10 Stupidest Things WWE EVER Promoted
2. Jeff Hardy & Randy Orton Shake Hands
Forced into ceasing fire ahead of their Royal Rumble 2008 WWE Championship match, Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton were ordered by Vince McMahon to show respect for one another via handshake.
All fine, mostly. WWE's certainly done dafter stuff in backstage segments or used valuable television time on zanier, wackier builds. But this wasn't held in McMahon's television office, nor was it some vignette at the Hardy Compound saw 'The Legend Killer" chased away by a drone or Hardy's brother Matt riding a lawnmower.
No, the two men came to the ring, Hardy shook the hands of everybody he respected, (literally everybody in the building apart from Orton himself), then struck him with a sneaky Twist Of Fate to show that he did have dishonourable traits after all. Despite the fact he got over as a babyface by just being a good guy people actually liked and connected to for a hot second.
"Not in WWE, pal. 'Charismatic Enigma' or not, you're going out there to be snarky and not deliver what we've advertised."
(No smiles were put on faces in the production of this segment)