Thoughts on Hardys reign so far

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I know alot of people were doubt whether Jeffs title reign when he finally got it. There were a few things people doubted, and with good reason...
The first was, would wwe let him be a credible champion, or would the Punk him (pun intended)? Many people thought they may just have him look weak every week, and have a bunch of upsets, and have a title reign the same as CM Punk's...
The second was how would he do with it. Would he be able to handle the added mic time, and bigger matches?

So now that it's been a couple weeks, what are your thoughts on how
1-WWE is handling him, and using his title reign
2-How he is handling the pressure, and performing
 

The Rated R CMStar

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I find it too early to comment. This is just his third week as champion. Imo, he's being booked weaker than when he was challenging. He didn't defeat Kozlov and defeated Big Show by count out.

As for his performance, he's wrestling the same, and cutting the same bad promos.

This reign will not last long.
 

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I think at the moment, it's not going so well. As stated earlier he didn't beat Kozlof and lost to The Big Show by countout, and then tonight, won in a tag match that turned to a handicap match. Yes, he's won more matches than he's lost, but its not that you win, it's how you win. And imo, winning by count-out and then in a handicap match, I don't think that's a good way to start a title reign, especially by someone who's on their 1st reign.
 

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1: They're STILL using the Hardy Boyz "Team Extreme" excuse to try and carry Jeff to a decent match. It's not working. I guess if you're a pre-pubescent tween it's cool, but for the rest of us, it's not.

2: Still a Botch-addled no charisma monkey. What's changed? Nothing.

It's a shit reign, but what do we expect? It was doomed to fail.
 

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I dont think people are giving Jeff enough credit....
I Say we well more than deserves it... he has worked hard all year (and the suspension was painkillers not drugs) and he has EARNED all his title shots.

Unlike Edge, HHH and Cena where they just come back and get a title shot>.>(and edge being the only one of them that can WRESTLE)

I think its WAY to early in Jeff's reign for anybody to judge it....Give him a shot.. things DO get better with time...Wine does, Cheese does, and so will Jeff's reign(even if that is an awkward comparison.)
 

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The reign is getting bashed and honestly what do you want Jeff to do, so far his storyline since winning the title has sucked. Creative knew going in to this the only way this reign would work is if they gave Hardy a good storyline, because the guy can't carry a bad storyline threw the mic. The guy is alot like Punk at this point, not a great talker, and cant succeed without some guidancel... so please don't judge him as a champion until he gets his storyline, the guy can sell and is a good in ring guy in all honesty
 

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sterl_03 said:
The reign is getting bashed and honestly what do you want Jeff to do, so far his storyline since winning the title has sucked. Creative knew going in to this the only way this reign would work is if they gave Hardy a good storyline, because the guy can't carry a bad storyline threw the mic. The guy is alot like Punk at this point, not a great talker, and cant succeed without some guidancel... so please don't judge him as a champion until he gets his storyline, the guy can sell and is a good in ring guy in all honesty
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Yea the guy has been champ for what....almost 3 weeks? You cant judge him right now its too soon.... Wait until he gets a good storyline....Like finding out who his attacker is....
 

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sterl_03 said:
The reign is getting bashed and honestly what do you want Jeff to do, so far his storyline since winning the title has sucked. Creative knew going in to this the only way this reign would work is if they gave Hardy a good storyline, because the guy can't carry a bad storyline threw the mic. The guy is alot like Punk at this point, not a great talker, and cant succeed without some guidancel... so please don't judge him as a champion until he gets his storyline, the guy can sell and is a good in ring guy in all honesty
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That's hilarious, to me any way. can't succeed without guidence? He's been gunning for the World title for a year, was on the start of the push of career (at the moment anyway), messes up, and continues his push. Now WWE has two choices, let him keep challenging for the title and come up short each time, or give the fans what they wanted, take a risk and give him the belt. We all knows what happened next. It's now Jeff's time to take that and go with it. You can't expect to be given everything, he's has the belt, it's now time for him to show WWE, to show Vince, that it wasn't a mistake to give him the belt. He needs to show he can represent Smackdown, represent WWE, he needs to show that he can fill more seats, that he can pull in more viewers, that he can put on good matches, that he can up-grade on his mic work/promos, they can't do that for him, he needs to do that. Take what he has, and run with it.

And I don't think anyone is bashing his reign. Everyone has said it's too early to say, but it's not starting out good. He's 2-1 since winning the belt, and his two wins were in a handicap match and by count out. That's not a way for a new 1st time champ to look.


Wait until he gets a good storyline....Like finding out who his attacker is....
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So, the Rumble is coming up in 3 weeks I believe right, surely you don't mean for him to go on a hunt to find somebody who attached him two months ago to prevent him from being the very thing he is now, that being the WWE champ. To me, I don't think that he should focus on that, it doesn't matter now. He got beat up 2 months ago because somebody didn't want him to be WWE Champ, news flash, he's the champ, they failed. Only way that would work, is if at the Rumble, whoever it was that attached him, costs him the title to Edge, but him hunting down the guy who did it now I think would be pointless.
 

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CMS said:
Imo, he's being booked weaker than when he was challenging. He didn't defeat Kozlov and defeated Big Show by count out.
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I'm sorry, but how does that make him look weak? No one has defeated Koslov including HHH, and Jeff lost to him a few times before, so it'd kinda be stupid for him to go over Koslov all of a sudden....especially in a non-title match. And Big Show? It's the freaking Big Show. He's supposed to look like he's hard to beat. And the same with Koslov, it leaves an open ending for a title match. Why would anyone want to see if Jeff retained his title from Koslov or Show if he's already beat them cleanly.
 

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Jeff Hardy deserved the belt in the immediate future, considering the pop he extracts is second-to-none.

Honestly? I think this is a title reign designed to boost the Jeff Hardy product only, and not the actual title itself. If that makes any sense.
 

phantomgerald

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I think it's ok. There's alot of avenues for this reign to go. In fact, I can see him turning heel soon if his face run isn't going well.
 

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1-WWE is handling him, and using his title reign
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They're using him just fine, although a heel character would suit him better, there is nothing to complain thus far.

2-How he is handling the pressure, and performing
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I don't think he is pressurized. And as for his performance, on the whole he is doing really good. His promos aren't bad and his in-ring skills are getting better.

But looking at how things are going, his Championship reign won't last long.
 

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All I have to say is thank god he wasnt buried like Rey Mysterio. Its been great thus far, imo.
 

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Yeah, no probs from me with how his reign has started off... Big question tho' is will he make it into WM?
 

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phantomgerald said:
I think it's ok. There's alot of avenues for this reign to go. In fact, I can see him turning heel soon if his face run isn't going well.
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What would that entail? Jeff actually talking on the mic? We know how much of a car crash that is every time he steps up..

"So yeah..I'm a bad man now...and I'm not going to take any crap from you fans, ya hear!!??"

Falls flat on his face.
 
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