10 Wrestlers Who Were Drunk On The Job

6. Jeff Hardy

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It took numerous bad decisions for the world to bear witness to Jeff Hardy's plight live on a wrestling pay-per-view - some of them not even the work of the 'Charismatic Enigma' himself.

Of course, Hardy shouldn't have gotten himself in "no condition to perform", but that exact phrase was invented because of its literal connotations. He was categorically not fit to engage in a dangerously physical endeavour, yet TNA management made yet another bad decision by allowing it to proceed.

Eric Bischoff was the face of said team, emerging before Hardy's Victory Road 2011 bout with Sting commenced to inform both of the revised finish in order to get Jeff out of there even quicker than they'd (recklessly) gotten him in.

'The Icon' looked understandably livid with his lot throughout, but Jeff was too far gone to realise that he'd hit rock bottom. It was, thankfully, as bad as it ever got for him. Long before brother Matt's Broken Universe reimagined the past, present and future of the team, both brothers desperately need help to fix themselves...

 
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