Despite Being Open to It, Vince McMahon Canceled the Special WrestleMania Moment as Jeff Hardy’s WWE Title Run Worried a Lot of People

It’s no secret that Jeff Hardy achieved immense success in the pro wrestling world. The true veteran of the industry has worked in several promotions and managed to attain fame wherever he went. However, he is well-known for his run in WWE, where he won multiple championship titles. Be it in his own name or as part of the Hardy Boyz tag team. But with success came worries and thus, it led to the cancellation of a special moment for Jeff Hardy at WrestleMania. 

Matt Hardy revealed the backstage politics from 2009 against Jeff Hardy

Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, the elder Hardy brother recalled an anecdote that shed light on the inside politics of WWE. The story was from 2009 when Jeff Hardy won his WWE title but couldn’t hold the reign for more than 42 days. The Charismatic Enigma was at the peak of success, but some people were tense with this, given Hardy’s personal problems.

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During Jeff’s rise his brother Matt Hardy turned on him which led to a match at WrestleMania 25. Matt Hardy said, “There was some people that were pitching to delay the turn, Me versus Jeff to WrestleMania and that was something that was on the table for a little bit.”

It was also proposed that Hardy should turn heel on his brother who was the WWE Champion, at WrestleMania, making things more interesting. However, due to some people, it was cut short. They weren’t in favor of Jeff Hardy having a long title reign.

He said, “I don’t know, Vince was open to it. I do know that but there were probably a certain percentage of the writers and just of creative that were really good on Jeff because he had so much momentum.” 

“Things were hot and it was good and there were some people that probably like were worried about Jeff having too long of a run and maybe something going wrong,” 

Despite Vince McMahon’s openness to the idea, he had to cancel the special WrestleMania moment of Jeff Hardy where he would have held his WWE Championship title. The title reign ended for Jeffy at the 2009 Royal Rumble after his brother turned on him.

He said, “They ended up going with the rumble instead and that was probably a little bit of Demand with three H’s, he was probably pushing for that hard it let go back.”

Whatever the case, Jeff Hardy’s reign cut short and fans were probably robbed off a more shocking moment on The Grandest Stage of Them All. Instead, the two brothers had an Extreme Rules match at WrestleMania 25, which Matt Hardy won.

Jeff Hardy is now back in AEW after his long hiatus due to a DUI arrest. Fans now hope that their beloved star stays out of trouble.

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