Last night, on what was possibly the most profound night in wrestling history witnessed Bret "The Hitman" Hart's return to the WWE after a 12-year grudge, and "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan changing the face of TNA as its new leader; but one of the most shocking moments of the night was seeing Former 3-time WWE World Champion, Jeff Hardy rushing through the TNA audience and performing a Twist of Fate on one of the promotion's X Division wrestlers. And the question on every one's mind is, Has Jeff signed with TNA?Nothing is official as of yet, we can only speculate upon what we saw at the top of the program, and the parking lot footage of childhood friend and former WWE superstar, Shannon Moore, exclaiming to Jeff Hardy, "We got what we came for," while holding padded manila envelopes. Jeff Hardy replied, "We'll see."
For anyone that follows Shannon Moore on Twitter, would know that he has been trying to score a contract with TNA since the early part of the summer. Shannon's campaign included having his twitter followers message TNA's Dixie Carter requesting "The Prince of Punk" on TNA. After a barrage of tweets, Dixie Carter had ordered Shannon to call off his army stating that his future employment would be taken into consideration.
On Sunday night, as noted on his twitter profile, Shannon got the call from TNA executives to meet with Hulk Hogan at the historic live taping of Impact in Orlando, FL. Jeff Hardy noted on his twitter page that he would be driving down with Shannon for the taping. At this point, fans were heavily speculating that this meant Jeff was on board with TNA, I felt differently.
With names like Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Ric Flair, The Nasty Boys, and Jeff Jarret making appearances on TNA, what bigger name would there be for TNA to exploit than Jeff Hardy? Needless to say, Jeff Hardy is no Bret Hart, but a former WWE mega star would at least stir some controversy, which it sure has. Jeff Hardy, along with 'TNA' and 'Hulk Hogan,' made his way to Twitter's Trending Topics which confirms that the world is talking about Jeff Hardy.
What does this mean for WWE? During his first stint with TNA, after being fired from WWE, Jeff Hardy was solely there to become something he had never accomplished in the WWE, and that was to become a World Champion. However, that never occurred in TNA, but Jeff did return to the WWE with a much more successful run that saw a good ending and 3 World Title reigns. It has been rumored that WWE has been trying to get a hold of Jeff for a WrestleMania card spot where he would face C.M. Punk, but his appearance at TNA's Impact show is proving that rumor to be less likely.
Would Jeff Hardy be good for TNA, and what role could be play? No doubt, Jeff Hardy was a huge commodity in the WWE, more so in his 2nd run, but things would be different. Unlike his first run with TNA, Jeff Hardy has a better work ethic, and has kept relatively free from drugs for close to 2 years. Yet, despite his high flying, I would not see him as being part of the X Division as he has mentioned before that he cannot keep up with the young guys anymore. He would mostly be focused on the main event card vying for the TNA World Title.
Has Jeff Hardy join TNA? Highly unlikely, but when it comes to Jeff nothing is out of the ordinary for the strange enigma.
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