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JR has updated his blog. Here are a few highlights :

JR meeting the Hardys: When I first met Jeff and his older brother Mat they were a tag team who came to selected WWE TV tapings in the southeast and were normally used as cannon fodder for the featured, antagonistic tag teams of the WWE. Their matches occasionally aired on WWE Superstars but more often on WWE Challenge did not last long but the two brothers, who designed and sewed their own wrestling attire, never failed to make a memorable accounting of themselves albeit usually in a losing effort. Looking back on those days around ‘98 I don’t recall the two teens ever winning a match.

Nonetheless the Hardy Brothers had the wonderful gift of passion and had excellent skill sets for their roles and I vividly recall that many tag teams requested to work with Matt and Jeff on those short, one sided bouts of that era.

JR talks about Jeff hardy leaving WWE awhile back: Jeff’s past has been well documented but it merits saying that the younger Hardy, not unlike many of us, has made bad decisions in his life but not without penalty. Jeff left the WWE the first time on my watch. I had one vision for him and he had another. I think I was right, and still do, while I’m sure that Jeff feels that he did what he needed to do at the time which unfortunately resulted in him leaving the WWE. Those days are more like a blur to me now but I can say that at no time did I ever feel that Jeff Hardy was a bad kid. Perhaps I could have done a better job in managing him and mentoring him but the bottom line is that he left the company and at the time I thought, “what a waste of talent.”

Jeff’s second strike on the Wellness Policy: Jeff’s last misstep cost him a Wrestlemania appearance and the payday that would have gone with it including 60 days away from the business of which he was born to be a part. Lost income as a result of that indiscretion had to easily exceed six figures. That’s a lesson learned the hard way but a lesson learned nonetheless.

Fans concerned with Jeff being WWE Champ: I have read where some fans are uncomfortable with Jeff Hardy being the WWE Champion because of his past “strikes.” I have read where some fans feel that because Jeff won the WWE Title at one of the WWE’s perceived “secondary” pay per views that it is a tainted title win. Others have predicted that Jeff will be the proverbial “interim” champion and will be losing the title before new merchandise can be made and distributed. More on the READ, GO HERE>>>>>