Jeff Hardy

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Jeff Hardy
Hardy in 2019
Born
Jeffrey Nero Hardy

(1977-08-31) August 31, 1977 (age 47)[1][2]
Cameron, North Carolina, U.S.[3]
Spouse
Beth Britt
​
(m. 2011)​
Children2
RelativesMatt Hardy (brother)
Reby Sky (sister-in-law)
Ring name(s)Brother Nero[4]
Itchweeed[5]
Jeff Harvey[6]
Jeff Hardy[7]
Keith Davis[8]
Wildo Jynx[9]
Willow[1]
Wolverine[10]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[11]
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg)[11]
Billed fromCameron, North Carolina[7]
Raleigh, North Carolina[12]
Trained byDory Funk Jr.[7]
Michael Hayes[7]
DebutMay 23, 1994[1][13]
Musical career
GenresAlternative rock, alternative metal, indie, acoustic
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active1993–present
LabelsTNA Knockout Music
Signature

Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and musician. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is one-half of the reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions in his third reign. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW).[14] [a] He is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time and of the highest risk-takers in the industry. Together with his brother Matt, the tag team The Hardy Boyz are widely regarded as one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era[18] and one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history.[19]

Born and raised in Cameron, North Carolina, Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy. Eventually, that would transition into the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) as they became older.[2] As a tag team, the Hardy Boyz worked as enhancement talents for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1994, and were signed to full-time contracts in 1998.[20] They gained notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches.[21] With the addition of Lita, the team became known as Team Xtreme and continued to rise in popularity. After splitting up as a team in 2002, Jeff's popularity as a singles wrestler began to grow. However, the brothers still teamed up sporadically in the years afterward, and together they have held twenty-one world tag team championships between WWE, TNA, ROH and other promotions.

Hardy had great success in his singles career, capturing his first of six world championships, the WWE Championship, in 2008, and going on to hold WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Within WWF/WWE, he has also won the Intercontinental Championship five times, the Hardcore Championship three times and the European, Light Heavyweight, and United States Championships once each. Having won the required championships, he is the 18th Triple Crown Champion and 9th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history (one of five men to complete both WWE Grand Slam formats, and one of two to win all original Grand Slam titles). He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for WWE and TNA, including TNA's flagship event, Bound for Glory, on two occasions. Readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him "Most Popular Wrestler of the Year" on two occasions.

Outside of professional wrestling, Hardy is involved in motocross, as well as artistic endeavors, particularly music and painting. He is currently a member of the band PeroxWhy?Gen, with whom he tours and has released three studio albums and four extended plays. In 2003, Hardy, along with his brother Matt, co-wrote an autobiographical book of memoirs titled The Hardy Boyz. Their book was a New York Times Best Seller.[22]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference slam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Online World of Wrestling: Jeff Hardy". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  3. ^ "TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "7/21 Moore's TNA Impact Wrestling Review". ProWrestling.net. July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  5. ^ Bath, Dave (December 15, 2016). "TNA Impact Wrestling Results: Total Nonstop Deletion". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Jim Neidhart vs Jobber Jeff Harvey WWF Superstars 1994". YouTube.com. April 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2022.[better source needed]
  7. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference wwe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ WWE (March 27, 2013), Razor Ramon vs. Jeff Hardy: Raw, June 6, 1994, archived from the original on December 22, 2021, retrieved April 4, 2017
  9. ^ "The Blu Brothers vs. Wildo and Ingus Jynx: Superstars, 1995". YouTube. May 3, 2019. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "Jeff Hardy". Cagematch.net. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Jeff Hardy Bio". WWE.
  12. ^ Slammiversary 2004: AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy. Impact Wrestling. May 19, 2008. Archived from the original on December 22, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  13. ^ RAW results, May 23, 1994. Profightdb.com (May 23, 1994). Retrieved on October 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "Jeff Hardy Released". The TalkSport. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  15. ^ "Jeff Hardy". Thetoptens. The Top Tens: Jeff Hardy. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  16. ^ "Best High Flyers". The Sportszion: Jeff Hardy. April 25, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  17. ^ Varsallone, Jim (December 1999). "Flying to the top: the Hardy Boyz used hard work, dedication, and passion to become a premier WWF tag team". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on September 3, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  18. ^ "Ranking the Best Tag Teams and Stables of WWE's Attitude Era". Bleacher Report.
  19. ^ "Re-ranking WWE's 50 greatest tag teams". WWE. September 1, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  20. ^ Varsallone, Jim (December 1999). "Flying to the top: the Hardy Boyz used hard work, dedication, and passion to become a premier WWF tag team". Wrestling Digest. Archived from the original on September 3, 2004. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference TLC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ "The Hardy Boyz". The New York Times. April 6, 2003.


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