Hardy showed positive results. He was subsequently written off the storyline with an "injury" and was later fired by the WWE for lack of insight.

Ring of Honor Wrestling (2003)

Hardy made his Ring of Honor wrestling debut in 2003.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004-2006)

After his WWE release, Hardy was signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2004 . But at TNA Wrestling he was rarely used, because there were numerous problems with him. For example, Hardy appeared several times for not scheduled matches .

Return to WWE 2006-2009

WWE Champion Jeff Hardy at the 2009 Royal Rumble .

In August 2006, Hardy signed another contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was now used there in the TV format RAW . In October of the same year he won the Intercontinental title from Johnny Nitro (John Morrison) . From this a feud developed between the two, in which the title changed back and forth several times. On November 21, 2006 the reunification of the Hardy Boyz took place at the ECW and on February 19, 2007 he lost the Intercontinental title during a RAW recording to Umaga . But already on April 2nd of the same year the Hardys won the WWE World Tag Team title in a specially set up "10-Man-Tag-Team-Battle-Royal". Both lost on June 4th to Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch .

In early August 2007, Hardy was suspended from the WWE for 30 days after falling through the official drug policy of the promotion again. On August 27, 2007 Hardy's ban was lifted early and this gave his ring comeback at RAW against Mr. Kennedy . A week later, he won the Intercontinental title back from Umaga.

At the major WWE Survivor Series event , Hardy took part in the only Survivor Series Eliminations Match , from which he and Triple H emerged victorious.

In the RAW special WrestleMania Rewind , Hardy lost his Intercontinental title to Chris Jericho on March 10, 2008 and shortly afterwards he was again suspended by the WWE for a repeated violation of the drug ordinance for 60 days. In May 2008 Hardy returned to current ring events and on June 23, 2008 he was used in the Friday TV format SmackDown .

Jeff Hardy versus Matt Hardy at WrestleMania 25 .

At the WWE major event Armageddon , Hardy won the WWE Championship for the first time on December 14, 2008 , but he lost it again on January 25, 2009 at the major Royal Rumble event .

On June 7, 2009 at Extreme Rules , Hardy von Edge won the World Heavyweight Championship title in a ladder match . Only about three minutes later he lost it again to CM Punk . Hardy got the title back from CM Punk on July 26th, 2009 when he defeated it at the big event Night of Champions . At SummerSlam on August 23, 2009 he lost the title in a TLC match again to CM Punk. On August 28, 2009, Hardy played his rematch in a steelcage match for the WHC , which was held under the motto The Loser Leaves WWE between himself and CM Punk at SmackDown . After losing to CM Punk, Hardy left WWE.

Since Hardy was considered very rebellious behind the scenes and continued to be intransigent due to his numerous drug and medication problems, the WWE began to write this again from the current storyline. At the same time, Hardy announced on his Twitter page that he had been taking a wrestling break for a long time and now wanted to devote himself to other projects.

Return to TNA Wrestling (2010-2017)

Jeff Hardy on his return to TNA Wrestling in January 2010.

On January 4, 2010, Hardy appeared surprisingly on a special edition of TNA iMPACT on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . So the numerous rumors about Hardy that predicted his engagement with TNA seemed to come true. Just one day later, on January 5, 2010, TNA announced that Hardy had meanwhile signed a contract with the doctorate.

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy at Impact in November 2010.

10 October 2010 won Hardy in TNA major event Bound For Glory the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship and became part of the group Immortal to Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff . On January 4, 2011, Hardy made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling at the WrestleKingdom V event. He defended his TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Tetsuya Naito. He held the title for 91 days and lost it to Mr. Anderson on January 9, 2011 , before winning it back in a ladder match on February 13, 2011 at Against All Odds . But already on February 24th he lost the title to Sting .

Since Hardy could not play his rematch at Victory Road on March 13, 2011 due to a very poor physical condition as planned, he then had to take a break. He returned at the Tapings for Impact Wrestling on August 25, 2011. At the major event No Surrender on September 9, 2012, he won the Bound for Glory Series , which he secured the right to a title match at Bound for Glory . There he defeated Austin Aries on October 14, 2012 and won the title for the third time. At the major event Lockdown on March 10, 2013, he lost the title to Bully Ray . On December 19, 2013 at Final Resolution he lost in the finals of a tournament for the vacant TNA World Heavyweight Championship, against Magnus, after rock star Spud intervened in favor of Magnus. After that, according to the storyline, he left TNA.

On February 11, 2014, TNA investor MVP announced the return of Jeff Hardy. On March 9, 2014 at Lockdown , Hardy celebrated his return under the ring name Willow , as a member of Team MVP , which competed against Team Dixie . On July 24th, Kurt Angle announced the return of Jeff Hardy. With that, Hardy reappeared with his old ring name. After his brother Matt returned to TNA, he formed a tag team again with his brother. In the Impact edition of April 17, 2015, which was recorded on March 14, the Hardys won an Ultimate X Match for the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship against Austin Aries and Bobby Roode , Bram and Ethan Carter III, and the Beatdown Clan (Kenny King and Low Ki ), with which they secured the title for the first time. On May 8th, 2015 the Hardys had to give up the TNA World Tag Team Championship because Jeff Hardy was injured and it was impossible for Hardys to defend the title. After his brother did gymnastics in heel, he started a feud against his brother. The feud ended on July 5, 2016 when he lost to his brother, causing Jeff Hardy to drop the name Hardy. Since then he has appeared under the ring name Brother Nero and has to serve as an assistant to Matt Hardy. The brothers are currently feuding against Decay ( Abyss and Crazzy Steve) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

Return to ROH Wrestling (2017)

On March 4, 2017, the Hardys returned to the Ring of Honor Wrestling and won the ROH World Tag Team Championships . They lost that again on April 1, 2017, at the Supercard of Honor XI event, against The Young Bucks.

Second return to WWE (since 2017)

Raw Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz in May 2017.

On April 2, 2017, Jeff and his brother Matt returned to the WWE at the major event WrestleMania 33 . In a Fatal Four Way Tag Team Ladder Match against Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows , The Bar Cesaro & Sheamus and Big Cass & Enzo Amore , the "Hardy Boyz" won the Raw Tag Team Championship . They lost these titles to The Bar Cesaro & Sheamus on June 4, 2017 after 63 days of reign .

On April 16, 2018, Hardy won the WWE United States Championship from Jinder Mahal while broadcasting it live on Monday Night Raw . As part of the 2018 Superstar Shake-up, Hardy switched from Raw to SmackDown . After a 90-day title reign, Hardy ultimately lost his United States title to Shinsuke Nakamura on July 15, 2018.

On April 9, 2019, Hardy and his brother Matt won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship from The Usos in the first SmackDown edition after the major event WrestleMania 35 . The reign ended after 21 days, because you gave up the title due to an injury to Jeff. On March 13, 2020, almost a year after his injury, Hardy made his comeback on SmackDown .

On August 21, 2020, he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship . For this he defeated AJ Styles .

Outside of wrestling

Hardy has many varied interests outside of wrestling. He calls his artistic side The Imag-I-Nation . Hardy built a nine-foot statue called Neroameee outside of his recording studio . He created an artificial volcano in his front yard, which he then jumped over with his motocross dirt bike. Hardy created a large sculpture of his brother Matt V1's hand sign that was featured on the Hardy Show . Hardy is also an artist and a poet.

Hardy taught himself how to play the guitar and later bought a drum kit. In 2003, Hardy formed a band, PeroxWhy? Gen. Her first album Plurality of Worlds was released on November 7, 2013 by TNA Music . Peroxwhy? Gen released their second album Within the Cygnus Rift on July 27, 2015 .

Private life

Jeff has had a daughter with his wife Elizabeth (Beth) Britt since October 2010 and another daughter since December 2015.

On September 12, 2009, Hardy was arrested by the police for illicit drug possession and suspected drug trafficking. He was seized from several prescription drugs, anabolic steroids, cocaine, and paraphernalia for consuming illegal substances. He was released the same day on bail of $ 125,000. His trial was postponed several times for various reasons. On September 8, 2011, he was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment and $ 100,000 fine with a 30-month suspended sentence.

Titles and awards

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy in 2012.
Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy in 2007.
World Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz in 2007.
  • MCW Pro Wrestling
  • National Championship Wrestling
    • NCW Light Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  • New Dimension Wrestling
    • NDW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • NDW Tag Team Championship (1 time with Matt Hardy)
  • New Frontier Wrestling Association
    • NFWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • North East Wrestling
    • NEW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • OMEGA Championship Wrestling
    • OMEGA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
    • OMEGA Tag Team Championship (2 times with Matt Hardy)
    • OMEGA New Frontiers Championship (1 time)
  • The crash
    • The Crash Tag Team Championship (1x with Matt Hardy)
  • Universal Wrestling Association
    • UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on the court ruling on pwinsider.com , accessed on September 9, 2011 (English)

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Commons : Jeff Hardy  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Hardy, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardy, Jeffrey Nero
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Cameron , North Carolina