Jeff Hardy isn't the man who invented the Swanton Bomb. But he's the one who executed it from the greatest heights, and he's also the one who made it look the best. A lot of times, when wrestlers execute this move, it looks clumsy, like a diving splash that rotated too far forward. But Jeff Hardy made it look balletic. It was all in the arms and legs, which stretched out as though he was flying; and his neck, which arched back and gave the finishing move some elegance and form.
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