Fightful has learned WWE has released Jeff Hardy

[Dale]

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Jeff Hardy made an appearance on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy to discuss a wide range of topics.

During it, he was asked what happened on his last night in WWE. Hardy was sent home after working a house show in Edinburg, Texas last December. Hardy made his exit through the crowd before the match ended. Some fans are fearing Hardy might’ve relapsed. That wasn’t the case as he passed a drug test. After he refused to go to rehab, WWE released him.

“Certain things happen for a reason. Subconsciously, that was one of the smartest, maybe the smartest things I have ever done, guided by something higher than me.”
He continued, “In WWE, it was like glimmers of hope, like, maybe I do still have something. The last glimmer of hope was the Survivor Series, which was really good. It came down to me and Seth Rollins. The crowd was so behind me. I felt like one of the most popular baby faces in WWE because the crowd was so with me.”
“Then there’s other times I just felt like a ghost roaming the halls and I’m like, ‘Why am I even here? I don’t feel important at all.’ But you know, I kept doing my deal. I just would show up and do whatever they wanted me to do. I’ve never been a politicker, so I don’t go out of my way to try to get a certain spot or achieve a certain status.”

He felt he was ready to go on that night in Texas and was willing to take the heat for going through the crowd.

“But yeah, just that night in Edinburgh, Texas for some reason, I finished my heat, you know, I took the heat, and I just said, ‘I’m ready to go.’ I went over the rail and disappeared into the crowd. Naturally, they think I took something like drugs or whatever, but I didn’t. I mean, if I was that bad, I should never have gone out there, is the way I see it. But yeah, I thought, ‘Man, that’s just another unpredictable thing that I can do and I’ll get away with it. But it was more serious than that.”
“But again, it was one of the smartest things I’ve ever done because everything worked out so perfectly, mainly because my first day in AEW I felt valuable for the first time. Just you know, the care and love that I was shown. I felt like I was where I was supposed to be. I just got chills thinking about that. In WWE, I just felt like they were just going to keep me there to sell more action figures. That’s one of the things that I put so much love and joy into is painting my face. When I see that comes out and be immortalized in an action figure, I’m like, ‘Man, that’s why I do this. This is so cool.’ So that’s one thing I’m super excited about here in AEW is my first action figure with the face paint, and it’s like, okay, it’s here. This is exactly where I’m supposed to be right now.“

The whole 'lol im so unpredictable I can do whatever I want' shit really doesn't come off well for him at all, he would have been better saying nothing at all or at least tell a lie people can sympathise with.

 

[Chris]

...guided by something higher than me.”

Nope, not even touching this one

 

[Canadian Dragon]

he truly is A STRANGE ENIGMA.

He found a creative way to get out of his contract. Good for him.

 

[Cwalker]

Jeff got what he wanted but it was a little unprofessional. You can be like Ali and ask for your release and you might get denied but to have the world worried about you cause you wanna play “fucked up” is wild

 

[Chris]

Fam he said he did it SUBCONCIOUSLY he's not even taking personal responsibility lol I'm dying

 

[Bobby Barrows]

That's a lot of fucking yikes.

 

[Chris]

I don't understand why WWE acted like he failed a drug test when all they had to do was let the man do an interview about it to prove it was grounds to fire him lmao

 

[Cwalker]

Facts. Send him home and let him do an interview a few months later. He’ll give you a reason to fire him lol

 

[Deezy]

That higher power was Romans fist.....ran like a bitch and played crazy man to not get booked against the Head of The Table.

 

[Sabretooth]

Whatever lmao. I always did think that The Hardy Boyz should be inducted as a team before Jeff got a solo induction. If not for their accomplishments as a team, just the fact that they’re brothers. If I was Jeff I wouldn’t want to go in without Matt. Hopefully we get to see their induction someday.

And yeah Jeff is nuts lmao.

 

[Chris]

Oh yeah I forgot all about them offering him HOF on top of all this to come back this whole saga has been so hilarious

 

[Lethal]

Never felt valuable before AEW? So 3 works title reigns, forgiveness and heavy pushes after so many drug and DUI incidents, to still be hovering around the upper midcard but never valued? Hey all the best but I think he’s delusional and the way he went about leaving was highly unprofessional

 

[Sabretooth]

I will agree with him that his survivor series spot was pretty great. When he was the last man against Seth Rollins the crowd was going nuts and I really wanted him to win lol. No one can deny he was still super over.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Never forgot nor forgave how Jeff made a clown of himself and TNA when he entered the Impact Zone completely drunk/stoned on Victory Road. This won't help me have a better opinion of him.

 

[Buffy]

Yeah, what he did at that house show, leaving in middle of the match was very unprofessional thing to do. And some people I read on social media giving a pass. That is what we call enablers and people don't know what professional business really is. We do that. We are out of a job. Worst in the pandemic era. Jeff Hardy lost my respect.