When it comes to the career of Jeff Hardy, he is mainly known as one of the greatest tag team wrestlers of his generation – but also reached the top of the mountain as a singles wrestler. He’s a six time World Champion, with one of those reigns coming as the WWE Champion. However, if Triple H had his way – that reign might have never happened.
Triple H Voted Against Jeff Hardy As WWE Champion, Felt He Wasn’t Dependable
On the latest edition of Matt Hardy’s Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt would have the following to say about the choice to have Jeff Hardy become WWE Champion. Hardy was quoted saying the following.
“I remember that day, before then going into the production meeting, and we were just waiting around. They didn’t know if it was gonna happen or not. There was a lot of division there because there was Hunter and the people that kind of sided with Hunter, and then there was Freddie and Michael Hayes. Vince wanted to I think roll the dice on Jeff, but he also understood where Triple H was coming from, about his dependability and how much can the company rely on him, representing WWE as the champion. So it was really interesting. I know they specifically went to Edge. ‘What do you think we should do?’ He’s like, ‘I think we should put the title on Jeff. I remember he was a big vote for doing that. Hunter was a nay. But I know Freddie Prinze, Michael Hayes, and apparently Vince kind of surveyed everybody that was in these meetings, and it seemed liked the majority was like, ‘Jeff should win the title.’ So Vince went with the majority.”
Jeff Hardy would reign as WWE Champion for 42 days, winning the belt at Armageddon 2008 and losing the belt to Edge at Royal Rumble 2009. Hardy would go on to win the World Heavyweight Championship twice in 2009, before leaving WWE for Impact Wrestling in 2010. Currently, Jeff Hardy is signed to All Elite Wrestling – where he needs to complete rehab to return to the ring following a DUI in early 2022.
Do you think WWE made the right choice making Jeff Hardy the WWE Champion? Should he have had a longer reign? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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