History YMMV / JeffHardy

* EvilIsSexy: Maybe its the aggressiveness, or maybe it's just the black, but he looked really, ''really'' good as a heel.

** His June 2022 DUI is rapidly heading in this direction, especially as more and more of the nastier details come to light[[note]]such as driving with a suspended license and his vehicle lacking the interlock device it was ''court-ordered'' to have[[/note]]. It didn't help that it came off the heels of his controversial firing from WWE and a few months after his AEW debut, which was supposed to kick off the last run for the Hardy Boyz. It's this event, more than anything else, that has convinced even his most ardent fans that he's not going to get better, nor that he wants to get better, and that they don't want to see him anymore if he's going to put others in danger for the sake of his vices.

** Despite [[WinBackTheCrowd winning back the crowd]] with his redemption story, he's still never gonna fully live it down—not only does his record keeps him from being able to attend overseas tours, but his checkered past (both real and storyline, the latter being pretty rare) can easily be used as a plot point against his character as [[Wrestling/NickAldis Magnus]] did expertly at ''Impact: Final Resolution'' 2013.

* FoeYayShipping: With Wrestling/CMPunk, which led to the rise of the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Junk]] pairing that retains a minor following to this day. Their entire feud reads as Punk is being intensely attracted to Jeff and hating him for it, and Jeff reluctantly being attracted to Punk in turn but still despising him for all his heinous actions.

* FoeYayShipping: With Wrestling/CMPunk, which led to the rise of the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Junk]] pairing that retains a minor following to this day. Their entire feud read as Punk is being intensely attracted to Jeff and hating him for it, and Jeff reluctantly being attracted to Punk in turn.
* HarsherInHindsight: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KP1M8j9MQ "Congratulations, brother!"]] - said from Wrestling/HulkHogan to him in presence of Wrestling/RicFlair in a 2002 segment. Several years later, the three would fall in disgrace: Jeff and his drug problem, Hogan being banned from the WWE after the Gawker fiasco, and Flair's lifestyle problems. And then there's [[PowerStable Immortal]] and its effect on [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]].

* ShockingSwerve: Jeff's FaceHeelTurn in TNA. The ''only'' Face–Heel Turn of Jeff's career, in fact, done with no foreshadowing and on a wrestler that everyone likes, even the smarks. While his video promos and the nasty treacherous in-ring style he developed afterwards were credited with getting him heat even if half the crowd still cheers him, that still doesn't obscure the fact that it came out of nowhere.

* BrokenBase: His main event status combined with his known drug usage. He's a hot debate source for Smarks.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KP1M8j9MQ "Congratulations, brother!"]] - said from Wrestling/HulkHogan to him in presence of Wrestling/RicFlair in a 2002 segment. Several years later, the three would fall in disgrace: Jeff and his drug problem, Hogan being banned from the WWE after the Gawker fiasco, and Flair's lifestyle problems. And then there's [[PowerStable Immortal]] and its effect on [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]].

* TheScrappy: For whatever reason, there is a large part of the internet community, even among those who generally like Jeff Hardy, that ''hate'' Willow The Wisp. There was a lot of hype on Highspots.com for the Hardyboyz vs Briscoe Brothers DVD but a lot of negative comments were made solely because Willow was in it.

** Among Japanese fans, it was Jeff Hardy defending TNA World Heavyweight title against Wrestling/TetsuyaNaito at the 2011 Wrestle Kingdom while high. For everyone else it is the...
** Victory Road 2011 main event match. The only way he will is if it's generally attributed to TNA's overall incompetence and not just Hardy, but knowing Jeff's lifestyle this is unlikely.
** Despite [[WinBackTheCrowd winning back the crowd]] with his redemption story, he's still never gonna fully live it down—not only does his record keeps him from being able to attend overseas tours, but his checkered past (both real and storyline, the latter being pretty rare) can easily be used as a plot point against his character as [[Wrestling/NickAldis Magnus]] did expertly at ''Impact: Final Resolution''.
** While he didn't exactly "live it down", Jeff's EpicFail did get overshadowed later that year when his older brother Wrestling/MattHardy faked a suicide note via Website/YouTube video. In fact, it was so overshadowed that Jeff is now considered to be the more responsible Hardy brother, especially after he took responsibility for his actions and stayed clean.

* ShockingSwerve: The most infamous and despised angle in TNA history will probably go down as Jeff Hardy's FaceHeelTurn. Done with no foreshadowing on a wrestler that everyone likes, even the smarks. Add to that his almost exclusive use of high flying moves and lack of mic skills, and you have a disaster that will go down in wrestling history.
** Or maybe not. His video promos and the nasty treacherous in-ring style he's developing are getting heat even if half the crowd still cheers him.

* VindicatedByHistory: Years ago, during the era where CM Punk was really making a name for himself with his pipe bomb and subsequent world championship push, Jeff Hardy released a drunken and/or drugged out shoot video where he trashed Punk and called him a nerd, claiming he, Jeff Hardy, was the one who made Punk a star and that Punk didn't have any real respect backstage by not even saying hello when Jeff tried to greet him. At the time, a lot of fans really trashed Jeff Hardy for his drugged out rant, making fun of Jeff for his botched TNA run along with his drug habits while saying that Punk was the one who was making something of himself in WWE as a main eventer and world champ all the while Jeff was the washed up has-been who behaved like trailer trash. Now, however, due to CM Punk leaving WWE on very bad terms, more people seeing him as being an ungrateful and bitter person, and a predictably bad MMA run where Punk ended up with an embarrassing 0-1-1 record, Jeff Hardy's shoot has come to be seen in a more positive light. While few people would defend Jeff's drug habits or some of his own DorkAge moments in TNA like Victory Road of 2011, the shoot video he made of CM Punk is now seen less as a drunken has-been rant and more of a humorous and prophetic deconstruction of Phil Brooks as a person, especially in light of CM Punk burning bridges with pro-wrestling and embarrassing himself in the UFC.

** "THAT'S MAH PAINTING MAAAAN!" from when Wrestling/JohnMorrison knocked down a painting he was working on.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KP1M8j9MQ Congratulations, brother!]] - said from Wrestling/HulkHogan to him in presence of Wrestling/RicFlair. Several years later, the three would fall in disgrace: Jeff and his drug problem, Hogan being banned from the WWE after the Gawker fiasco, and Flair's lifestyle problems. And then there's [[PowerStable Immortal]] and its effect on [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]].

* MemeticMutation: His drunken TakeThat rant on Wrestling/CMPunk seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6GcrIBhBWA here]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: His entrance theme from his previous WWE run, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-TqF-34TkM No More Words]]'' by Endeverafter. He finally gets to use it on July 19th, 2021 more than ''14 years'' ago.

** Despite [[WinBackTheCrowd winning back the crowd]] with his redemption story, he's still never gonna fully live it down—not only does his record keeps him from being able to attend overseas tours, but his checkered past (both real and storyline, the latter being pretty rare) can easily be used as a plot point against his character as Wrestling/{{Magnus}} did expertly at ''Impact: Final Resolution''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: His entrance theme from his previous WWE run, ''[[https://youtu.be/C8mFcUAxFlo No More Words]]'' by Endeverafter. He finally gets to use it on July 19th, 2021 more than ''14 years'' ago.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: His entrance theme from his previous WWE run, ''[[https://youtu.be/C8mFcUAxFlo No More Words]]'' by Endeverafter.

* HilariousInHindsight: After his famous Ladder Match with the Undertaker, he boasts that the deadman hasn't broken him yet. More than a decade later, his ''brother'' would break him.

* VindicatedByHistory: Years ago, during the era where CM Punk was really making a name for himself with his pipe bomb and subsequent world championship push, Jeff Hardy released a drunken and/or drugged out shoot video where he trashed Punk and called him a nerd, claiming he, Jeff Hardy, was the one who made Punk a star and that Punk didn't have any real respect backstage by not even saying hello when Jeff tried to greet him. At the time, a lot of fans really trashed Jeff Hardy for his drugged out rant, making fun of Jeff for his botched TNA run along with his drug habits while saying that Punk was the one who was making something of himself in WWE as a main eventer and world champ all the while Jeff was the washed up has-been who behaved like trailer trash. Now, however, due to CM Punk leaving WWE on very bad terms, more people seeing him as being an ungrateful and bitter person, and a predictably bad MMA run where Punk ended up with an embarrassing 0-2 record, Jeff Hardy's shoot has come to be seen in a more positive light. While few people would defend Jeff's drug habits or some of his own DorkAge moments in TNA like Victory Road of 2011, the shoot video he made of CM Punk is now seen less as a drunken has-been rant and more of a humorous and prophetic deconstruction of Phil Brooks as a person, especially in light of CM Punk burning bridges with pro-wrestling and embarrassing himself in the UFC.

* VindicatedByHistory: A few years ago, during the era where CM Punk was really making a name for himself with his pipe bomb and subsequent world championship push, Jeff Hardy released a drunken and/or drugged out shoot video where he trashed Punk and called him a nerd, claiming he, Jeff Hardy, was the one who made Punk a star and that Punk didn't have any real respect backstage by not even saying hello when Jeff tried to greet him. At the time, a lot of fans really trashed Jeff Hardy for his drugged out rant, making fun of Jeff for his botched TNA run along with his drug habits while saying that Punk was the one who was making something of himself in WWE as a main eventer and world champ all the while Jeff was the washed up has-been who behaved like trailer trash. Now, however, due to CM Punk leaving WWE on very bad terms, more people seeing him as being an ungrateful and bitter person, and a predictably bad MMA run where Punk ended up with an embarrassing 0-2 record, Jeff Hardy's shoot has come to be seen in a more positive light. While few people would defend Jeff's drug habits or some of his own DorkAge moments in TNA like Victory Road of 2011, the shoot video he made of CM Punk is now seen less as a drunken has-been rant and more of a humorous and prophetic deconstruction of Phil Brooks as a person, especially in light of CM Punk burning bridges with pro-wrestling and embarrassing himself in the UFC.