I absolutely refuse to allow Jeff Hardy to go over Dory Funk, Jr. in this round. Granted, Terry got a tough pick against Randy Orton and is rightfully backed into in a tough corner, but there's no way that Jeff Hardy can ever be compared to a member of the Funk family. Orton, I get it. Jeff Hardy?? NO FUCKING WAY.
Shocky said it best (and I want to kiss him for it):
Jeff Hardy is all flash, zero fucking substance. If there's a ladder, chances are, Jeff hardy is on top of it ready to jump off of it and ooh and aahh all of the people that have the attention span of a 2 year old
This says it all.
Jeff Hardy may be popular, but in my opinion, it's only because kids love to watch pro-wrestlers do some REALLY stupid shit in matches. They love death-defying leaps off ladders, careless flippy flippy shit, and blacklights. Those three things are the basis of Jeff Hardy's arsenal.
And as we all know in wrestling, popularity = main event booking. Hell, even the WWE was extremely hesitant about pushing a drug addict and a train-wrecked lifestyle wrestler at a main event level. But the WWE has a responsibility to entertain their audience, and when a collective voice of millions of 12-year-olds scream for Jeffy-boy to get a title shot, the WWE listens. Hell, John Cena's in the same boat... except John Cena can BELIEVABLY kick ass in a wrestling ring. Jeff Hardy is nothing more than a wrestlers with high-flying, botch-tastic moves that kids and skanky women seem to relate to.
In the end, a wrestler's popularity without a factor of believability is a one-way ticket to getting your ass handed to you.
Dory Funk, on the other hand, is tough as fucking nails. If you stepped into a ring with him, he'd tear you limb from limb. Pitting Funk against Hardy is like putting the boxer against the slugger... if the slugger were only 6'1" and 215lbs of heroin, meth, and pot. Dory is a legend of the sport because he rose to the top of the NWA during a time when cosmetics didn't make a wrestler into a champion; believability and technical, in-ring skill did. He didn't need moonsaults, tables, ladders, and chairs to kick someone's ass. He did it Texas-style: with his bare fists in your fucking mouth.
I can see Jeff slipping around the ring for a half-hour, botching about 7 moves, and Dory catching him, beating him to a bloody pulp, and covering Jeff with his pinky finger for the three count.
Guys,l don't be stupid fan-boys... vote for the REALISTIC winner of this match, Dory Funk, Jr.