I don't often write about what's going down at TNA wrestling, but I felt that I had to address what's going on as it is turning into one of the biggest jokes of the modern era. I may not be the biggest fan of the TNA product but I do follow it and acknowledge their good and bad points, however, the current Jeff Hardy scenario is nothing more than stupidity on behalf of all concerned.
If you saw the TNA Turning Point event, then you saw one of the most unforgettable main events in the companies history, unfortunately it is unforgettable for all the wrong reasons, from the moment Jeff's music hit, the crowd anticipated a good quality main event, however Jeff took his time to come out the tunnel and down the ramp, when he did appear, it was obvious why. Many different people have said different things about his well being but Jeff was obviously not all together there, he was swaying down the ramp, he attempted to snatch an Australian flag from fans but couldn't grip it properly, when going up the ring steps he misses the ring post and nearly falls up the steps and also nearly falls through the ropes on entering the ring.
It appears many people backstage knew of this, for how long I don't know but when Eric Bischoff comes to the ring to inform everyone of the no holds barred stipulation, I'm guessing he's also telling Sting to make sure it's over quickly, so when the bell rings, the match consists of Jeff Hardy teasing the crowd on where he's going to throw his shirt, a gut kick, 2 rights hands and the reverse DDT, the match lasted 90 seconds!! now if you've purchased a ticket or the PPV then unfortunately you have been screwed out of your hard earned cash. Sting's reaction and body language speaks volumes, he's looking at Jeff in disgust and to the crowd in sympathy, as the crowd shout their opinion of he patch, Sting says that he agrees with them.
There has to be someone in that locker room that saw Jeff and have the balls to say that he's in no condition to wrestle, it's not the first time this has happened, Jeff has had problems before, but WWE always have dealt with it, to my knowledge TNA do not have a wellness policy of any sorts, nor am I aware of them encouraging and / or paying for their performers to go into rehab for their problems. This is why Jeff was been fired from WWE numerous times, yet the WWE fund for rehab and operate a strict wellness policy.
I want TNA to succeed as a company, it will never be able to compete with WWE as it's always going to be small, but they can focus on their good points like X Division, Knockouts and Tag Team divisions, areas where they are clearly superior to WWE, these are the positives that TNA need to emphasise on, plus they have a very talented roster, not looking at the performers who have been in WWE, but their own stars, the likes of AJ Styles, Jay Lethal, James Storm. Robert Roode, Angelina Love, Velvet Skye, Madison Rayne, Jay Lethal, Samoa Joe, Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley and many others that I haven't mentioned are the backbone of this company, the work horses who most of them, have been there from day one working in Nashville, putting TNA onto the map.
I urge anyone in TNA wrestling to please sort out the locker room for your company's sake, you cannot let your top talent go out to entertain any live crowd, let alone at a PPV event, in an unfit state, it reflects bad on the company as a whole and chances are, you will lose viewers and the respect of the industry, who told Jeff to go out there?? Surely that person is in the wrong, did they not realise that a performer who isn't fit to wrestle may injure themselves as well as others?? A company does not need any liabilities. If Dixie Carter or any other members of the Carter family or Jeff Jarrett want their company and investment to hold up, they need to tighten their grip on backstage BS and become much better and go back to basics with what brought them to the dance in the first place.
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