If you guys think Jeff is a strung out junkie who has no place in wrestling, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Eddie Guerrero, British Bulldog and Brian Pillman too.
But even with all that praise, you can't excuse him showing up to a PPV main event in no condition to compete due to drugs.
But you also can't use it against him for the rest of his career just to say he doesn't deserve it. Like it was stated in the thread earlier, his PPV thing wasn't Benoit bad. He was obviously going through a rough time, was addicted to some hard shit. It's hard to get out of that. In my opinion, his last couple PPV matches have made up for that PPV. His work with Kurt Angle was great to me. And I have been loving his work ever since he came back from all the court bullshit. Seriously, if that's all you have against him getting more success, then the same could have been said for Scott Hall and all the stupid shit he did.
But even with all that praise, you can't excuse him showing up to a PPV main event in no condition to compete due to drugs.
*All the stupid shit he still does
Drugs are the reason, Hall was never a top talent, and same reason why Jeff shouldn't be, but he's still getting all these chances. If you're really that set on it, I'll go into my thoughts on him as a performer. His ring work this year has been pretty good, better than the last couple, not anything to complain about for sure. His character is as boring as ever though, and his mic skills are the worst they've ever been. I'm so tired of him starting every promo with "WHAT'S UP CREATURES!?" His character has no direction, or dynamic, and there are many more people in the wrestling business that would benefit from the shots Jeff has gotten, and do better with them than him.
The fan certainly enjoy his character. I am loving his face paint stuff. Trips me the fuck out. I don't think his mic work is that bad. Not every character needs to have a purpose you know. A guy can just walk out there and do his thing.
This is the same crowd that cheers Garett Bischoff though. And no, not every character needs to have a purpose, but your main eventers sure as hell do.
He seems to be doing a bang up job with getting the crowd behind him. They love him, why fix something when it doesn't seem to be broke?
Did you ignore what I said, or do you just not watch Impact? That crowd literally cheers for any face there, no matter who it is and boos any heel there. Brooke Hogan gets cheers and positive chants every time she comes out.
Why is it that because I have a different outlook than you do, I always ignore you? And no, I rarely get to watch any wrestling cause I'm out enjoying life and not devoting myself to wrestling 24/7.
Hardy has a huge fan base like it or not. The fans are thoroughly behind him. He's loved there. And wasn't Bully at some point cheered even though he's a heel?