10 Wrestlers Who Destroyed Their Careers On Live TV
8. Jeff Hardy - TNA Victory Road 2011
"Destroyed" in the title of this article is only as powerful a word as the individual performer is bankable. By being so constantly appealing to promoters for his extremely unique bond with a sizeable portion of the fanbase, Jeff Hardy can never truly destroy his career - if he had such a power this would have been the moment he deployed it.
It also wasn't just Hardy making it happen. He may have pressed the self-destruction button himself, but it took several abysmal calls for everybody to have to see it play out live on a wrestling pay-per-view. 'The Charismatic Enigma' shouldn't have gotten himself in "no condition to perform", but that exact phrase was invented because of the literal connotations in action. His condition wasn't so much questionable but critical - he'd have been a danger to himself and others had his match with Sting not been literally wrapped up by the veteran within a minute of the opening bell ringing.
'The Icon' looked livid with his lot throughout, but Jeff was too far gone to realise that he wasn't even there. That he rebuilt his career and legacy from this low was an achievement as lofty as any World Championship win.