Posted August 4, 200619 yr comment_5291369 WWE SIGNS RETURNING STAR FROM ATTITUDE ERA by Mike Johnson @ 1:00:00 PM on 8/4/2006 Jeff Hardy has signed a new deal to return to World Wrestling Entertainment, paving the way for a reunion of one of the top tag teams of the Attitude era, The Hardy Boyz. http://pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=19533&p=1 This move completely reeks of desperation. I say he's gone within six months as he either fails a drug test or no shows and gets fired.
August 4, 200619 yr comment_5291384 There's no way this will end well, but it'll be fun until the eventual crash.
August 4, 200619 yr comment_5292358 This isn't as bad as bringing back Scott Hall as a main eventer in 2002.
August 4, 200619 yr comment_5292434 The Hardyz sold so much merchandise and had such a money-spending demographic in their hands from '99-'01 or so that I'm curious if they could have made that Austin/HHH feud work with more time to build it and Austin and HHH willing to sell.
August 4, 200619 yr Author comment_5292449 That feud ruined them, well Jeff more than Matt. Jeff at that point still had upper mid-card potential as a singles and he fell completely off the face of the earth after those IC hotshots where HHH made sure he looked like a total fluke. Funny how just a little over a year later HHH was scoffing at the belt but had no problem with it when he got to bury two of his big threats.
August 4, 200619 yr comment_5292458 Lita taking those chairshots was pretty awesome at the time. Hard to say what was better between that and the miracle match with Dean Malenko.
August 4, 200619 yr Author comment_5292476 I don't remember much of Malenko's WWF run other than that awesome match he had with Scotty II Hotty.
August 5, 200619 yr comment_5293333 This isn't a new low, although it's a step towards total mediocrity. Anyone want to lay odds on Jeff no-showing a PPV or two like he did in TNA?
August 5, 200619 yr comment_5294013 To be fair, Jeff had everyone thinking for a second that he might actually beat the Undertaker for the title in that ladder match. That was probably Jeff's (and JR's) last great WWF/E performance.
August 5, 200619 yr comment_5294677 Lita taking those chairshots was pretty awesome at the time. Hard to say what was better between that and the miracle match with Dean Malenko. That was probably the most heelish Austin and HHH looked during that time too. This news, while unexpected, doesn't surprise me. I remember during the recent brief return of the Ross Return that JR said something along the lines of "We hope Jeff's back someday" or something like that, so I'm sure the lines have been open for a while.
