100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
50. Jeff Hardy | Whisper In The Wind
The subject of inventive and creative wrestlers couldn't pass without mentioning human pinball Jeff Hardy. That dude has put his body through the wringer over the past couple of decades. It's actually a minor miracle Jeff can walk at all, never mind still hit Swanton Bombs or other trademark pieces of aerial artistry he's become known for. Enter the stupidly great Whisper In The Wind.
On the surface, it's a fabulously simple high flying move that swings each match Hardy's way and lets commentary teams gush with praise for his balance and skills. Nowadays, Jeff is more likely to slowly climb the turnbuckles to set up for a WITW, but that wasn't always the case. Previously, he'd literally run up the ropes like a parkour king before seamlessly spinning into an attack that'd make anyone creating moves in WWE 2K games proud.
Everything about the sequence flowed beautifully.
Arguably, Whisper In The Wind (and that springboard double leg he'd do after leaping from his brother Matt's back) could be considered more impressive than the finishing Swanton. Sure, that Bomb has given Hardy's career multiple Hall Of Fame moments. He's hit it from the top of terrifyingly high ladders through tables, for example, and those memories will live forever.
However, Whisper has a subtle grace to it that should never be overlooked when talking about Jeff's best contributions to the industry. His dash up the turnbuckles was very Sean Waltman, and had more than a splash of lucha flair about it too. Fans watching the WWF's product in 1999 didn't see a ton of this sort of thing.
They'd soon get used to it. Hardy made sure of that.