Official Professional Wrestling Discussion V - Page 749

**BrooklynBomber** · 05-09-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rncgnp

but how many of those backyard wrestlers can get over, and stay over for nearly a decade? i think its pretty safe to say.. maybe 5%

Its not like he's stayed consistently over. When he and Matt broke up and he became all directionless the only crowd responses he got that were favorable was when he had that ladder match with the Undertaker.

He also got released and wasn't able to make it back to the E for three years, and got booed out of the building when he worked for ROH.

He didn't make TNA anymore money than any of their other non-draws.

All he did was get over by jumping off of ladders while his brother did the real work and got nothing for it.

rncgnp · 05-09-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BrooklynBomber

I don't think its funny. The guy had a horrible personal tragedy that evoked feelings of sympathy.

That doesn't mean all of a sudden we're going to think his work is worth something. We still think he's the shits.

I do remember making a joke though that when his house burned down that it was probably from a meth-lab he was running out of his house.

i never said it would change the way you look at his work. but for how much hate he gets from everyone with the expection of myself and maybe flow, when that happened everyone suddenly had a concern for him.

and i doubt it was due to a meth-lab. if that was the case, im sure it would've been all over the news and Jeff would've been released shortly after

**BrooklynBomber** · 05-09-2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rncgnp

i never said it would change the way you look at his work. but for how much hate he gets from everyone with the expection of myself and maybe flow, when that happened everyone suddenly had a concern for him.

and i doubt it was due to a meth-lab. if that was the case, im sure it would've been all over the news and Jeff would've been released shortly after

I said it was a joke.

But because we think he sucks as a worker doesn't mean we want his house to burn down and all kinds of bad things in his personal life to occur. I don't see the logic in that.

sylaxRKO · 05-09-2008, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BrooklynBomber

He didn't make TNA anymore money than any of their other non-draws.

And constantly no showed when they were trying to build around him, that bullshit made me like him even less. But this recent deal with drugs when he was recieving a huge push took it from dislike to hate. At one point I liked Jeff as well when I was a huge mark, I'm confident that the day will come that you too rnc, turn on hardy.

**BrooklynBomber** · 05-09-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sylaxRKO

And constantly no showed when they were trying to build around him, that bullshit made me like him even less. But this recent deal with drugs when he was recieving a huge push took it from dislike to hate. At one point I liked Jeff as well when I was a huge mark, I'm confident that the day will come that you too rnc, turn on hardy.

You mean like when he gets his third Wellness Policy strike within 6 months of his return?

**BrooklynBomber** · 05-09-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sylaxRKO

And constantly no showed when they were trying to build around him, that bullshit made me like him even less. But this recent deal with drugs when he was recieving a huge push took it from dislike to hate. At one point I liked Jeff as well when I was a huge mark, I'm confident that the day will come that you too rnc, turn on hardy.

And people bitch about him not getting a title run, but why are you going to put the belt on a guy who you can't rely on to show up or keep his nose clean?

rncgnp · 05-09-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BrooklynBomber

I said it was a joke.

But because we think he sucks as a worker doesn't mean we want his house to burn down and all kinds of bad things in his personal life to occur. I don't see the logic in that.

cool. very understandable, i for one am glad he'll be back possibly on RAW. but i highly doubt he will ever get the push he was getting, and have another chance of running with the title. to which he was only a few short months away from getting

rncgnp · 05-09-2008, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sylaxRKO

And constantly no showed when they were trying to build around him, that bullshit made me like him even less. But this recent deal with drugs when he was recieving a huge push took it from dislike to hate. At one point I liked Jeff as well when I was a huge mark, I'm confident that the day will come that you too rnc, turn on hardy.

i dont think i'll ever turn on Hardy. kinda the same situation with you and Funk..

Peet Cassidy · 05-09-2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sylaxRKO

i know lots of people like him for his huge bumps, but you can get any garbage backyard wrestler who will do the same and more. With foley not very many would be willing to do some of the shit he did, he was also a great promo to go along with that.

I was saying only last week that Foley and Terry Funk were my all time favorites

Peet Cassidy · 05-09-2008, 11:07 PM

IF hardy woulda sayed out of trouble, won the money in the bank, and cashed it in at Wrestlemania like what was being speculated, the title scene would be a lot more entertaining than it is now IMHO.