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August 16, 2008

Conflicting stories on Jeff Hardy’s injury

Jeff Hardy reportedly has suffered an injury, but the nature of the injury is somewhat unclear.

According to a report on wrestlingobserver.com, after missing an appearance yesterday at Best Buy in Rockford, Ill., Hardy was said to have suffered a broken neck during his match with Shelton Benjamin at the Smackdown taping Tuesday. However, the report also said that there was no indication that he suffered a serious injury in the match, but he did show up at the taping with fluid in his elbow that wasn’t draining well.

He was pulled from this weekend’s house shows but is still scheduled to wrestle MVP tomorrow at SummerSlam, the Web site reported.

It would be shame if Hardy did end up missing SummerSlam, especially if it turns out that it’s his neck that is hurt. His match with MVP has had a good buildup and figured to be one of the better matches on the card.

With Hardy’s daredevil-like style, it’s amazing that he hasn’t suffered a major injury at some point. In an interview I conducted with Hardy earlier in the year, he mentioned having a lot of nagging aches and pains all over his body, including bone chips in his elbows. When asked how he has escaped serious injury throughout his career, he said, “I don’t know, man, luck probably more than anything.”

Hopefully, Hardy’s luck hasn’t run out. After coming back from a 60-day suspension for his second violation of WWE’s drug policy, Hardy has looked good and it appeared as if he was primed for a WWE title chase.

Posted by Kevin Eck at 10:02 PM | | Comments (1)
        

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He needs a new finishing move. The Swanton Bomb is too risky and doesn't look believable at all. If you were in a real fight with someone, you wouldn't attack them with your neck.

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