10 Best Jeff Hardy Matches Ever
In memory of the now DELETED Jeff, here are the best bouts of Brother Nero.
When the dust clears on Jeff Hardy's professional career, how will it be viewed? It is a fascinating thing to think about, and your thoughts will hinge on whether or not you are a fan of the Charismatic Engima. Heck, it may even depend on how you look at professional wrestling. Either way, Jeff certainly divides opinion.
He may be remembered as one of modern wrestling's great babyfaces, a daredevil who destroyed his own body for the entertainment of the audience. Jeff may be remembered as a risk-taker who overcame his relative lack of size and made it to the top of the tree through talent, passion and a genuine love for professional wrestling.
He could also be remembered as one of the biggest missed opportunities in wrestling history. Jeff has always been massively popular but has never really become the true megastar he could have been due to a mixture of his own issues and lack of will to grab stardom by the throat. He left WWE at the height of his popularity and hasn't yet returned, going on seven years later.
Jeff has had a whole host of great matches throughout his career, however. In the wake of his recent DELETION at the hands of his broken brother, let's take a look at 10 of the best. Expect ladders and a whole lot of falling off them (there will be no Final Deletion, either, as that wasn't a mere wrestling match).
10. Vs. Matt Hardy - WrestleMania XXV
The Hardys have gone on to have better matches than this in 2016 in TNA (a preposterous thing to imagine 12 months ago), but their big Extreme Rules match at WrestleMania XXV holds up well to this day. It was the best match between the two and it took place on the biggest stage of them all, and in many ways this rivalry and match are almost a forgotten high point of WWE at the time.
Of course, the brothers battered seven shades of sad stuff out of each other for 13 minutes, falling off of high things and setting up spots that may be hugely contrived but are still going to pop the crowd like no one's business. That happened here of course, Matt ending up on a table with a chair on him and another chair above him. I never understood the table sandwich spots, but there we go.
This match actually has a whole lot of good wrestling too, as the two knew (and know) each other so well that the mass of counters are exactly what one expects. Jeff was unable to counter the finish, though, one of my favourite 'Mania finishes of all time. Even today, that chair-assisted Twist of Fate looks absolutely brutal.