Original subtitles

[MUSIC]

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING

THROUGH THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF

BOTH JEFF HARDY AND CM PUNK AS

THEY KNOW WHAT'S ON THE LINE

TONIGHT JR. EVERYTHING IS ON THE

LINE TONIGHT.

I MEAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

DOING, RIGHT?

OH, YEAH.

YOU MADE THE WRONG DICE, BUT

YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT.

WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

[MUSIC]

YOU KNOW ME, MAN, LIVE FOR

THE MOMENT, RIGHT?

WORLD TITLES ARE BIG ENOUGH.

THE CAREERS PERHAPS ARE EVEN

BIGGER.

THE LOSER OF THIS MATCH TONIGHT

LEAVES WWE.

WHO'S GONNA BE LEAVING, CM PUNK

OR JEFF HARDY?

[MUSIC]

LIVE FOR THE MOMENT.

ON THIS NIGHT OF UNCERTAINLY,

FATES ARE UNWRITTEN.

DESTINIES AWAIT.

THESE ARE THE TIMES OF OUR LIVES

WHERE WE REFLECT, WE REPENT, WE

RISE TO THE OCCASION.

IN THESE FLASHES, WE MUST LIVE

FOR THE MOMENT.

FACE YOUR FEARS.

DEFEAT YOUR DEMONS AND REVEAL

THE ENIGMA WITHIN.

WE MUST LIVE FOR THE MOMENT.

[MUSIC]

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE

THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEVER BE

BACK.

I HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH

THE GREAT BOND, MANY TIMES, EVEN

PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE, LIKE,

"OH, YEAH.

JEFF WILL NEVER BE BACK."

BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW

SOME ROUGH PHASES IN MY LIFE.

[MUSIC]

WHEN JEFF LEFT WWE IN 2003,

THAT'S THE YEAR IT WAS--THOSE

WERE DARK DAYS FOR JEFF.

THOSE WERE DAYS WERE I WAS

WORRIED ABOUT HIS WELL-BEING AND

HIS FUTURE.

I REMEMBER HAVING--ME HAVING A

CONVERSATION WITH JEFF, LIKE,

"JEFF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A

WAY I CAN HELP YOU OR SOMETHING

I CAN DO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW."

AND HE'S LIKE, "NO, NO, NO, I'M

FINE.

THIS IS A BATTLE I HAVE TO

FIGHT."

AND HE WOULD PROBABLY ADMIT TO

YOU HIMSELF, HE WAS IN A STAGE

OF DENIAL WHEN HE LEFT WWE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW THAT I

REFUSED REHAB.

AND THEY THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT

DIES OR I WOULD--I WOULD NEVER

MAKE IT BACK TO THE WWE, BUT

YEAH, I PRETTY MUCH WANT TO

PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I COULD,

YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE ONE

MORE, YOU KNOW, GOOD RUN BECAUSE

I'M STILL YOUNG.

THE NIGHT THAT I KNEW JEFF

WAS SERIOUS, THERE'S A NIGHT

THAT WE WOULD HAVE AMONGST

FRIENDS, WE CALL IT THE

CLEANSING.

THE REASON IT WAS NAMED THE

CLEANSING WAS BECAUSE WE WERE

ALL LIKE CLEANSING OUT OUR SOUL

FROM THE PRIOR YEAR FOR THE NEW

YEAR.

AND JEFF ACTUALLY GOT TO OPEN UP

AND ADMITTED THAT, YOU KNOW, HE

ALWAYS HAD DREAMS OF LIKE BEING

A ROCK IN ROLL STAR, LIKE MUSIC

HAS ALWAYS CAPTURED HIS

IMAGINATION, BUT DURING THE

MOMENT WHEN HE WAS GONNA TALK

AND HE LOOKED ME IN THE EYES AND

SAYS--BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE

SAID, "GOD PUT ME ON EARTH AND

GAVE ME THE TALENT TO WRESTLE.

AND IF I'M GONNA GO BACK, IT'S

REALLY TO BE A BIG STAR AND BE

WHAT I CAN BE IN THIS BUSINESS.

I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SHOW

AND I HAVE TO GO BACK TO WWE."

[MUSIC]

JEFF WAS MORE MOTIVATED THAN

EVER TO COME BACK AND JUST PROVE

PEOPLE WRONG BECAUSE THERE WAS

SUCH A STIGMA THAT WAS KIND OF

STUCK TO HIM.

THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE'RE

BEING SAID AND I THINK JEFF KNEW

THAT HE COULD BEAT ANY OBSTACLE,

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PLACED BEFORE

HIM.

AND BE ONE OF THE TOP OF

PERFORMERS IN THE WORLD.

WHEN YOU'RE A KID AND YOU'RE

A WRESTLING FAN AND ESPECIALLY

WHEN YOU MAKE IT TO THE WWE, A

DREAM FOR EVERYBODY IS LIKE TO

BE THE WORLD CHAMPION AT SOME

POINT, YOU KNOW.

AND THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I

HAD NEVER ACCOMPLISHED IN MY

FIRST RUN HERE, SO THAT WAS

DEFINITELY ONE THING I WANTED TO

DO.

JUST TO, YOU KNOW, PROVE TO

MYSELF THAT I COULD BE THAT MAN.

I COULD BE THE CHAMPION.

HONESTLY, THERE WERE SEVERAL

TIMES JEFF JUST TOLD ME, "I'M

COMING BACK FOR ONE PURPOSE AND

ONE PURPOSE ALONE.

I'M COMING BACK TO PROVE I'M ONE

OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND

BECOME THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION."

I FELT GOOD.

SO YEAH, IT CAME ABOUT--I WENT

TO ROANOKE, VIRGINIA I THINK

WHERE MATT WAS HAVING A

SMACKDOWN AT THE TIME.

AND JUST TO GO SEE VINCE AND

JOHNNY.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THEM

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GET A FEEL

FOR HOW THEY--HOW THEY'VE FELT

ABOUT ME AND A POSSIBLE RETURN.

ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT

CAME OUT OF, YOU KNOW, JOHNNY'S

MOUTH, YOU KNOW, "ARE YOU

CLEAN?"

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN CLEAN?"

YOU KNOW, AND I JUST--I WAS OPEN

AND HONEST WITH HIM.

I TOLD HIM HOW LONG.

"YES, I AM CLEAN."

SO IT WENT REALLY WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T TOO

LONG.

AFTER THAT, I WAS WIDE OPEN ON

THE ROAD AGAIN, SO IT'S PRETTY

COOL, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW,

COME BACK AND STILL BE WELCOMED

AND RESPECTED BY THE FANS.

LOOK, KING.

LOOK.

OH, MY.

IT'S JEFF HARDY.

WOW, JEFF HARDY.

HE WAS HOT.

RIGHT WHEN HE CAME BACK, THE

CROWDS WERE ELECTRIC.

EVERYONE WANTED TO SEE JEFF

HARDY.

I WANTED TO ENTERTAIN THE

PEOPLE AGAIN.

AND HAVE A GOOD RUN.

AND I KNOW--I WAS KIND OF AFRAID

OF THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE I KNOW

HOW ROUGH IT IS.

AND I'M A HOME BOY.

AND I LOVE IT AT HOME.

AND I GOT USED TO IT, YOU KNOW,

AND MADE IT THROUGH OF THE LONG

TOUR.

JEFF WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT

JEFF HARDY.

ALL IT TAKE WAS A FEW MONTHS OF

HIM WORKING TO GET BACK IN RING

SHAPE, BUT MENTALLY AND

EMOTIONALLY, HE WAS BETTER THAN

EVER.

IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IN

COLLEGE, I WAS A FAN OF JEFF

HARDY.

AND WHEN HE CAME BACK, IT WAS

LIKE JOHN MORRISON AND JEFF

HARDY.

IT WAS HUGE FOR ME.

THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR ME

TOO.

AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE

WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, SUCH A

HUGE TALENT HERE.

IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING I MEAN IN

THE YEARS TO COME.

YEAH.

A REALLY GOOD CHEMISTRY.

WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MATCHES.

AND HE MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD

ABOUT MY RETURN AND EVERYTHING.

I REALLY LOVE THE NEW YEAR'S

REVOLUTION.

IT WAS A CAGE MATCH AND I

THOUGHT THE FINISH WAS THE BEST

FINISH IN A CAGE MATCH THAT I

HAVE EVER SEEN.

NITRO IS BLOCKING THE DOOR

FROM OPENING.

AND JOHNNY--LOOK.

OH.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOSH.

HARDY WITH BOTH FEET AND JEFF

HARDY IS OUTSIDE.

IT WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH

MORRISON FOR ALL THOSE MONTHS

THEN TO WIN A BELT SO SOON.

HE GOT IT.

[BELL RINGING]

JEFF HARDY GOT IT.

JEFF HARDY HAS SWANTON BOMBED

HIS WAY TO THE INTERCONTINENTAL

TITLE.

ONE THING IT'S LIKE--IT MADE

ME FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DO

BELIEVE IN ME.

I PROVED MYSELF.

I'M BACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, I AM THE

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION AGAIN

WHICH IS A HUGE BOOST.

TO ME, JEFF'S FIRST WIN IN

WWE WAS SEEING JEFF HARDY AS A

CHILD.

AND WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE SAW

JEFF HARDY AS AN ADULT.

[MUSIC]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT

A--AN EXPLOSIVE BEGINNING TO

SMACKDOWN.

IT'S PUNK VERSUS HARDY IN A

STEEL CAGE MATCH FOR THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND THE LOSER LEAVES THE WWE.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[BELL RINGING]

THIS IS A STEEL CAGE MATCH

FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND THIS BOUT COULD BE WON BY

PINFALL, SUBMISSION OR BY

ESCAPING THE CAGE WITH BOTH FEET

TOUCHING THE FLOOR.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[MUSIC]

INTRODUCING FIRST THE

CHALLENGER FROM CAMERON, NORTH

CAROLINA, WEIGHING 225 POUNDS,

JEFF HARDY.

THE WINNER OF THIS STEEL CAGE

MATCH--WHOA.

CM PUNK FROM BEHIND.

CM PUNK BEFORE THE MATCH GETTING

TO START, TRYING TO GAIN THE

MOST UNBELIEVABLE, UNFAIR

ADVANTAGES OVER JEFF HARDY.

[CROWD CHATTER]

AND HARDY CATAPULTED INTO THE

STEEL.

HIS FACE BOUNCING OFF THE STEEL

CAGE.

AND THE BIGGEST NIGHT FOR

EITHER ONE OF THESE MEN'S

CAREERS GETS OFF TO A DISTINCT

ADVANTAGE FOR CM PUNK.

[MUSIC]

OH, HERE IT IS.

A HISTORIC MOMENT.

IT'S BEEN OVER FOUR YEARS SINCE

THE HARDY BOYZ HAVE WRESTLED AS

A TAG TEAM.

IT'S ALWAYS COOL TO TEAM WITH

MATT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU

KNOW, THE SYMBOL ON THE BACK OF

MY NECK.

THE HB, HARDY BOYZ SYMBOL IS OUR

CLAIM TO FAME.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS

JOURNEY TOGETHER.

AN AMAZING OVATION FOR MATT

AND JEFF HARDY.

AND THE HARDIES INDEED ARE

HIGH FLYERS AND RISK TAKERS.

THEY LIKE TO KICK IT IN GEARS.

WE'RE SO GLAD WE GOT LIKE

THAT ONE LAST RUN, BECAUSE THIS

TIME, IT WAS LIKE MATT AND JEFF.

WE'RE TOTALLY ON THE SAME PAGE.

THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE TEAMED

TOGETHER, IT SEEMED LIKE JEFF

WAS STILL LIKE A KID.

AND THERE WAS LOTS OF TIMES

WHERE I GO, "COME ON, JEFF.

YOU GOT TO DO THIS.

YOU GOT TO MEET ME AT THIS TIME

OR YOU GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE."

AND I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WAS

BEING LIKE A FATHERLY FIGURE TO

JEFF.

THIS TIME, IT WAS LIKE JEFF AND

I WERE MORE SOLID AND MORE TIGHT

AS A TEAM.

WE'RE CLOSER THAN WE'D EVER

BEEN.

AND IT'S LIKE NOT ONLY ARE WE

TWO BROTHERS, WE'RE TWO BEST

FRIENDS.

IT IS COOL TO HAVE YOUR

BROTHER WITH YOU AND FAMILY.

IT HELPS YOU GET THROUGH.

TALK ABOUT EXCITEMENT, TALK

ABOUT EXTREME, MATT AND JEFF

HARDY.

YOU DON'T GET ANY BETTER TAG

TEAM WRESTLERS THAN THESE TWO

YOUNG MEN.

THE HARD ROAD LIFE AS FAR AS,

YOU KNOW, THE TRAVEL SCHEDULE

AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO BE IN

9,000 DIFFERENT PLACES EVERY

WEEK, I THINK THAT HAVING MATT

ON THE ROAD AND, YOU KNOW, ME

AND SHANE.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME COMFORT

THERE, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

YOU HAD SOMEBODY TO TALK TO.

AND HE FELT LIKE THERE WAS

PEOPLE ON THE ROAD THAT HE COULD

HONESTLY TRUST, THAT HE KNOW,

YOU KNOW, HAVE HIS BACK THROUGH

THICK AND THIN.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

THERE WAS SOME COMFORT THERE.

THE BROTHER'S FROM CAMERON,

NORTH CAROLINA HAVE WON THE

WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES.

[MUSIC]

YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF A

SHOCK ESPECIALLY FOR THE FANS TO

SEE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE

COMMON PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY

KNOW ME THAT WELL OR SOMETHING,

I MEAN THEY'RE LIKE

AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMING, "OH,

HE'S BACK ON DRUGS OR, YOU KNOW,

SOMETHING IS GOING ON."

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WELLNESS

POLICY IS EXTREMELY STRICT.

AND I MEAN IT'S JUST A ONE TIME

DEAL.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JUST GOT BACK

FROM MEXICO I THINK.

AND I TOOK SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T

HAVE.

AND THEN I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE

OF DAYS AND IT'S ALWAYS, YOU

KNOW, SUCKS WHEN YOU GET THAT

PHONE CALL.

AND WHEN YOU'RE BUSTED AND, YOU

KNOW, IT'S A REALLY BAD FEELING.

SO YEAH.

NO REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S

JUST ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GOT

TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL, MAN.

I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH

ALL THE RULES, BUT I UNDERSTAND

WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT YEAH, I JUST DID SOMETHING I

SHOULDN'T HAVE AND GOT CAUGHT.

[CROWD CHEERING]

AND PUNK MAY ESCAPE THE CAGE

RIGHT NOW, WIN THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND

FORCE JEFF HARDY TO LEAVE THE

WWE.

HARDY DESPERATELY PULLING

PUNK DOWN TO THE RING.

OH, AND HARDY IS DOWN.

THAT MIGHT DO IT.

THIS IS MAY BE THE

OPPORTUNITY.

PUNK GOING FOR THE COVER.

AND THE WIN.

NO.

LOOK AT JEFF FIGHT.

LOOK AT JEFF FIGHT.

HARDY WITH A GREAT LITTLE

TOUGHNESS TAKING A CHANCE THERE.

LIVE FOR THE MOMENT.

AND THE MOMENT IS NOW.

HARDY FINALLY GETTING THE UPPER

HAND HERE.

JEFF HARDY'S GOT CONFIDENCE.

HE WANTS TO BE THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AGAIN.

INVERTED ATOMIC DROP, THE COVER,

THE KICK AND A NEAR FALL.

ALWAYS FOR THE WIN BY JEFF

HARDY.

IS THIS HARDY'S MOMENT?

PUNK IS DOWN, ONE, TWO, NO.

WHO'S GONNA WIN THE WORLD TITLE?

MORE IMPORTANTLY PERHAPS, WHO

WILL LEAVE WWE?

[CROWD CHATTER]

JEFF, TONIGHT YOU SQUARE OFF

AGAINST TRIPLE H.

A LOT ON THE LINE.

THE WINNER GOES ON TO THE ROYAL

RUMBLE TO SQUARE OFF FOR THE WWE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

WITH THAT IN MIND, WOULD YOU

CONSIDER TONIGHT'S MATCH TO BE

THE BIGGEST OF YOUR CAREER?

OF COURSE, I WOULD.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN

EVERYTHING FROM LADDER MATCHES

TO TLC MATCHES TO MONEY IN THE

BANK MATCHES BUT YOU KNOW WHAT,

NONE OF THOSE COMPARE TO THIS

MATCH TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE CLOSEST I'VE EVER

BEEN TO AN OPPORTUNITY OF THE

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT TO GET

THIS OPPORTUNITY, I GOT TO GO

FOR A GUY THAT'S SOME 11TH TIME

WORLD CHAMPION.

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT, TODD.

THIS IS CROSSROADS OF MY CAREER.

AND I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER IT

TAKES TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.

IT'S TIME TO STEP IT UP.

NO MATTER WHAT, MAN.

IT'S NOT OR NEVER.

PEDIGREE TIME.

TRIPLE H HAVING TO JUST...

THIS WILL BE IT, KING.

LADIES AND GENTLE--AND HARDY

COUNTERS.

BOTH LEGS ARE HOOKED.

BOTH LEGS...

WHAT?

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

JEFF HARDY BEATS THE GAME.

JEFF HARDY HAS SHOCKED THE WORLD

TO EARN A WWE TITLE OPPORTUNITY

AGAINST THE WWE CHAMPION AT THE

ROYAL RUMBLE.

AND BEATING TRIPLE H WAS HUGE

FOR ME.

I MEAN IT JUST DID WONDERS FOR

MY CAREER AND ESPECIALLY THAT

WHOLE THING AS FAR AS ON YOUR

WAY TO BEING THE MAN, YOU KNOW,

WWE CHAMPION.

YOU KNOW, I WILL NEVER FORGET

THAT MOMENT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE ONE OF

THOSE THINGS THAT YOU GONNA,

"WOW, IS--SHOULD THIS REALLY BE

HAPPENING?"

IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

WHEN JEFF WAS INVOLVED WITH

THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST

RANDY ORTON, I THINK THAT WAS

THE FIRST TIME JEFF REALLY

BECAME A TRUE MAIN EVENTER

WITHIN WWE.

AND HE DID SOME AMAZING THINGS.

HARDY ON TOP OF THE CAGE.

LOOK OUT.

GOOD LORD.

GOOD LORD.

GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY.

WHISPER IN THE WIND FOR THE LOVE

OF GOD FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE.

THE SCARIEST THING IS, YOU

KNOW, TO FEAR IF, YOU KNOW, ARE

YOU GONNA GET BACK UP FROM WHAT

YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO.

AND I'VE JUMPED OFF CAGES MANY

TIMES IN THE PAST, SO THAT'S NOT

AS STRESSFUL, BUT I THINK THIS

SWANTON OF THE SCAFFOLDING SET

ON RANDY WAS LIKE PROBABLY ONE

OF THE BIGGEST SWANTONS I'VE

EVER DONE AND IT WAS REALLY

NERVE RACKING.

WAIT A SECOND.

MY GOD, WHAT IS HE DOING?

OH, I DON'T KNOW.

COME ON, JEFF.

OH.

OH, GOD.

[CROWD CHEERING]

THAT ADRENALINE WAS HITTING,

SO I JUST WENT FOR IT, MAN.

IT TURNED OUT REALLY COOL.

WORKING WITH RANDY IS ANOTHER.

HE'S ONE OF THE BEST GUYS, YOU

KNOW, THE MOST TALENTED GUYS

I'VE EVER BEEN IN THE RING WITH.

AND TO WRESTLE HIM AT THE

RUMBLE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE

REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA BE

MY MOMENT, MY FIRST

CHAMPIONSHIP, MAJOR

CHAMPIONSHIP.

WITH THE FACE, NO.

WHOA.

NO, RKO.

BUT YEAH, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

AND--BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS

STILL GOOD FOR ME.

JEFF HARDY'S DREAM OF

BECOMING THE WWE CHAMPION HAS

BEEN PLOWED FOR NOW.

I HAD BET MY HOUSE ON JEFF

HARDY TONIGHT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, LIKE IT

DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN, BUT MY FANS

AND MYSELF SAID, "ITS OKAY.

I'M NOT GONNA STOP BELIEVING.

AND EVENTUALLY, IT WILL COME

TRUE."

[CROWD CHATTER]

[CROWD CHEERING]

WORLD TITLE ON THE LINE,

STEEL CAGE.

JEFF HARDY TRYING TO REGAIN THE

TITLE AND STAY IN WWE AND HARDY

UP FLYING CROSS BODY, GO FOR THE

COVER.

THIS WILL WIN IT.

TWO, NO.

CM PUNK DRAGGING HARDY AND,

OH, HARDY...

HARDY LIKE SPIDERMAN.

MY GOSH.

HOLDING THE WALL, JUST COULD

WIN IT.

HARDY ALMOST OVER THE TOP OF THE

CAGE, BUT CM PUNK DESPERATELY

PULLING HARDY BACK DOWN.

UH-OH.

OH, MY GOD.

LOOK OUT HERE.

OH, THE UNIQUE ENIGMA WITH A

SWANTON BOMB.

HAS THE LEG HOOKED.

TWO, THREE.

NO.

AND NOW, LOOK, HARDY WITH AN

OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT.

PUNK SEES IT.

OH.

MY GOODNESS, PAYING A GOOD

PRICE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHO WILL

ESCAPE THE CAGE WITH THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND

THEIR CAREER INTACT?

NEXT THING I KNOW, JEFF IS

GOING TO BE IN WRESTLEMANIA.

HE'S GONNA BE IN MONEY IN THE

BANK.

AND JEFF IS PRETTY MUCH

EVERYONE'S FAVOR IN THE MATCH.

HE HAD SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY.

I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT TO REALLY

BREAKTHROUGH AND SHINE AT THAT

WRESTLEMANIA AND HE BLEW IT.

I ENDED UP MISSING

WRESTLEMANIA 24 BECAUSE IT WAS

MY SECOND VIOLATION OF THE

WELLNESS POLICY.

SO YEAH, THAT--I WAS

GONNA--YEAH, THAT WAS--THAT WAS

A--I WAS GONNA DO REALLY WELL

ON--AT WRESTLEMANIA, I IMAGINE,

BUT YEAH, AND THAT WAS A 60 DAY

SUSPENSION.

AND THAT SUCKED FOR ME.

THAT WAS A HORRIBLE--I MEAN TWO

MONTHS FOR ME.

IT WAS--YEAH, ONCE AGAIN, I

VIOLATED THE POLICY.

I DID SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T HAVE

AND GOT BUSTED.

HE'S LIKE, "WOW, MAN.

I FEEL SO BAD."

[MUSIC]

SO JEFF WAS IN THAT POSITION.

HE HAD REALLY REGAINED TO COME

TO HIS FATE AND TRUST AND NOW

LIKE HE FELT BAD HONESTLY.

I KNOW BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE HE

HAD--HE HAD MESSED IT UP.

YOU KNOW, HE REALLY KNEW WAS IN

THE WRONG THIS TIME.

AFTER I GET OFF THE PHONE WITH

DR. BLACK, I WAS TO HIS PLACE.

I REMEMBER THE PHONE RANG AGAIN,

HIS CELL PHONE, HE PICKED IT UP

AND HE SAID, "OH, IT'S SO AND

SO."

AND I SAID, "IT'S VINCE, HE

WANTS TO TALK TO YOU."

AND I COULD HEAR VINCE'S VOICE

SO LOUD AND COMMANDING AND

DOMINANT.

AND BASICALLY IS WHAT I'M SAYING

IS VINCE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, "I

TRUSTED YOU.

YOU'VE WORKED HARD AND YOU'VE

EARNED THE SPOT ON YOUR OWN."

THEY ENDED UP HAVING A REALLY

GOOD 20, 25 MINUTE CONVERSATION.

AND BASICALLY IT WAS ONE OF

THOSE THINGS THAT JEFF WOULD

TOTALLY ADMIT TO BEING IN THE

WRONG.

YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMPANY HAD

REALLY INVESTED IN JEFF.

AND THEY PUT THEIR FATE IN JEFF.

THEY WANTED HIM TO BE IN THAT

GOLDEN CIRCLE.

AND NOW AFTER BELIEVING IN JEFF,

NOW IT'S ALMOST LIKE, "CAN WE

REALLY TRUST THIS GUY OR NEVER?"

THEY WERE REALLY HARD ON ME.

TESTING ME FOR THOSE 60 DAYS,

LIKE TWO TIMES A WEEK.

IT WAS CRAZY.

THEY WERE SENDING ME OUT TO

MILES, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID,

"OH, YOU GOT 60 DAYS OFF.

WHY COULDN'T YOU GONNA HAVE A

VACATION?"

BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.

I REALLY HAVE TO PROVE MYSELF

AFTER MY SECOND VIOLATION

BECAUSE TO COME BACK, SO THAT'S

WHY THEY, YOU KNOW, WERE SO

ROUGH ON ME.

YEAH.

IT WAS A REALLY TOUGH TIME FOR

ME.

JEFF DID HIS TIME.

AND WHILE HE WAS DURING THE

COURSE OF THE 60 DAYS ABOUT A

WEEKEND, JEFF'S HOUSE BURNED

DOWN.

[MUSIC]

THIS IS MY FIRST HOME I'VE

EVER PURCHASED, PAID OFF.

IT WAS A DOUBLE WHITE TRAILER,

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HOME TO

ME.

HERE IS WHERE I USED TO SLEEP,

RIGHT HERE.

IT'S MADNESS.

I WAS GETTING TATTOOED THEN I

GOT A CALL FROM MATT AND HE'S

LIKE, "MAN, YOU GOT TO GET HOME.

YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, MAN.

IT'S ON FIRE."

I SAID, "PLEASE, MATT.

CAN YOU KNOCK THE DOOR AND GET

JACK OUT, PLEASE."

AND HE SAID, "YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND, MAN.

IT'S GONE.

IT'S DOWN TO THE GROUND."

AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOSH."

AND WE JUST JETTED OUT A HUNDRED

MILES AN HOUR BACK HOME AND BY

THE TIME I GOT HERE, I MEAN

THERE WAS LOADS OF PEOPLE OUT

HERE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

[MUSIC]

WHEN YOU PULL UP ON A SCENE

LIKE THAT AND YOU REALIZE HOW

MANY MEANINGFUL THINGS YOU HAVE

IN THERE AND LIKE I HAD SO MANY

WRITINGS AND, YOU KNOW, SONGS

I'D WROTE THAT I PROBABLY NEVER

REMEMBERED.

YOU KNOW, ACTION FIGURES FROM,

YOU KNOW, COLLECTOR'S ITEMS AND

JUST THINGS FROM MY WRESTLING

CAREER IN THIS ONE ROOM, ART ALL

OVER THE PLACE.

AND WHEN YOU PULL UP ON THE

SCENE, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW,

SURREAL.

IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN SHOCK.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT

IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE.

AND NOW, THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF

IT, BUT--AND THIS FOR EXAMPLE IS

ONE OF THE--MY MOST FAVORITE

ALUMINUMS THAT I'VE EVER MADE.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE FIRE

DID TO HIM.

ONE OF THE MOST--ALMOST

INSPIRATION, WELL, LIKE IN A

WEIRD WAY, LIKE SOMETHING THAT

WASN'T TOUCHED WAS THE HARDY BOY

HAND SIGN RIGHT HERE WHICH IS SO

CLOSE TO ALL THAT HOT FIRE AND

IT WAS JUST--YEAH.

IT WASN'T EVEN TOUCHED.

IT WASN'T EVEN FAZED SO--AND

THAT WAS PRETTY STRANGE TO ME

WHY THAT DIDN'T BURN, SO WHILE

I'M HERE, THAT'S SOME KIND OF

POSITIVE SIGN FROM SOME

ULTIMATE, YOU KNOW, POWER, BUT,

YEAH, OVERALL IT'S--IT IS PRETTY

SAD.

AND MY DOG, JACK HE--THAT DIED.

THAT WAS THE SADDEST BY FAR.

HE WAS TRAPPED INSIDE.

AND WE FINALLY FOUND HIS BODY ON

THAT CORNER OF THE HOUSE.

AND COMING UP HERE AND BURYING

HIM WAS LIKE REALLY BRUTAL, YOU

KNOW, BECAUSE HE WAS BURNT BAD,

BUT AT LEAST I DID FIND HIM.

IT WOULD'VE KILLED ME IF I WOULD

NEVER FOUND HIM.

AND AT LEAST I GOT A LITTLE

CLOSURE ON THAT WHEN I DID FIND

HIM.

AND WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT

HIM TO REST IN THE GROUND.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

[MUSIC]

I GOT OVER THAT AND GOT

THROUGH IT, BUT YEAH.

I WAS REALLY CLOSE TO QUITTING

AFTER ALL THAT HAPPENED.

I CHILLED OUT AND CALMED DOWN.

AND WENT AHEAD AND CONTINUED TO

PROVE MYSELF OVER THAT

SUSPENSION.

IT WAS JUST A REBUILDING

PROCESS FROM THAT POINT.

HE GOT MENTALLY PREPARED, YOU

KNOW, TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD

AND TO GET BACK EVERYTHING THAT

HE'D LOST, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU

KNOW, HIS HOUSE TO, YOU KNOW,

BEING SUSPENDED.

I THINK JEFF USED THAT BREAK

TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET

HIMSELF BACK TOGETHER.

COMPOSE HIMSELF AND COME BACK

STRONGER WHICH HE DID.

AND ONE THING TO ABOUT WHEN

I--WHEN I DID GO AWAY FROM

SUSPENSIONS THAT NOBODY HAS EVER

DONE THIS.

YOU KNOW, THAT I ACTUALLY--I

ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT, YOU

KNOW, IN THE RING.

AND WHICH--I THINK PEOPLE

RESPECTED THAT, YOU KNOW.

AS FAR AS JUST--IT'S SIMPLE AS

SAYING, "HEY, I MADE A MISTAKE.

AND I'M BACK, YOU KNOW.

I PAID THE PRICE AND I'M BACK."

I MADE A MISTAKE.

I PAID FOR IT WITH A 60 DAY

SUSPENSION.

I MISSED WRESTLEMANIA, BUT I

THINK THE PEOPLE RESPECT THE

FACT THAT I WAS HONEST AND OPEN

ABOUT WHAT I DID.

HE MADE HIS MISTAKE AND HE

MANS UP TO IT AND THAT'S WHAT

MAKES JEFF JEFF.

MAKES PEOPLE DIG YOU MORE,

YOU KNOW.

HONESTY IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY

COOL JUST TO BE OPEN AND HONEST

ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID

WRONG.

I THINK IT'S A QUOTE FROM

SPIDERMAN, BUT LIKE WITH GREAT

POWER COMES GREATER

RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT'S KIND OF HOW I FEEL WHEN

IT COMES TO JEFF BECAUSE JEFF IS

A VERY POWERFUL PERSON BECAUSE

HE'S SO POPULAR.

JEFF IS A VERY SPECIAL, SPECIAL

ENTITY.

JEFF HAD TO PROVE TO A LOT OF

PEOPLE THAT HE COULD BE COUNTED

ON WHETHER WOULD THAT BE THE

OFFICE OR WHETHER THAT BE THE

TALENT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEFINITELY

WEREN'T SURE AT THIS POINT IF

THEY COULD TRUST JEFF, YOU KNOW,

BEING THE, YOU KNOW, CENTERPIECE

OF THE SHOW ABOUT WINNING THE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

YOU KNOW, HUNTER STILL REALLY

MADE HIM INTO A MAIN EVENT STAR.

[MUSIC]

ONCE YOU'RE THERE AND

YOU'RE--YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

FIGHTING TRIPLE H AND, YOU KNOW,

YOU'RE THAT MAN, THAT STAR.

I LEARNED A LOT FROM THE

MATCHES I'VE HAD WITH HIM.

HE IS THE BEST OF WHAT HE DOES.

[MUSIC]

IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR AND A

PLEASURE TO BE IN THE RING WITH

TRIPLE H.

TRIPLE H IS ONE OF THE

BIGGEST STARS IN THE HISTORY OF

OUR INDUSTRY NOW.

BUT EVEN IF JEFF DIDN'T WIN THE

MATCH, YOU KNOW, HE STILL GAVE

HIM A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MATCH.

JEFF CAME SO CLOSE, BUT HE

DIDN'T QUITE GET THE CIGAR.

THE IMPORTANT THING WAS HE NEVER

STOPPED.

[MUSIC]

JEFF FIGHTS FROM UNDERNEATH.

JEFF IS THE GUY THAT'S TOO SMALL

TO BE IN THE FIGHT, THAT SHOULD

NEVER BE IN THE FIGHT, THAT

SHOULDN'T BE IN THE MAIN EVENTS,

THAT SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THE

THINGS HE DOES, BUT HE DOES THEM

ANYWAY.

THAT WAS KIND OF PREPARATION

FOR, YOU KNOW, ME GETTING READY

TO, YOU KNOW, STEP IN THAT BIG

SPOT.

[CROWD CHEERING]

PINFALL, SUBMISSION OR

ESCAPING THE CAGE WILL GET YOU

TO THE PAY WINDOW AND THE WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE LOSER WILL LEAVE WWE

TONIGHT.

OH, AND PUNK.

WILL HARDY BE GOING TO SLEEP?

AND HARDY WITH A BACK SLIPE.

THIS MAY DO IT.

SHOULDERS ARE DOWN, ONE, TWO,

NO.

PUNK PROMISED TO ERADICATE JEFF

HARDY FROM THE WWE TONIGHT, PUNK

HAS THAT CHANCE LITERALLY.

BOTH MEN HAVE HAD THEIR

OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR CHANCES TO

WIN THIS MATCH.

NEITHER HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET THE

JOB DONE.

[CROWD CHEERING]

AND IT'S A TWIST OF FATE,

MAYBE THE BIGGEST OF HARDY'S

CAREER.

I HAD SUCH A GOOD FOLLOWING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS

REALLY--AND I'M POPULAR AND

DOING WELL.

[MUSIC]

FANS GO -- EVERY TIME JEFF IS

OUT THERE.

I MEAN THE FANS LOVE JEFF.

THEY--I MEAN HE'S A PHENOMENAL

PERFORMER.

THE WAY HE WRESTLES, IT

AMAZES ME.

I LIKE JEFF HARDY BECAUSE

HE'S A RISK TAKER.

HE'S A HIGH FLYER.

HE'S NEVER AFRAID OF BEING

CHALLENGED AND EVERYBODY WHO

CALLS HIM OUT, HE'LL GO UP

AGAINST THEM IN ANY MATCH.

I LIKE JEFF HARDY BECAUSE

HE'S EXTREME, LIKE HE DOES CRAZY

THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T DO.

HE'S SEXY, BUT HE IS EXTREME.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE

HIM, SO JEFF HARDY IS A REALLY

INTEGRAL PART OF WWE.

HE LIKES TO ENTERTAIN THE

CROWD AND HE'S REALLY FUN TO

WATCH.

I LIKE JEFF HARDY BECAUSE

LIKE HE'S CHARISMATIC, HE TAKES

RISKS, HE'S NEVER BACKED DOWN TO

A CHALLENGE AND LIKE HE'S

CHANGED THE WWE FOREVER.

I THINK AT THE TIME WHERE HE

HAS BECOME A CHAMPION, BECAUSE

LIKE ALL THESE KIDS YOU SEE WITH

THE ARMBANDS ON AND THE SLEEVES,

LIKE YOU GOT TO REWARD A GUY

THAT SACRIFICES HIS BODY THAT

MUCH.

YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

CONFIDENT IN MYSELF AS FAR AS

BEING A MAIN EVENTER.

I'VE THINK I HAD--I HAD BEEN

READY FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW,

ESPECIALLY AFTER ABOUT A YEAR,

YOU KNOW.

SO AFTER I HAD CAME BACK.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS

WHERE I THINK THE WWE REALIZE

LIKE HE'S GIVEN THE WWE HIS

HEART, HIS SOUL AND HE HAS GIVEN

THEM HIS PHYSICAL HEALTH FOR SO

LONG AND HE HAS WORKED SO HARD.

AS A FAN, I WAS EMOTIONALLY

INVESTED IN JEFF AND I LIKE THE

THRILL OF THE CHASE.

I THINK THAT THE WWE HIERARCHY

HAD DETERMINED THAT JEFF WAS

SOMETHING SPECIAL.

[MUSIC]

IT ALL STARTED YEARS AGO ON A

TRAMPOLINE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

AND NOW, IT COMES TO SUNDAY.

I AM LEAVING ARMAGEDDON, WWE

CHAMPION.

[MUSIC]

AND THAT WAS HUGE FOR ME.

IT WAS A TRIPLE THREAT AND THERE

ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU

KNOW, THAT I'M SURE WANTED ME TO

WIN, BUT THERE WAS PROBABLY, YOU

KNOW, THINKING, "OH, IT'S NOT

GONNA HAPPEN, YOU KNOW.

IT'S--IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN."

JEFF HARDY HAS HAD AMAZING

SUCCESS IN THE WWE SINCE

DEBUTING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

WHEN HE WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OF

AGE.

JEFF HARDY HAS WON 16

CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE WWE, BUT

THE CONFIDENT WWE TITLE HAS

ELUDED HIM.

YOU KNOW, HE'S IN A TRIPLE

THREAT MATCH.

AND WITH TWO OF THE TOP

WRESTLERS IN THE COMPANY, TRIPLE

H AND EDGE AND I THINK IT WAS

REALLY A TIME FOR HIM TO

SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, THAT HE HAS

WHAT IT TAKES TO BE, YOU KNOW,

WORLD CHAMPION.

IT WAS REAL SHOCKING, YOU

KNOW, TO HAD THAT SWANTON AND

GET THE ONE, TWO, THREE.

HARDY, HARDY, MY GOD.

MY, GOD.

JEFF HARDY, SWANTON, SWANTON.

OH, HARDY WINS.

JEFF HARDY WINS.

[CROWD CHEERING]

JEFF HARDY'S HAS REALIZED THE

DREAM OF A LIFETIME.

THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH AND

NEW WWE CHAMPION, JEFF HARDY.

I THINK HE PROVED A LOT OF

PEOPLE WRONG BY BECOMING A

CHAMPION.

YOU KNOW, HE DEFEATED THE

ODDS.

HE DEFEATED THE ODDS NOT ONLY IN

THAT MATCH, BUT DEFEATED THE

ODDS THAT EVERYBODY HAD PUT ON

HIM IN THE PAST.

[MUSIC]

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR

IT FOR SO LONG.

AND IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING TO

WATCH IT IN EVERY PLACE I'M IN,

SEEING EVERYBODY JUMPED OUT OF

THEIR SEATS AND YEAH, IT FINALLY

HAPPENED.

YEAH.

[MUSIC]

ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WHEN

SOMEBODY WINS THE TITLE AND THE

LOCKER ROOM ACTUALLY REJOICES

FOR IT.

BUT HONESTLY I THINK IT WAS

REALLY FRESH THAT I THINK IT WAS

ABOUT TIME NOT BEING ARROGANT AT

ALL, BUT LIKE JUST TO GIVE THE

FANS WHAT THEY WANT.

AND I THINK I EARNED IT.

PART OF A GREAT STORY IN ANY

SPORTS IS WHEN THE UNDERDOG OR

THE GUY THAT YOU WANNA SEE

OVERCOME ADVERSITY FINALLY

ACHIEVES HIS GOAL OF BEING A

CHAMPION.

SOMETHING THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY

ONE OF OUR WILDEST DREAMS AS A

KID.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN JEFF FINALLY

WON, HE HELD THE TITLE UP LIKE

IT WAS EMOTIONAL FOR ME.

LIKE IT ALMOST--IT ALMOST MADE

ME WANT TO CRY.

BECAUSE IT WAS JUST LIKE

SOMETHING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE

WANTED TO SEE JEFF OBTAIN,

WANTED TO SEE HIM WIN, SOMETHING

HE HAD BROKE HIS BACK FOR, BUT

IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT SO

MANY PEOPLE SAID CAN NEVER

HAPPEN.

[MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERING]

AND FOR IT TO FINALLY HAPPEN,

IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, A DREAM

COME TRUE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW.

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED, YOU KNOW.

AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT THIS

NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

I'M COOL, YOU KNOW.

IT'S IN THE RECORD BOOKS.

[CROWD CHEERING]

HERE I COME.

SMACKDOWN THAT WEEK WITH ALL THE

CONFETTI AND THE BIG ENTRANCE

WAS REALLY COOL.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD YOU GUYS

SCREAMING FOR LIKE A DECADE NOW.

[CROWD CHEERING]

AND I WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR

TAKING SO LONG, BUT YES, IT

FINALLY LIVES.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[MUSIC]

IT WAS JUST A BIGGEST FOR ME,

MAN.

I WAS LIKE--AND BEING IT WAS MY

FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, AND JUST

THE ONLY THING, LIKE IT FINALLY

HAPPENED AFTER EVERYBODY THOUGHT

IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN.

IT'S COOL TO HAVE A--HAVE A LONG

CELEBRATION LIKE THAT.

AND JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.

GOING TO SEE ALL THE CONFETTI

FALL AND FIREWORKS GO OFF.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THE BEST, YOU

KNOW, SPEAKER, BUT YOU JUST FEEL

THE ENERGY THAT'S IN THE

BUILDING.

THE WWE, OH, IT'S ABOUT TO

CHANGE.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[MUSIC]

THIS TITLE JUST DOESN'T

REPRESENT ME.

IT REPRESENTS ALL THE WORLD'S

REJECTS, ALL THE SCREWS UPS.

AND FOR NOW ON, I AM THE WWE

CHAMPION.

[CROWD CHEERING]

THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME FOR

THEM TO GO THAT FAR FOR ME.

IT'S SO COOL THAT, YOU KNOW, MY

FANS AND ESPECIALLY MY DAD TO,

YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TITLE HOME.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS PHOTOS

WITH IT AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE

ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE JUST--YOU

KNOW, THEY FREAKED ABOUT IT, BUT

IT'S PRETTY COOL TO BE IN THAT

SPOTLIGHT.

[CROWD CHEERING]

HISTORY HAS NO DOUBT IN THE

MAKING TONIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY

NIGHT SMACKDOWN.

HARDY TAKES ONE STEP CLOSER TO

HIS FOURTH WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP, JUST HAVING A HARD

TIME CLIMBING.

AND PUNK RISES UP.

A RUSH OF ADRENALINE FOR CM

PUNK, THE STRAIGHT EDGE

SUPERSTAR BEATING HARDY AT THE

TOP AS HARDY KICKS, PUNCHES,

ANYTHING HE CAN DO TO GET PUNK

AWAY.

AND NOW LOOK AT THIS, JEFF'S

GONNA DO IT.

JUST DROP, JEFF.

DROP AND PAY THE PRICE.

MY, GOD, JUST DROP AND WIN THE

TITLE, BUT CM PUNK GRABS HARDY

BY THE HEAD.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

LOOK, NO, NO, NO.

A SUPERPLEX, THE DEFINING MOMENT

OF THIS MATCH THUS FAR JUST

HAPPENED FROM THE TOP OF THE

STEEL CAGE.

AS AWESOME OF A WIN AS THAT

WAS, IT WAS KIND OF SOME THINGS

ARE ALREADY SET IN MOTION FOR

JEFF.

AND THAT WAS ULTIMATELY GOING TO

CULMINATE WITH JEFF AND I HAVING

A SINGLE'S MATCH AT WRESTLEMANIA

25.

I GUESS THERE'S A--THERE'S A

SENSE OF JEALOUSY OF THE OLDER

BROTHER NOT WINNING THE TITLE

FIRST OR WHETHER HE FEELS HE WAS

OUT-SHINED OR WHATEVER, SO

THAT'S HOW THAT ALL CAME ABOUT.

AND HE WAS JUST REALLY ENVIOUS

OF ME AND DIDN'T WANT ME TO DO

GOOD AT ALL.

MY CAREER HAS BEEN MEDIOCRE

WHILE YOUR CAREER HAS

SKYROCKETED TO THE TOP.

I HAD ISSUES LIKE AS A MAN, AS A

PERSON LIKE I'VE BEEN ECW

CHAMPION FOR FOUR MONTHS, BUT NO

ONE IS TALKING ABOUT ME NOW.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT JEFF WHO'S

THE WWE CHAMPION.

YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT GETTING

THE CREDIT I DESERVE.

I CREATE THESE ACCIDENTS,

INCIDENTS.

I TAKE CREDIT FOR THEM AND I

MENTIONED TO GET HIM TO A

SITUATION WHERE HE'LL FACE ME AT

WRESTLEMANIA 25.

THERE WAS ONE OF THIS MOMENTS

TOO THAT WILL LAST THROUGH TIME.

AND I MEAN IT WAS HOT AND I GOT

BURNED.

[MUSIC]

YOU'RE SICK, YOU'RE TWISTED,

YOU'RE DEMENTED AND SO AM I.

ALL THIS CARNAGE THAT HAD,

YOU KNOW, HAPPENED TO JEFF, MATT

IS THE ONE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH

TRYING TO TAKE JEFF OUT AND TAKE

HIS LIFE AND TEAR IT APART.

I NO LONGER CONSIDER YOU MY

PARTNER AND I NO LONGER CONSIDER

YOU MY BROTHER.

TWO OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS

WANT TO DO AS KIDS WAS TO BE THE

TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS AT LEAST ONCE

AND TO WRESTLE EACH OTHER AT

WRESTLEMANIA.

I LOVE WRESTLING MATT, BUT I

DON'T THINK THE FANS DIG IT THAT

MUCH.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE HAD

OUR DOUBTS, BUT I MEAN, NOW I'M

ALWAYS OPEN-MINDED, BUT THE FACT

THAT WE DID GET TO WRESTLE AT

WRESTLEMANIA WAS EXTREMELY COOL.

I MEAN I LOVE THAT WE HAD THAT

OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

BRET AND OWEN HART, YOU KNOW,

WATCHING THEM WRESTLE BACK IN

THE DAY, YOU KNOW, BROTHERS.

AND I REMEMBER SEEING AND MY

BROTHER REMARKS "MAN, THAT'D BE

COOL FOR ME DOING THAT ONE DAY."

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A

WALKOUT THAT GOT ANY BIGGER

OVATIONS THAN WE JUST HEARD FOR

JEFF HARDY.

YOU KNOW, MATT AND JEFF,

WHENEVER THEY WILL FIGHT EACH

OTHER, I THINK NEITHER ONE OF

THEM WAS SCARED TO HURT EACH

OTHER, BUT I THINK IT WAS

ACTUALLY STEPPED UP, YOU KNOW, A

LITTLE BIT MORE THAN USUAL.

I'M A HUGE FAN OF WHAT MATT

AND I DID TO THE TABLE SANDWICH,

BUT IT WAS PRETTY CREEPY TO

THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY

GETTING CUT IN HALF.

IS THIS SICK TOWARDS THE END.

EXTREME TO THE--OH, MAN, NO.

WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WORK

GOOD TOGETHER ESPECIALLY IN, YOU

KNOW, MATCHES LIKE THAT.

JEFF HARDY...

NO.

NO.

OH, MY GOD.

JEFF HARDY'S SPINE BURST FROM

THE TOP OF THE LADDER.

YEAH.

BUT ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS

EVER WAS THE TWIST OF FATE IN

THE STEEL CHAIR.

WAIT A MINUTE.

JEFF HARDY...

NO, OH.

A TWIST OF FATE IN THE STEEL,

AND MATT HARDY HAS RUINED

ANOTHER MOMENT FOR HIS BROTHER

JEFF.

[MUSIC]

JEFF GETS READY TO FACE HIS

BROTHER MATT IN A STRETCHER

MATCH.

THE STRETCHER MATCH WAS

REALLY COOL.

I FINALLY GOT TO SURF A

STRETCHER DOWN THE RAMP AND JUMP

OFF.

JEFF HARDY RISKING ALL OR

NOTHING.

OH, MY GOD.

MATT HARDY PUSHING HIS BROTHER.

WILL HE WIN IT?

YES.

I BEAT JEFF AGAIN.

AND WE WENT TO BACKLASH AND A

QUIT MATCH WHERE JEFF BEAT ME

AND FINALLY GOT ALL HIS REVENGE

AND ACTUALLY BROKE MY HAND.

JEFF, WE'RE BROTHERS.

MATT LOVES YOU, BUT I QUIT.

I QUIT.

LOOK OUT.

AND JEFF HARDY DID NOT ACCEPT

THE APOLOGY.

[MUSIC]

JEFF HARDY, YOU ALWAYS

IMPRESS, YOU ALWAYS SHINE, YOU

ALWAYS MAKE EVERYONE'S JAWS

DROP, BUT ME, I ALWAYS WIN.

JEFF HARDY IS NOT CHAMPIONSHIP

MATERIAL.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT

WHEN I BECAME WWE CHAMPION, I

THINK I BEAT A PUNK THAT GOES BY

THE NAME OF THE RATED R

SUPERSTAR, EDGE.

THAT'S YOU, RIGHT?

JEFF AND EDGE AND, YOU KNOW,

IT COME OUT TO A--TO ANOTHER

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BETWEEN THE

TWO.

AND IT'S EXTREME RULES AND ALL

AND ALL, FROM THE PEOPLE

STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S

JEFF'S HOUSE.

AT EXTREME RULES, LIVING FOR

THE MOMENT WILL NOT BE MY

DOWNFALL.

IT WILL BE MY SALVATION.

THESE GUYS, THEY WENT OUT

THERE AND JUST--THEY TORE THE

HOUSE DOWN.

INCAPACITATE AND CLIMB.

THAT'S THE OBJECT OF ANY LADDER

MATCH.

[MUSIC]

EDGE, OH, BETWEEN THE RUNGS

OF THE LADDER.

HARDY IS CLIMBING.

EDGE IS HUNG UP.

JEFF HARDY.

AND HE'S GOT IT.

JEFF HARDY WINS THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

THERE'S JEFF JUST--HE'S

PRETTY MUCH PROVEN EVERYBODY

WRONG ONCE AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, HE'S DEFIED ALL THE

ODDS.

YOU KNOW, HIS HOUSE BURNT DOWN,

TWO STRIKES.

HE'S STANDING TALL, YOU KNOW,

WORLD CHAMPION AGAIN.

I THINK IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT

FOR JEFF.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[MUSIC]

CM PUNK HAS ELECTED TO CASH

IN HIS MONEY TO PAY CONTRACT

AGAINST THE NEW WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

CM PUNK, NO.

HOW ON GOD'S NAME DID JEFF HARDY

KICK OUT?

[MUSIC]

ONE, TWO, THREE.

AND CM PUNK HAS BEATEN JEFF

HARDY.

WON THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME,

ANOTHER AMAZING FEELING.

TO WIN THAT WAS AWESOME, BUT

THEN IT WENT TOO COOL WHEN I

HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, KILLSWITCH

ENGAGE MUSIC.

YOU KNOW, HE AND CM PUNK COME

DOWN AND CASHING ON ME, BUT

YEAH, I'M SURE IT'S WRITTEN IN

HISTORY I BELIEVE.

AND THE FANS, AS I RUINED

JEFF'S MOMENT, I THOUGHT IT WAS

A--I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GREAT

THING TO DO.

I WASN'T DOING ANYTHING I'VE

NEVER DONE BEFORE.

I'VE CASHED IN MY MONEY IN THE

BANK THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON EDGE.

AND EVERYBODY LOVED IT.

AND IT WAS A SITUATION THAT

PRESENTED ITSELF AND NOW ALL OF

A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY THINKS WHAT

I DID WAS WRONG.

IT WAS REALLY SHOCKING FOR

HIM TO DO THAT.

IT WAS PRETTY MUCH--YOU KNOW, HE

STARTED DRIVING ON THAT ROAD OF,

"YEAH, I ONLY CARE ABOUT MYSELF

AND BEING A CHAMPION."

JEFF HARDY, YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHO I AM AS A PERSON.

YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU

DO AND I LIVE MY LIFE THE WAY I

DO.

BUT MY ADVISE TO YOU IS VERY

SIMPLE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT

YOU SHOULD'VE DONE A LONG TIME

AGO, JUST SAY NO.

AND I THINK IT'S FUNNY THAT

EVERYBODY DESCRIBES JEFF AS, YOU

KNOW, FREE SPIRIT.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT

MEANS.

AND ME BEING STRAIGHT EDGE, YOU

KNOW, I DON'T DRINK.

I DON'T SMOKE.

I DON'T DO DRUGS AND JEFF IS

JEFF.

YOU'VE GOT TWO STRIKES.

YOU KNOW, HOW MANY I HAVE?

ZERO.

JEFF, YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES

I'VE BEEN SUSPENDED?

ZERO.

A GUY LIKE YOU COULD NEVER BEAT

ME.

I'M STRAIGHTEDGE.

AS FAR AS CM PUNK AND HIS

STRAIGHTEDGE MENTALITY, YOU

KNOW, HE'S GOT A RIGHT TO BE,

YOU KNOW, AND ACT HOW IF HE

WANTS TO.

JUST THAT HE SHOULDN'T TRY TO

PUSHING ON EVERYBODY AND, YOU

KNOW, AND TRY TO SAY THAT THIS

IS THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE BECAUSE

I MEAN WE ALL HAVE CHOICES.

AND NATURALLY, CHOICES HAVE

CONSEQUENCES BUT THAT'S WHY IT

WORKS COOL AND THAT WE'RE ALL

DIFFERENT.

AND HE'S GOT HIS RIGHT TO BE

STRAIGHTEDGE.

[MUSIC]

ONE FALL MATCH.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IS ON

THE LINE.

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

TONIGHT FOR JEFF HARDY.

SWITCH OF FATE.

IS THIS THE MOMENT FOR GLORY FOR

JEFF HARDY?

SWANTON BOMB.

[CROWD CHEERING]

ONE, TWO, THREE.

YES, JEFF HARDY WINS THE

WORLD TITLE.

JEFF IS THE PROOF THAT--WELL,

I MEAN HE PROVED--HE PROVED ME

WRONG, BASICALLY.

WHETHER YOU LOVE JEFF OR YOU

HATE JEFF, JEFF HAS SACRIFICED

HIS BODY FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND

YEARS.

THAT NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS AND THEN

HE WON THE TITLE.

ALL YOU COULD DO IS JUST, GIVE

HIM A STANDING OVATION AND GO,

"YOU KNOW WHAT?

THAT GUY, HE DESERVES IT.

HE DESERVES EVERY MINUTE OF

BEING CHAMPION."

I IMPLORED EVERY SINGLE ONE

OF YOU TO JUST SAY NO.

AND ALL MY EMPATHY GOT, WAS FOR

YOU TO LOVE JEFF HARDY THAT MUCH

MORE THAN YOU ALREADY DID.

OVERALL, ITS CAME TO THIS

NOW.

SO--AND HE'S SHOWING HIS TRUE

COLORS PRETTY MUCH OVER THE, YOU

KNOW, LAST FEW MATCHES WE'VE

HAD.

AND ESPECIALLY THE EXCHANGE OF

WORDS, SO YEAH, WE'RE COMPLETE

OPPOSITES.

SUMMERSLAMS TABLES, LADDERS

AND CHAIRS MATCH IS JEFF HARDY'S

SPECIALTY.

JUST JEFF AND ME AND THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP HANGING

ABOVE THE RING.

I FIGURED OUT WHAT I HAVE TO DO

TO MAKE YOU PEOPLE SEE THE LIKE.

ALSO, I HAVE TO DO IS END JEFF

HARDY.

[MUSIC]

IT'S ALL ABOUT CLIMBING THE

LADDER, OBTAINING THE WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP HANGING 20 FEET

ABOVE THE RING.

I THINK I HAVE SOME

FLASHBACKS FROM THE TLCS IN THE

PAST.

THERE IS NOTHING AND I DO

MEAN NOTHING THAT EITHER ONE OF

THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT DO

TO WIN THIS MATCH.

JEFF HARDY HAS GONE

BALLISTIC.

I COME OUT HERE EVERY NIGHT

TO GIVE MY BODY TO THESE PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF IT WEREN'T

FOR THEM, THAT I WOULDN'T EVEN

BE WHO I AM.

[MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERING]

I DON'T WHAT HAPPENED.

THE ADRENALINE FUELED ME.

HARDY FIGHTING WITH ALL HIS

HEART AND SOUL TO RETAIN THE

WORLD TITLE.

A SHOT OF THE RIBS AND CM PUNK

HAS WON THE WORLD TITLE.

[MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERING]

BOTH MEN HAD BEEN SHATTERED

TO THE COURT.

NOT ONLY FROM THE STEEL CAGE

MATCH, BUT FROM WHAT HAPPENED ON

SUNDAY, TABLES, LADDERS AND

CHAIRS.

AND THE WORLD'S CHAMPION IS

TRYING TO LEAVE, ESCAPE AND WIN.

THIS IS IT.

IS IT TOO LATE FOR JEFF

HARDY?

THE WORLD TITLE IS LITERALLY,

HANGING IN THE BALANCE AS TWO

CAREERS IN WWE.

JUST LIKE, THEY WERE BOTH AT

THE TOP OF THE LADDER AT SUNDAY.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, GOD.

CM PUNK, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, PUNK IS THE WINNER.

[BELL RINGING]

[MUSIC]

AND THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH

AND STILL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPION, CM PUNK.

AND THIS LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, JUST THE BEGINNING OF

THE STRAIGHTEDGE WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP REIGN.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THE ENDING

OF A GREAT CAREER OF JEFF HARDY.

[CROWD CHATTER]

[CROWD CHEERING]

NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED.

WELL, WHAT'S JEFF GONNA DO NOW?

WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOR JEFF

HARDY?

IT'S HARD TO SAY.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER JEFF

WANTS, THE FUTURE IS THERE FOR

HIM.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW BUT IT'S UP

TO JEFF.

IT IS TOTALLY UP TO JEFF.

[MUSIC]

FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY IF I

HAD LET ANYBODY DOWN, BUT IT'S

BEEN ONE HELL OF A RIDE, HASN'T

IT?

[CROWD CHEERING]

THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER

THINGS I WANNA DO WHILE I'M

YOUNG AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW,

RIDING DIRT BIKES AND, YOU KNOW,

ART, MUSIC, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THAT

CREATIVE FREEDOM TO THAT WHEN

YOU'RE ONLY HOME ONE OR TWO DAYS

A WEEK.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE TIME.

I ACTUALLY NEED A BREAK EVERY

NOW AND THEN, ESPECIALLY AFTER

THIS THREE YEARS.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE

CONFUSE JEFF, YOU KNOW, TAKING

AN ABSENCE WITH THE TERM WALKING

AWAY.

I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THAT

HE'S WALKING AWAY.

I THINK JEFF IS JUST GETTING

READY TO OPEN UP MORE DOORS.

[MUSIC]

YOU KNOW, I'M SURE HAVING A

SCHEDULE WHERE IT'S NOT HECTIC.

WHAT HE HAS HAD IN THE COURSE OF

LAST THREE YEARS, I'M SURE THIS

IS VERY APPEALING TO JEFF

BECAUSE AS FAR AS LIKE, MAKING

BIG MONEY OR LIKE BEING A

CELEBRITY, JEFF WOULD REALLY

CARE LESS ABOUT THAT.

[MUSIC]

JEFF WILL MISS PERFORMING IN

FRONT OF THE WWE AUDIENCE

BECAUSE ONCE YOU ACTUALLY

DEVELOP A PASSION AND LOVE FOR

THIS BUSINESS, ONCE THAT IT GETS

IN YOUR BLOOD, ONCE IT GETS IN

YOUR SYSTEM, YOU CAN NEVER GET

ENOUGH OF IT.

I THINK JEFF LOVES GOING OUT

THERE AND PERFORMING IN FRONT OF

THE FANS BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S

EVERYTHING TO HIM.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER

THINGS IN JEFF'S LIFE THAT ARE

JUST AS IMPORTANT TO JEFF, YOU

KNOW.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF

ENIGMA OF JEFF.

I THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE SO

INTO HIM AND HE'S SO POPULAR.

JEFF IS A THRILL SEEKER.

THINGS THAT SCARE OTHER PEOPLE

ARE WHAT JEFF'S DRIVES ON.

JEFF RIGHT NOW IS STEPPING INTO

THE UNKNOWN.

AWAY FROM THE WWE AND PART OF

THAT MIGHT BE JUST WHO JEFF IS.

LEAVING RIGHT NOW AT THE HEIGHT

OF HIS POPULARITY, IS PART OF

THAT.

MONEY IS NOT IMPORTANT TO

HIM.

FAME AIN'T IMPORTANT TO HIM.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO JEFF IS

BEING HAPPY, BEING ARTISTIC AND

DOING WHAT HE LOVES AND LIKE,

HAVING HIS FREE TIME.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, JEFF HARDY

WRESTLED HIS LAST MATCH FOR A

WHILE BUT JEFF HARDY IS

DEFINITELY NOW WRESTLED HIS LAST

MATCH.

YOU'LL SEE HIM HERE AGAIN, WWE.

NOT MANY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DO

THIS KIND OF THING, LIKE WHEN

THEY'RE ON TOP AND THEY'RE DOING

SO WELL BUT IT'S JUST FEELS

RIGHT TO ME OVER ALL BUT, YET,

IT'S NOT--IT'S NOT JEFF HARDY'S

A MAGGOT IN THE WWE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST--IT'S JUST A

BREATH.

IT'S JUST A--YOU KNOW, A LITTLE

BREAK.

[MUSIC]

I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU

AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT

THIS IS NOT GOODBYE FOREVER.

THIS IS ONLY GOODBYE FOR NOW.

AND IF THE TIME IS RIGHT, I'M

SURE I'LL SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU ALL.