Very obviously tipped to be the breakout star of The Hardy Boyz tag team way back when, Jeff Hardys main event run in the WWE didnt quite live up to its promise. Still, in TNA, Hardy has blossomed as a top-level talent and helped to put the promotion on the map at the same time. In recent years, hes successfully kept his demons at bay, whilst at the same time becoming a better all round wrestler than he ever was in WWE. Given the creative freedom to tweak and fine tune his character (the Willow incident notwithstanding) by TNA, Hardy is now much more than just an ex-tag team guy, or even an ex-WWE main eventer that happens to be working in TNA. He is a genuine draw and a highly decorated singles star that probably means more to the TNA faithful than he does to even the most nostalgic corners of the WWE Universe these days. Hardy has been a major TNA success story and, whilst a lot of ex-WWE Champions and main eventers have worked their old, stale gimmicks to TNAs detriment (and you know who were talking about here), Jeff Hardy definitely isnt one of them. If Jeff, now clean and sober, were to return to WWE for a main event run, it could make for really exciting television. Hardy is still relatively young (hes 37) and could work to satisfy the same nostalgia fix that has benefited WWE stars like Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, The Rock and other survivors of the Attitude Era. However, he could also bring something new to the table as well, the promise of a stronger, better Jeff Hardy, in fact, the finished article that his WWE appearances were teasing us with all those years ago.
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