I managed to watch a clip of the main event online and I can see why everyone is upset. It doesn't make much sense at all. (1) What was Eric B doing out there, since the match didn't end up having anything to do with a no disqualification match, (2) What was hardy doing with the shirt, trying to build up cheap heat, and (3) It looked like after the quick pin that Hardy too was a little bit surprised.

I don't think this is a completely disaster because it will build publicity for TNA (I am being optimistic). I am not sure if TNA can fire Hardy because he is simply "too over" with the fans. I will have to tape Thursday night since its St Pattys day

Mark H.

If you look over Sting's left should when he first enters the ring and is facing the camera you can see Brian Hebner throw up the X sign.

Wow, what a disgrace. TNA is just as at fault here as Hardy - if not moreso. They let the situation go this far and had to realize things were likely to get this out of control. Sting did the right thing.

Unfortunately, this is probably going to raise TNA's ratings for Impact - people will want to know what they're going to do to fix up the mess.

Sad, sad, sad. I had a great time at a recent TNA house show. It a shame they can't transfer that over to their tv show adn PPV. TNA needs better writers and start concentraing more on there product.They have good talent but don't know how to use them.

I bet Sting wish the rumor was trua and he was going to Wrestlemania. He should ask Nash how it felt to cheered so loudly at the Royal Rumble.

If this is a work then I'll stop watching TNA. PLain and simple. Everybody in creative needs to go away. They are terrible. Dixie Carter needs to hire people who actually want to be successful. The talent to succeed is there.

Watching a clip I don't think that this was a 'worked shoot' in anyway. The amount of time Borash took to introduce the match (when was the last time a ref got an intro?!!) was blatantly a way to buy time for somebody in the back to come up with something.

I thought Bischoff actually did ok here, i think he looked at Hardy and basically told him he was a waste of space. As for Sting, i don't think he was too pleased (that stomp to the fingers looks as though it was meant to hurt).

It could be that the no DQ was chucked in with a hope that they could find somebody in the back to run in (Matt was probably still knackered) but Sting finished it early. The pin was certainly a hooked finish. (I would love to see Taz's face when he was annoucing).

Back to the 'worked shoot' idea, no way was it planned but it is the only way they can possibly explain it away.

I honestly think it's a work. I think the "brain trust" thought they needed to do something to get some attention during WrestleMania season, so they threw away the main event at a PPV. I suppose it worked, because people are talking, but it's deplorable. Either way, even if Hardy was legit f****d up, they still allowed this travesty to occur, rather then booking a triple threat between RVD, Anderson and Hardy or sending another Immortal Member like Abyss out there. But I guess controversy creates cash, right Eric?

I've said this before, TNA should not be putting so much stock in a drug abuser like Hardy. There are plenty of talented ppl who work hard to perform in the ring in the off time instead of chasing the green dragon.TNA wants to be edgy and yell ass---- and have men call each other b**ch and such, but kids are watching and if the top guy is real life drug dealer/user, what does that say for your company? This is the guy that's supposed to lead and he is leading...right into the toilet. I don't think the insertion of Sting can even save TNA at this point.Booker T and Deisel made the right call leaving, Sting should have followed

I agree - Just watched the replay myself. Hardy looks totally out of it. Hopefully TNA was just protecting Sting and Hardy and NOT making this part of the angle. Hardy did seem surprised that he was not able to kick out - and Sting truly looked angry over the whole thing. His "I agree. I agree." appeared to be in response to the crowd being angry. ***Hardy just got sent home - SO WHAT! Wonder where things go from here. Thanks for the awesome blog - a daily read!

Remember when Christian returned to WWE and there were a host of people wondering why he'd give up being a top guy in TNA to be carrying ECW for a year or so? There's your answer. TNA was a lark that's been taken over by a bunch of rejects looking for a paycheck, looking for a host to bleed dry since WWE either booted them out or they wanted their "freedom." It's looking more and more that the "freedom" of TNA is a barely-functioning anarchy. And it's looking like whatever meat was on TNA's bones is being ripped from it by a cadre of has-been hyenas, Hogan and Bischoff especially.

If I was a TNA talent, I'd take whatever I could get from WWE. Better an enhancement talent there than at the mercy of over-the-hill jackals and barely-functioning drug addicts in the minor leagues.

Really sad to watch! Hardy is obviously unable to perform and Sting did what had to be done. Hopefully they will fire him. Hardy needs a wake up call. Unfortunately, I have my doubts about TNA.

Hardy was allegedly sent home from the Impact taping as well. Since I doubt even Russo/Hogan will continue to stand behind him at this point, do you see RVD or Anderson taking his spot in immortal?

I truly hurt for Jeff Hardy. He needs more help than Charlie Sheen. I keep hitting refresh on the dirt sheet websites waiting to see the headline "Jeff Hardy Dead" .. I will tune into Impact Thursday night for the first 5 minutes in which Dixie Carter, Bishoff, Hogan and Russo all need to be in the ring apolgizing for allowing this to go on as long as it has. If all 4 of them are not in the ring to apolgoize to all the fans then they might as well close shop. The telling thing was Sting saying "I agree" on camera clearly to the crowd chants of "Bulls***". I am not a fan of the Hardys but please someone get Jeff some help - if that means firing him then so be it. As a recovering drug addict myself, this is not going to end up in a good situation until Jeff gets the help he needs.

Dont worry TNA never takes down footage on youtube or illegal streams for that matter. Its like they either dont care or they are just glad someone is watching.

I think his shoulder was up before the three count.

In all honesty, that was bizarre. I can't imagine that was a worked shoot, although I would not be surprised to see TNA try and portray it that way. Hardy was out of it and Sting did not look pleased and seemed to work stiff, at least for the few moves that were executed.

Just because someone sells tickets does not mean that you can overlook their indiscretions, especially when they have been repeated. From a business perspective and from Hardy's health perspective, it is time for him to step away and get into some serious treatment. But it seems like I have said that a few times now.

I read on another board that Hardy hung around for a few minutes and harassed some fans and that is took a few security guards to get him out of there. You could tell that there was something going on with the fans in the corner while Hardy was making his entrance.

Assuming that he was in a questionable state (which is hard not to assume), fire him or put him on the shelf for a while. Either way, try and get him some help.

Finally someone who can tell this is Russo trying to keep the belt on sting till he can get a RVD match.

"Something seemed off about Hardy" -- like, for instance, how he could barely climb the steps into the ring? Or barely manage to mount the second turnbuckle and gesture to the crowd? (Or how his entrance was cut short after one turnbuckle climb?)

Maybe Russo and Bischoff will try to spin this as a Montreal-type "shocker." But if they do, it's a sign of desperation, cluelessness, or both. If this gives TNA any heat at all, it'll be "go-away" heat. Anyone who bought this PPV would be justified in asking for a refund.

I watched the entire PPV, (don't worry, I didn't pay for it), and while the Sting/Hardy debacle was hard to figure, let me give you a few other pieces of context, Mr. Eck, to put your theory of a "worked shoot" in.
During one of the worst worked matches I've ever seen--Tommy Dreamer hit Bully Ray with a F#$5ing stuffed animal, like the big kind that you'd win at a carnival. And Bully Ray actually sold the hit. This match later featured Bully Ray slamming Dreamer on top of a blow-up sex doll. No, I am NOT making that up.
As you and all the commenters here know, I'm a big Anderson fan. However, Ken apparently blew a spot with RVD, not ducking under enough to let RVD get over on a leapfrog. However, the missed spot seemed worked, because it gelled right into a counter by Anderson, who then told the crowd that he MEANT to miss the spot. The match ended in a double count out, even though Anderson clearly had put his hands back in the ring before the ten count.
In the "first blood" match with Morgan and Hernandez, the match ended with Hernandez squirting fake blood out of a bottle on Morgan's chest, causing the referee to declare Hernandez the winner. Word from TNA's website is that this Thursday's iMPACT will feature a "street fight" featuring the team of Morgan, Angelina Love and Winter against Hernandez, Rosita and Sarita. I am not making that up either.
There were more moments of strangeness, including a promo in which RVD called out Anderson for sounding too much like Stone Cold.
So, before too many people fall Under The Influence of Russo, so to speak, it not only appears that he may be starting some moronic Charlie Sheen angle with Hardy, but it also appears that Russo himself is the one on drugs.
It almost appears as if he and Hogan and Bischoff are purposely trying to destroy TNA. That or their only desperate idea is to create internet buzz with worked shoots that are so far from being sensible or being effective in any kind of long-term strategy that it kind of goes back to the drugs thing again. Imagine what Hogan's brain must look like after his vitamin choices throughout the years.
Anyway, there's some context, and I think it is reasonable to say that we should all view the Hardy situation with suspicion. Dude, I reduce the odds I gave earlier about TNA being dropped from Spike by November to 5-1. 12-1 is now that they'll be dropped by July.
The only highlight was some outstanding work by A.J. Styles, including an impressive backwards baseball slide UNDER the steel barrier outside and then to a flying leap from the top of the barrier, and a truly stunning Spiral Tap to win his match. Again, we go back to the same old sad story that TNA just has a wealth of great young, talented wrestlers that are being screwed by the geriatric idiots that run the company.

I am not a big fan of TNA, but I watched the video, and all I can say is "what the hell was that?". Seriously, it's like a Montreal Screw Job, only this time the screwed was too stoned to know it was going to happen and the screwer came out of it apologizing. If this was a worked shoot it is officially Gobbledy Gooker level waste of PPV money. It might even have topped it.

Having just watched the video i have three thoughts that may be accurate. If you watch hardy while Sting is coming to the ring once or twice you can see hardy Limping. So it is possibly Hardy has some injury we have been told about and couldnt go.

Second would be that Hardy came to the show under the influence and they had to put the scramble ending together.
Third would be the point you made Kev, it could be another dumb "worked shoot" as Russo has had no problem in the past trying to slip bad writing past the fans.

Overall the big losers here are TNA who really come out looking bad for this. They hyped the PPV once in the past weeks that i can remember and it was only this past Thursday. Then they pull this out on the fans and dont even try to do a speed change and just acknowledge that Hardy cant go and come up with a reason.

I also think this is very unfair to Sting. He decides to come back to TNA and this is what happens to one of the greatest wrestlers of all time on PPV? its not right.

I've watched the clip 4 times now, and I still can't figure out how all of that was allowed to happen. You can see the ref throw up the X during Sting's entrance, then go talk to someone at ringside. I assume that is what prompted Bischoff to come out. When he's talking to each wrestler in the ring off mic, that has to be him telling them how the match is going to play out, with the quick finish. Yet Hardy tries to kick out at 2, and is clearly surprised and upset that the match was over. So, either Hardy didn't comprehend what Bischoff had just told him (entirely possible), or Sting was pissed at Hardy's state and just ended the match. Sting did look pretty upset throughout. Either way, it's a total joke and possibly the last straw for that awful company. I have a hard time believing that even the most diehard TNA fan could defend that debacle. I'd love to hear one try.

TNA sucks.

TNA is paying the price now for not making Matt Morgan the champion the first time Jeff Hardy pulled this crap. It's time for a complete restructuring at the top of the TNA card. Elevate Matt Morgan and Robert Roode immediately up to main event status, along with the one guy TNA has always been able to count on AJ Styles, and ride those guys for the forseebale future.

Jeff Hardy can never main event again. He can't be counted on. Rob Van Dam still has value, but I would only use him to put over younger talent at this point in his career. And "Stone Cold" Ken Anderson has main event charisma, but mid card wrestling ability. You can't build a company around him.

As much as I love Sting, he doesn't need to be in the world title picture. Keep him in his dark enforcer role, where he can keep a limited schedule and still be effective. Right now TNA needs guys who can work over-time and not part-time at the top of the card. TNA has a lot of work to do to make up for this latest debable.

I think there's basically zero chance it was a work - Sting wouldn't have participated in it. Let's face reality - TNA was hoping Hardy would sober up enough to do a legit match, and he didn't.

This is more damning evidence, because it shows a pattern by TNA. This obviously wasn't the 1st or 2nd time, he's come impaired - and they've let him wrestle.

I realize this is a performance - not an "athletic event", so pro wrestling is no longer licensed by state "boxing and wrestling commissions", but I would expect there will be some repercussions to TNA for their pattern of behaviour.

This definitely isn't a worked shoot. There are just too many things that happened but weren't made clear on the screen or were clearly not an act, the more I watch the more evidence there is that this is clearly real:

1. Brian Hebner makes an X with his arms (probably to show he understands what he was told in his earpiece) and then briefly speaks to SoCalVal at ringside.

2. Jeremy Borash looked annoyed and took his time.

3. Sting speaks to the ref when Bischoff's music plays.

4. Bischoff's reasoning for the No DQ stipulation seemed semi-improvised and didn't really make sense.

5.Sting was especially aggressive attacking Bischoff.

6.Taz says "What the hell is Jeff Hardy doing?" and IMO not in a scripted way.

7.Jeff clearly wasn't expecting the finish although he will struggle to get anyone to call it a screwjob.....

8. I am not sure I have ever seen sting so truly angry as he was walking up the ramp.

9. Even Vince Russo isn't this stupid and if he was I can't see the likes of Jarrett (who was probably backstage) or Sting allowing it without a massive fuss supported by the rest of the roster.

10. Above all, Jeff Hardy was clearly high on something, he even stumbled down the ramp.

My interpretation is that for whatever reason it was only realised what state Hardy was in once he was in the Impact Zone and in the panic it was the best they could come up with. If that was the case they actually did fairly well although clearly they should have never allowed that sort of situation to be possible.

Hopefully now this is the wake up call that TNA management has needed for over a year now. If this doesn't do it then nothing will. My hope is we never see Hardy in TNA again, Hogan is gone as soon as they can afford to sack him and there are changes to the creative team (although Russo can stay just not be in charge). Bischoff can also stay because he has improved the production of TNA programming and is a decent on air character, just don't keep making him the main character on Impact, that should always be the World Champion.

Sad. I hate to tell you I told you so TNA...but.

How much is Hardy getting paid? Because I could have done better than that.

The more I this happen the more I wonder why faith isn't put in guys like Alex Shelley, who combines great charisma with the work rate TNA wants to identify with it's product. Between RVD, Anderson, Styles, and the developing Roode and Shelley as main eventers, TNA could be building momentum. Instead it uses aging draws and guys who could have been something 5 years ago if they took wrestling and the fans seriously. Time to reevaluate the roster!

This was clearly a miscommunication with Jeff Hardy. His delayed entrance was probably a cause for someone to examine his actions pre match, and Bischoff came in the ring to tell Sting and Hardy the plan for the match. Bischoff had to say something to warrant the intrusion, so he made some crap up.

And of course Sting and Hardy were both upset. I'd be pissed too if I returned and had to "wrestle" that kind of match.

The bigger issue is why they didn't just fix it all before they let Hardy's music hit. Jeff Jarret, Kurt Angle, AJ Styles, Pope, Samoa Joe, or any combination of those guys could have come out to have a serious match instead of what they left it with.

I think it was Final Resolution, near the end of last year, where he was almost taken off the card for similar behavior. I sincerely hope, for TNA and for Jeff Hardy's sake that he is released from the company for this.

Matt (commenter above) pretty much summed it up (as did Eck) in terms of laying out why it wasn't a worked shoot. Totally agree with how it looked. Even a "worked shoot" aficionado like Russo knows the golden rule of wrestling. You don't screw up the main event and thus screw fans out of their hard-earned money (although he has broken that rule before...see:WCW-Hogan-Nash, Sting, Jarrett). But I can't imagine they would want to head back down that territory. You can have a screwy finish, but this isn't boxing. You can't have a 90-second main event. Can't do it (as Mike Singletary would say).

How many times does one have to yell and scream about the risks of having a hophead as the face of your company and off-again-on-again World Champion? If TNA or anyone who was defending the overall direction of the main event picture for the last 6 months didn't see this coming, then they are either completely incompetent or totally naive. Exhaustion was a bunch of crap months ago, and it was even more obvious this time. If Jeff doesn't want to believe he has a problem, then it's not going to get better. TNA should stop pretending it will and do what grown-up business people do. Stop catering to a drug addict who is screwing you over (again) and cut the chord. Try to get him help, but don't put yourselves in the position of getting burned by an unreliable performer (again).

Which brings me to my final point. Does anyone...ANYONE...believe that Vince McMahon would have let something like what happened at the end of Victory Road occur? No chance in hell (cue awesome theme music). Because for all of his faults (and there are many) and ego-driven insecurities, Vince McMahon knows what he's doing. He knows the business, he knows the basics and foundations of it. People will bring up Montreal, but that was totally different. 1) Neither wrestler was impaired. 2) Bret Hart was leaving the company and didn't want to lose clean in Canada. 3) There was an actual match that lasted almost a dozen or so minutes. Normal people would say yank the double countout #1 contender match (which is another crap finish btw) and have Jeff attacked or something in the back. Make it a triple threat match w/ Sting, Anderson and RVD as the main event. Don't even let Hardy out there. In my mind this simply crystallizes and reinforces the differences between WWE and TNA (their "biggest" rival). WWE is run by adults, TNA is...run by Vince Russo + Hulk Hogan. Vince McMahon has lived, breathed and bled professional wrestling his entire life, as does his family. Dixie Carter...hasn't. That ending never happens in WWE...without a much much much better reason than "Jeff was messed up and we didn't have time to come up with something better". Pathetic. That word is becoming a habit in relation to TNA lately. Sad, but true.

Lets see....
Scott Hall no-shows at TP 2007, Samoa Joe call him on it (and has to apologize)

Bubba TLS behaves like a tool, gets beach-slapped and Awesome Kong gets canned

Jeff "dont compare me with Jake the Snake Roberts" Hardly loses in a 90 sec match (20 sec of actual wrestling) cos he is too cooked to wrestle. Who will be the TNA sacrificial lamb for this one?

And I thought TNA 2010 was a disaster!!

Is it my hearing, or did the mic pick up Bischoff telling Sting "Just squash him. No, really!"

May have been the camera mic as the handheld was tucked away behind his back. So, not a worked angle IMO.

PUSH MATT HARDY!!

This is back-to-back pay per views that Matt has stolen the show. Last night againist A.J and then last month againist RVD were the best matches on their respective cards.

They got the wrong Hardy as the face of the company!!

THAT was the best improvisation they could come up with? Why didn't they announce that Hardy had been mysteriously attacked backstage, and was thus unable to compete; therefore, the main event would be between Sting and so-and-so?

It's unbelievable that Jeff Hardy was even allowed to go out to the ring for his match. Surely just replace him in the main event to allow for a decent match for the fans.

Hardy not too long ago was arguably the biggest star in the WWE, and now this. Terrible.

I'll bet Sting is now wishing those rumors about him signing with WWE were true.

There are so many things to comment on here. First of all, I was at the Impact Zone for Victory Road. Before the match, Hardy was in the corner taking pictures with kids wearing his gear, totally breaking kayfabe. Second, had Hardy really been "under the influence" he wouldn't have been allowed out of the arena and into public. But he went out to dinner last night. Third, knowing someone that works for the company, he discussed the script, and how it was supposed to emulate Sting's title run in WCW, where all of his defenses were short, dominating matches. I don't think that we can assume that Hardy was "high" when after the match he was fine other than being woozy, the same thing that can come from being truly sick.

I think that the no DQ stipulation was added as a "just in case" once everyone realized Hardy's state.
And @Big Daddy (not Lipscomb), if this was a worked shoot, it goes beyond just Gobbledy Gooker level. This would be the Gobbledy Gooker and The Shockmaster's love child level.

After reading the results of the card, it just further explains why a lifelong (35 years) mad wrestling fan like me has only ever wasted a total of about 10 minutes of my life on TNA.

Jeff Hardy has gone from being one of my favorites in WWE to being a waste of space.

Vince Russo - how the hell does he even still have a job? The only thing on his resume is that he came up with a lot of smut during the beginning of the Attitude era - when for some bizarre reason that's what a lot of people wanted to see. Had it not been for the great matches, I would have tuned out. Vince Russo is a huge factor in why WCW went under and is a major factor in why TNA sucks despite a lot of great talent.

Kevin, I remember some time ago (I forget how long) you wrote a piece about another potential startup company. I can't recall the details, but has that fallen through or is that just taking a while to get going (as I imagine it would?) Since I've given up hope that TNA will ever compete with WWE, it would be good to get another company - as competition just makes the product better.

The look on Sting's face after he pinned Hardy says it all.
What I assume Sting was thinking at that exact moment: "Look kid...you're drugged, You're messed up, I had to pin you like this cause Bischoff just told me to...and I'm mad as hell.

This is shameful both to Sting, Hardy, and TNA.

After seeing the way Hardy was reacting I just hope that he doesn't go and harm himself even more...honestly that's as bad of a situation there can be. He needs some rescue program asap!

The only reason I can think of for allowing this to play out as it did, rather than rewriting the end of the show, was that those in charge of the show didn't know that Hardy was messed up. Either he showed up late to the arena or he showed up, toked up, then took a nap and woke up still cooked. Any other explanation tests the limits of credibility, and even the two I came up with push the line.

I can't believe that this company makes money. Maybe if I win the MegaMillions lottery tonight I'll buy controlling interest in TNA and run it like it should be run, because I can't possibly do a worse job than what is already being done.

Interesting........Hardy clearly was in no shape to wrestle.

Wow,
It's good to see that Matt Hardy reads this blog, & even leaves a comment (as a fan). We all know its you Matt. Your garage.

I agree with Rob, I thought I heard Bischoff tell Sting, "Just squash him." The no DQ makes sense only to the effect that, if it was real shoot, then it would have given Sting a reason to do whatever was necessary to beat Jeff Hardy just incase Jeff would have figured out what was going on. I'll bet that Bischoff had a couple of guys ready to run down and help Sting if it would have come to that.

I think the part that everyone is missing here is that it has been often reported that Sting has trouble remembering his spots these days and relies heavily on his opponent to carry much of the match.

If true, this would mean that just throwing together impromptu matches for Sting, especially main event title matches, could be just a disasterous as well as being a potentially embarassing situation for Sting. He is a legend and deserves better than that.

Russo, Bishoff, Hardy and even Hogan and not people that I feel have much in the way of class. Sting always has and always will. This moment may not have given the fans what they paid for but at least it allowed Sting to maintain what most of us love about him...his integrity and class. In that regard, Bishoff, or whoever, made the right decision based on the circumstances.

As far as TNA goes, I am a fan in so much as I root for them to do well and get it right. I like most of their roster and I hope they learn before they are gone. They need to be the becaon for the future not a retred of the past.

The days that Russo and Bishoff dominated over are long gone and things have changed far too much for their ideas to be successful. Like most, I agree that they need younger writers and to focus more on the young talent, with a couple reliable veterans like Sting, Angle and RVD mixed in. Otherwise, out with the old, damaged and unreliable.

Wow, that match ended faster than the TNA fans could chant "YOU STILL GOT IT!"

Let's also not discount the possibility that Hardy showed up to the event immediately before his match, giving no one any time to come up with something better. That's giving them a huge benefit of the doubt and is based on nothing but speculation, but as hypotheses go, it's as valid as any other.

I also read a rumor somewhere that the wrestlers in the locker room aren't even sure if this is a Vince Russo special or the real deal, and the lack of any clarity or leadership is really causing problems.

I got the impression that they couldn't have "staged an attack" backstage concerning Hardy. Jeff didn't seem to be in any condition to rationally agree with being pulled from the show.

I just watched it. Sting looked angry as hell. Jeremy Borash looked in pain. Hardy could hardly even walk down the ramp or into the ring. It took him a minute to be able to climb onto the ropes in the corner. I'm so sick of losers on drugs that can't perform. TNA is stupid if they don't do what WWE has done multiple times - fire him and make it clear that they're firing him for drug use.

They should have known that you can't put Jeff in the main event at a PPV without having a Plan B in place just in case. I just cannot believe that history is being allowed to repeat itself almost letter by letter. Not only in the sense that Jeff Hardy has done this to them before, but in the sense that the folks running the ship are making the same mistakes they made a decade ago with the same results. Watching TNA over the past year has been like watching the final few years of WCW. I don't feel the least bit sorry for Sting, because he knows the people he is surrounded by. He's lived through this before, and if he had an opportunity to go to the WWE and passed it up -- Well, I'm certainly not shedding any tears for him if that's the case.

Seriously Kevin...is Russo a mole? I gotta believe he must be doing the devil's work..aka ..VMac...because no one is this dumb..he is ruining all the momentum of TNA...they use to be the coolest underdog- physical rasslin' - no gimmicks - pro wrestling for adults orginzation ..and now its eh.....Russo needs to go away...what was your opinion of him in the final days of WCW ?

i hope jeff is all right because i am a hardy fan. i hope hogan & dixie carter can help him. that way he can still wrestle for the fans that still like him.

sting should of signed with a real company and have great matches with real guys not has beens it was clear jeff was high and to still send him out there just to get pinned is crap they should of changed the match 2 sting vs someone else and say jeff was 2 hurt to come out TNA sucks

@Sharan - we get it, you don't like TNA. Now just go away. I give you "Go away heat." I give Hardy (both of them), Hogan and Bischoff go away heat, too.

To quentin and all "the fans that still like" Hardy, Wake up!!! The guy was never a good wrestler- he is just a spot artist. CM Punk had this addict pegged years ago, and it was people like you who booed Punk. Clearly he was right.

Hmmm. No one has mentioned the reason that Jeff couldn't/shouldn't have been beaten down backstage and then Plan B brought to the fore. That would have made Hardy a sympathetic character. Not only bad for a (put your own term in here) but bad for a heel.

It looks like while TNA is not giving a refund, they are giving free access to their on demand videos to those who witnessed the 2 minute main event: http://www.tnawrestling.com/news/item/2508-An-Announcement-Regarding-Victory-Road

Not a bad move by the company, if you ask me

jeff hardy is the worst wrestler on tna. he backstabbed rvd.he should be punished for that but his boyfriend hulk hogan wants to give up for him.

RVD rocks

Sting has been approached by WWE a few times but refused as he can't do the schedule. If you watch sting with Bischoff you hear him "I want to know what he did before the match!"

I have to disagree with Marko50 above. I don't really care how it makes Hardy look. There were plenty of times when Austin attacked both faces and heels, especially at the beginning of his run. It made people love him more. They are literally trying to turn Anderson into the second coming of SCSA, so why not have him do it?

Even if you didn't want to go that route, you can't have an 88-second PPV main event. I don't care if you have to come out and say aliens came and abducted Hardy. You give the fans - those at the Impact Zone and those who sadly spent $35 to watch it at home - a reasonable main event to end the show. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece. Hell Bischoff made it a No-DQ anyway. So why couldn't Easy E come out and say "Jeff is a little under the weather, and the Hulkster and I don't want the Stinger to have an unfair advantage. So tonight Sting gets to face Anderson and RVD in a No DQ triple threat clusterf**k. Enjoy." Why couldn't they have done that? How hard is that? None of those guys are rookies...they know how to improvise and put together a competent match that gets them to the end of the show and they don't have nearly the headache they end up with. Hell they could have just had the last few matches go longer or have Anderson-RVD become the new main event and go like 25 minutes. ANYTHING is better than what they came up with. At that point Jeff Hardy, character and wrestler, becomes irrelevant. Which is exactly how he treats your company and fans anyway.

I hope jeff hardy gets fired over this, that idiot needs a wake up call also with TNA giving away [stuff] to make it up to the fans who got the ppv hes costing them money.

Also if this was a work TNA wouldnt be giving away stuff to make it up to the people who ordered the ppv nor would they apologize even if they were getting complaints about it

You know what really sucks about all of this? It's totally overshadowed a PPV with some really good matches. Say what you want about Matt Hardy but him and AJ had an awesome match. Ultimate X was incredible, Beer Money/Ink Inc. was solid, and Dreamer/Bully Ray was an extremely entertaining opener. All of that good work has been totally forgotten about and overshadowed by this retarded mess of a main event. And that is a real shame.

The guys strung out... Hes higher then kite... thats what happens when u do a bunch of herion... Im suprised hes not throwing up...

I have been watching wrestling since the 80's, I've seen a hell of a lot story arc's and work overs. Yet, what happened at Victory Road, felt beyond wrong. You know, even though the main event was short, there were many tell tale signs of the "wrestling anti-christ's" toxic mind frame. Usually Jeff comes out 5 or so seconds into his theme music, at VR, he took a good 30 or so seconds. Then as he "walked" down the ramp his face was some what sunken and non-responsive, not to mention, he had an almost physical altercation with fans, trying to rip the Australian Flag down! Not cool, and even in his heel state, not like Jeff. Then he proceeds to trip over himself as he walks up the steel steps and into the ring, looking more like a mannequin with face paint on rather than a man with face paint on. I'm not sure if it's Naivety or lack of attention, but I have never seen Jeff like that. I knew something was off, and the rest of the match echoed a multi-car crash, the hits just kept on coming. I truly believe Jeff knows he was F***ed, but im sure he hoped that he could rely on his body to go into auto-pilot and win the match as Im sure it was worked to happen. I'm happy Sting ended it with a great big exclaimation point. Which im sure helped him slam away his previous comment on IMPACT that Jeff is one of the greatest wrestlers he has ever faced. Anyway, I never really liked TNA Jeff, he isn't a good speaker and his whole wrestling's anti-christ trip, simply blows. Plus now that he has gone heel, what's with the twist of fate, changing from an elegant move, like the swanton to the Twist of Hate that When performed by Jeff looks like Gumby hugging a teddy bear, then dropping to the ground like a toddler throwing a tantrum, it just looks really bad. I knew when "Hulk" gave Jeff his own personalised "WH Title" by the way, WTF? the belt wasnt even gold? It looked like an accessory you could find at your local bargain store on a cheaply made ninja action toy. It was clear from then that they were pushing Jeff into a role he had no business being in. At least "drugged Jeff" should be in. Don't get me wrong, Jeff is a great wrestler and I like his style a lot, but until he goes anti-drug, Im sure fans will remain, anti-Jeff. I feel he needs to fix himself and somehow go back to Vinnie Mac. Anyway, on with the rest of VR. The only reason why the PPV didnt implode and create a vortex swallowing it whole, was the AJ Styles vs Matt Hardy match. Matt Hardy is not and will not be a top tier wrestler by any stretch of the imagination I mean for christ sake, his first match in TNA warranted a second look because I thought i was watching the michellin man with a fake tan trying his best to break dance. Anyway, his match with AJ is the best I have ever seen him. Using the ring, turnbuckles, AJ's momentum to hurt him, very cool. AJ Styles is always brilliant and can out wrestle and out last any wrestler in TNA, he is the only hope for TNA moving forward. If TNA dont wrap a mid to top championship around his waist, theres no sense in A.J staying in TNA, go to WWE, and smack the taste out of "How the hell did I get the Push" Miz's mouth. How cool would that be, A.J vs Miz *Log's in fantasy matches, alongside Taker and Sting*

In closing, I agree with this whole blog and every blogger. Though there is one comment I strongly agree with. There needs to be another wrestling faction that keeps TNA in check "crushes out of existence" and rises to the WWE's empire. TNA has had it's chance, it's time to move over and let a new kid hit this block. I am posting this ad as follows...

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I cannot believe that noone else has figured it out yet. Jeff never left Vince's payroll, and was sent as a mole to hurt TNA from the inside. What better way to get straying fans back in the fold than torpedo your competition's PPV less than a month before Wrestlemania? What better way to do it than what happened at VR?

The King of the screwjobs has struck again!

I've always felt that Russo was paid by McMahon to go down and kill WCW. The reason I don't think he did on this one is that TNA has yet to pose any kind of threat to him. They're a farm club for him as well as a place he assumes people can get picked up by so he doesn't feel he'll be making families homeless when he releases them.

Come on Jeff, stick to marijuana. If I was high off of that, I could pull off a full match.