Jeff Hardy has been involved in several controversial incidents and that has certainly affected his relationship with WWE. He was recently released by the company. But it was noted that they reached out to him and offered Jeff a Hall of Fame spot shortly thereafter. However, Jeff declined the invitation.
The Hardy Boyz are once again taking bookings as a tag team. Fans are quite enthralled about the reunion. Jeff Hardy will officially become a free agent when his non-compete clause with WWE expires in early March. Previously, Jeff Hardy’s real reason for a meltdown was revealed.
WWE leaked a fake storyline involving Jeff Hardy
It has been noted that WWE has taken benefit of Jeff Hardy’s problems in the past to help advance storylines. Former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. recently talked about one of those times on his Wrestling with Freddie podcast when WWE used the background to their advantage. Prinze said WWE leaked a fake story to the media to help advance a surprise in a television storyline. Here is what he said:
“We even did an angle – I get mad at the way the media treats wrestling, I just always hated it – so we even pulled one on them where we took that Jeff storyline, of him being the screw-up that WWE had, and leaked a story that wasn’t even true, with Jeff’s permission, to CNN or somebody and they bought it.
If CNN hears this, ‘Ha! I got you suckers. Deal with that!’ It wasn’t even true. It was going to help us hide Jeff so that he could be this surprise entrance and make this match a triple threat.”
We will have to see how the brothers’ reunion transpires inside the squared circle. The last time Matt and Jeff Hardy tagged together was in 2019 when on the April 9 episode of SmackDown, defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. With this, they became the first team to win all three of WWE’s world tag team championships (World, Raw, and SmackDown). The Hardys would soon vacate the championships due to Jeff suffering an injury and Matt Hardy leaving the company in March of that year.
