10 Wrestling Matches That Pissed Off Fans
2. Sting Vs. Jeff Hardy - TNA Victory Road 2011
Why was Jeff Hardy allowed to compete, even in an impromptu squash?
How did they not even know he was in "no condition to perform," as the old euphemism used to go?
What an incompetent mess of an organisation TNA was at its most TNA. Write what you will about WWE, but at least they'd never let a performer work when they're incapacitated. Well, Alicia Fox was that time. Also Steve Regal's entire Real Man's Man run. So they're actually twice as bad as TNA at its most TNA, technically, but this is about TNA.
At TNA Victory Road 2011, Sting was scheduled to defend the title against Jeff Hardy. Hardy arrived utterly incapable of working a match in what was a grim scene. He looked lost behind the eyes, nearly lost his footing on the ring steps, and had to be forcibly held down by Sting to arrive at a rearranged finish.
The Impact Zone fans were understandably furious. TNA had just delivered to them the worst possible solution to a problem they were too disorganised to even identify when the PPV was still ongoing. The show wasn't held at the Pontiac Silverdome, for f*ck's sake.
How did they let this happen?