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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:43:00 No.10644847 View View Reply Original Report

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Why the hell was Jeff Hardy so over in the 2000s?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:46:27 No.10644874 Report

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>>10644847
His look was the personification of "cool" back then in the early 2000's when young people weren't cynical spergs and we're free to be edgy.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:46:32 No.10644876 Report

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>>10644847
some people are just based

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:47:39 No.10644885 Report

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>>10644847
I don't know exactly how to phrase this but it was cashing in on the pop emo trend at the time. Like think Evanescence, Hot Topic etc.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:49:28 No.10644900 Report

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women love badboys

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:51:14 No.10644924 Report

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>>10644847
Infinite natural charisma. Its why he has an eternal pass with wrestling fans despite being a career fuck up. He would have to do some seriously heinous shit for people to turn on him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:52:59 No.10644944 Report

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>>10644924
>natural charisma
As opposed to synthetic charisma? Fuck off you pseudo-intellectual queer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:53:42 No.10644956 Report

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>>10644944
LA Knight is synthetic charisma (forced soul) Jeff is natural charisma (true soul)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:55:04 No.10644973 Report

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>>10644847
Jeff Hardy and the Hardy Boyz gimmick was relevant in a way that didn't seem forced or pandering, with the whole nu-metal shit that exploded around the same time wrestling was at it's most popular. The right gimmick on the right person at the right time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:55:14 No.10644975 Report

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>>10644944
No, as opposed to manufactured charisma, a carefully crafted persona that falls apart under heavy scrutiny or the slightest dent in the facade. See CM Punk. That is a perfect example of manufactured charisma, while Jeff is the perfect example of natural charisma, i.e. being over despite being a fuck up and making himself look bad at least once a year. I hope that explains it in a way you can understand bro.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 21:56:53 No.10644986 Report

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>>10644956
how so?

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:08:52 No.10645168 Report

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>>10644975
Damn, I dont have a comeback for this. I kneel anon.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:10:39 No.10645196 Report

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another thing that has not been mentioned was his willingness to take dangerous bumps

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:11:22 No.10645209 Report

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>>10644847
He's the embodiment of the decade

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:19:43 No.10645312 Report

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>>10645209
this is the answer. his look, his move set, his music all fit what was actually popular in culture at the time

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:21:44 No.10645334 Report

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>>10644847
he was a good looking artsy daredevil, literally the chad gimmick of the 2000s

ask literally any millennial girl who her favorite wrestler used to be, they'll say Jeff Hardy

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:22:39 No.10645344 Report

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His look was the 'in' thing for alternative people at the time. It appealed to a lot of young teens looking to express themselves.
He used to jump off lots of tall shit and it was cool to watch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:23:30 No.10645352 Report

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>>10645209
/thread

also all the girls in hs who talked about wwe thought he was hot

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:40:30 No.10645504 Report

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>>10644847
/pw/ would’ve called him a spot monkey shitter

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 22:45:38 No.10645561 Report

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>>10645504
because he was a spot monkey

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:08:50 No.10645758 Report

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>>10645504
>/pw/ has shit opinions on purpose to bait people
fyfy. it doesnt matter who it is or how beloved they are, there will always be one person on this board who will say your favorite wrestler sucks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:11:12 No.10645779 Report

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He was in that niche sub culture, had the fashion down and everything. He was good looking and exuded charisma. Then you had him doing the big spots which popped the crowds huge.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:11:14 No.10645780 Report

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Man, I don't really know. And the thing is, I like Hardy and somehow always did. He always had a cool move set, he had a cool look and how he made the most out of the ring environment. The whole running on the padded guardrail before getting biffed in the face by a chair or a ladder thrown by Buh-Buh was always a solid thing to see.

The whole 'Charistmatic Enigma' moniker really sums him up; it boils down to charisma. Hogan had it, Rock had, Stone Cold had it, Piper had it, Styles had it, Tanahashi has it. Its how Hogan can cup his ear, or Rock can raise his eyebrow or Steve can flip you off and everybody in the whole arena is just eating out of the palm of your hand. Jeff just has it, and on top of that he was probably the better looking of the Hardy's with a much more refined jawline that he accentuated with his unique sideburn cuts. The way Jeff moved too was very unique. The swanton boimb is just a somersault off the top rope, that's it; but the arch he got out of his back and whatever he was either landing on or diving off of made it all the more special with Jeff's added touch. Its hard to really nail what it is that Jeff has but everyone immediately knows that it makes money.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:12:39 No.10645787 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:12:48 No.10645788 Report

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>>10645780
Spot on

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:13:40 No.10645791 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:14:42 No.10645798 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:15:42 No.10645807 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:17:45 No.10645823 Report

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>>10644944
kek well said. The marks are in the board brother.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:18:59 No.10645833 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:21:25 No.10645851 Report

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:21:30 No.10645853 Report

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Imagine having sex with him haha

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:29:42 No.10645927 Report

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>>10644956
this
if you sound like a normal guy or different from how you are on TV, then you're merely faking it, "synthetic" charisma

Jeff Hardy behaves that way 24/7

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:32:04 No.10645954 Report

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>>10645798
I thought this was Bayley

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2023 23:51:10 No.10646130 Report

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>>10644847
for chicks, he was a bad boy rockstar type with the police record to back it up. I was a fan because his aerial spots were mind-blowing to me. I had never seen anything like it. I kept asking myself, "Why isn't he dead?"

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 00:53:56 No.10647117 Report

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>>10644847
he has "it"

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 00:55:58 No.10647156 Report

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>>10645504
he was a spot monkey but he had sovl

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 00:56:38 No.10647172 Report

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>>10644956
this

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 00:59:06 No.10647232 Report

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>>10644847
>in the 2000s
You say this like he isn't still over. Dude's cool as hell. Sneakily transcended wrestling too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 00:59:08 No.10647233 Report

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>>10645927
Jeff Hardy acts like his phone just died and he was trying to make a business call yeah, but he’s gotta get his girl to the airport and but her phone cracked and they’re runnin’ late, you know, but she’s go’ this bum hip and she can’t move around so good and her son is smoking pot but he’s a good kid, you know, but I he came in here to get a charger for his phone so he can get to the airport and if you can let him borrow, like, 5 bucks for some ciggys man, he’s really appreciate it man.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 02:10:35 No.10648729 Report

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>>10647233
gonna need you to run that by me one more time hoss

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 03:07:47 No.10649183 Report

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I legitimately don't trust any male who's favourite wrestler has ever been Jeff Hardy. That is fruitier than a bottle of Tropicana. That shit is zesty.
To put it plainly if Jeff is/was ever you're favourite you're a faggot and it'll be hard not to go to hell.
Sayonara you shirt lifting rent boys

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 03:23:34 No.10649316 Report

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>>10644944
Brush your teeth

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 03:26:02 No.10649341 Report

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>>10644847
he wasn't, he couldn't draw flies to shit even in tna
he was only over in wwe in the late 2000s

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 04:04:39 No.10649622 Report

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>>10644847
Because of shit like this

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 05:03:07 No.10649965 Report

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>>10644847
He was fucking gay as in fake and gay and that was all the rage in the 2000s

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 07:03:46 No.10650477 Report

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>>10645209
>He's the embodiment of the decade
Yep. Some guys just "get" the zeitgeist. Jeff was one of them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 10:49:45 No.10651217 Report

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>>10644847
Ojama woke up uppity

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 10:54:23 No.10651238 Report

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>>10644924
Yeah Jeff would have to pull a Benoit or rape babies for people to turn on him. Everyone loves the Jeffster.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 10:54:32 No.10651240 Report

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He has always been over

natural charisma and underdog

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 10:58:11 No.10651254 Report

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>>10645504
I guess what made Jeff different was not only his look, but they way he performed his spot. He was sloppy, but it looked so natural and his moves flowed so well together that he could make even a leg drop look cooler than most. You can tell almost everything is preplanned or rehearsed with certain guys now; with Jeff it seem instantaneous, as if he was going off instinct alone. Also he seemingly does dumb spots only to excite the crowd and not just as a means of getting himself over.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 11:01:13 No.10651260 Report

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>>10651254
I think the flow and natural-looking vs rehearsed is a general problem with wrestling today. Compare Jeff or RVD doing their spots in the early 00s and look at guys doing those same spots today. It looks artificial.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 12:10:25 No.10651579 Report

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>>10649341
>>>10644847 (OP)
>he wasn't, he couldn't draw flies to shit even in tna
>he was only over in wwe in the late 2000s
This shows you're a little zoomer faggot who's talking about things he never lived through.
Hardys started to get over in 1999 when they had the series and ladder match with Edge and Christian.
Ten years before you think he started to get over, you little idiot.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 12:47:24 No.10651760 Report

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>>10649183
>thinks adimiring bodybuilders is any less gayer

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 14:13:04 No.10652259 Report

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>good looking charismatic daredevil
why was he so over??

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 14:21:23 No.10652309 Report

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>>10645504
While you aren't wrong I don't think he would have been called a spot monkey, why?, because he was one of the few ones doing shit like that so it was a very good attraction for anyone watching the show, same way HBK worked because everyone around him was a big guy, Jeff style worked because he was one of the few doing crazy shit like that (in WWE)

That kind of appeal goes out of the window when everyone is doing it though, enter spot monkeys, the ones following without a clue the alpha.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 14:24:06 No.10652321 Report

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>>10652259
Sure but think, even 'lil nigga who by all means can be considered the spiritual successor of Jeff, is nowhere near over nor popular, let alone outside of the wrestling sphere.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 14:24:47 No.10652324 Report

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>>10652321
I have no idea who that is. I'm assuming some wigger zoomer midget

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2023 14:28:56 No.10652342 Report

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>>10652324
He's talking about Darby. It honestly just timing and environment. Jeff was popular during Wrestling's boom period, and was given a spotlight in the midcard and tag team divisions because Vince couldn't take any risks loosing talent, especial talent as young as Jeff was at the time. Darby is cool, but AEW is less popular than even the WWF was in it's struggling periods, and I don't think Tony present's him as a star as much as he thinks he does.

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