Jeff's assailant

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

Now, JR and Tazz mentioned several times last night on SD! that there was still an investigation going on into who attacked Jeff on the eve of Survivor Series, costing him his title shot.

Now they're (kayfabe) assuming that it was Edge who attacked Hardy so he could get the title..............................

But what if it wasn't?

If Edge were revealed as the attacker what purpose would that serve? Surely he'd just turn around and say 'Yeah? And? Got a problem take it up with my wife who, after she's certain that you've excused her, will tell you it's tough tits!' And it would only garner more heat for Edge which he doesn't need anyway.

After watching his promo on Sunday night and the one again this week on SD! I think the assailant could very well have actually been....... wait for it......

Matt Hardy! (Gasp)

At Survivor Series, Matt alked about his brother's injury and attack with little to no emotion at all. Now i know neither Hardy is amazing on the mic, but Matt can usually put on an emotional promo when he needs to, but instead he just calmly stood there and spoke in a monotone fashion without any concern or anguish in his body language. It's as if he didn't actually care that Jeff wouldn't get another shot and could be seriously hurt. Now you might say 'he was just exhausted after staying up all night in the hospital, and had a big Elimination tag match to worry about' but then he gave another promo on SD! before facing Kozlov and AGAIN didn't really seem to care about helping his brother out. He wasn't fired up about getting the chance to give Kozloz his first defeat either. Perhaps he thought, 'well Jeff's got a pretty pathetic 12:13 time to beat and HHH will blatently piss all over that, so i just gotta make sure Kozlov doesn't beat me and Jeff won't get another shot and no one will suspect me, because i can say "hey i tried to help".'

Now many of you may be thinking, 'why would Matt do that to Jeff?'

Because Matt doesn't want to be outshined by his younger brother. Matt, like most of the others in the locker room, doesn't believe Jeff will ever pull off the big one. For example, HHH's view is 'Jeff will win the title one day, he just won't be winning it from me! And there's no one else who could take it from me who doesn't have their own problems right now, so no one's taking it from me...... unless there's a run in' and low and behold that's what's happened.

However, following a break down and a revitalised spirit, suddenly Jeff is kicking everyone's asses and looked poised to win the WWE title, one of the 2 most prestiguous titles in the industry, and Matt, being the holder of the diet pepsi World title, didn't want to look inferior to Jeff, so he clouted him when he weren't looking and now here we are. Preparing to go into another triple threat match for the WWE title with Hardy looking to be the favourite. Do you not think that Matt (or whoever the attacker was, if it wasn't Edge) won't try to stop him from winning again? I can also see Matt losing Diet Pepsi title to Kozlov in the near future. Ol' Vlad isn't going to be happy that Matt pissed around and cost him his title shot, so i think the Moscow Mauler may head to the land of extreme (laughs) and become King of the mole hill... sorry, mountain.

You can then have a brother vs brother fued up until WM, have Jeff win the RR and then they can finish just before Mania and the Jeff wins at WM25 with me in row 9 section D booing my lungs out!

Is everyone assuming that it was Edge who attacked Jeff, or does anyone have any other ideas? Or do you think i'm right and we're finally going to get to see the brother vs brother fued we've all been waiting to see for 10 years?

 

[2012isbs]

I never thought of that but it makes sense I could also see a return of Mattitude with Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder, I wonder who the real life assailant is or is this a work but anyway maybe he tripped and fell down the stairs.

 

[Leeds Guy]

No i dont think it was Matt Hardy. It would serve no purpose and then ask the question why did Matt work so hard to help Jeff win the beat the clock challenge last night on Smackdown. the person i think attacked Jeff Hardy...............H.H.H

Can you imagine if it turned out that triple H attacked him, it would be Epic, it would establish Jeff as the major face on Smackdown and give HHH the Heel turn hes been wanting. To say it was Matt is crazy, theyve tried the Hardy Vs Hardy Fued before and it sucked ass.

 

[mcflyboy]

Honestly, I think that the WWE wants to sweep this whole debacle under the rug quietly, with it getting picked up on news outlets, so it doesn't make sense to turn it into a full fledged storyline. My guess is that we'll never find out for sure, or it will be briefly mentioned once that it was edge, and then will never be mentioned again.

 

[HeartWong]

My guess will be HHH.. It is rumoured that HHH wanted to turn heel iN a triple threat match with the russian and hardy, HHH only stands a 33% chance of winning. so by eliminating the extreme hardy, his chances of winning will be higher. However, what he did not forsee was Edge returning.

 

["Cool Guy" Jensen]

The Jeff Hardy found unconscious storyline was supposed to be something to get Jeff out of the ''Triple Threat'' match at Survivor Series and make Edge win the title. If WWE talks about the storyline on next week's edition of SD! then I think it would just be stupid as the investigation part of it should be quietly done or quietly removed not like the Vince McMahon Limo Explosion investigation which was talked about every week.

Why do all of you just happen to assume that Jeff Hardy was ''attacked'' causing him to be unconscious. If it was an attack you would most likely see bruise marks on Jeff, but he seemed fine to me except he had tape on the back of his neck. Did you every just think that Hardy was in the Boston hotel, woke up in the middle of the night because he was hungry and attempted to go downstairs to get some food, and... BAM he faints?
That makes a WAY better storlyine than someone attacking him, and saying Matt Hardy attacked him is a bunch of bull.

 

[TomSmithUK]

This might be a little out there, or premature, but I suspect a certain Mr Tomko may be responsible.

Recently re-signed with WWE, he's a heel through and through, but doesn't have the name recognition to come straight in and everyone go, "Hey yeah, TOMKO!!!" So having him come back and side with Edge could lead nicely into the Edge/Christian Cage feud we're all hoping happens if Christian returns

 

[My$terio_Fan]

I like this idea in a way since it would be somewhat of a swerve and you could easily say that Matt didn't want to be outshined but I hope and don't think it was him. It would delegate Jeff down to the ECW title and I think that would be a mistake. They can have a really good feud with Jeff Vs. Edge and with this storyline it is an easy segway into it. I think Edge & Jeff will be able to pull off some great matches and the fans will be into it. But this would be an interesting angle as well, but I just think it's Edge but the WWE could swerve.

 

[Tim]

I don't think the WWE can think that deeply.

I don't think it was Matt Hardy. In my mind, it was not Edge, as that would be too obvious. I think it was HHH. He wanted to eliminate the competition, because in a triple threat he might not even be pinned to lose the title. So if he gets rid of Hardy, then he only has to beat Kozlov, and it will be easier for him. Of course, if this is true, then his plan backfired. THey could make a storyline out of it if they wanted, but I don't think they will. I think that they'll just let it die next week. I think it would be a good way to keep the feud going between HHH and Hardy if they wanted it to though. We'll see.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

The Jeff Hardy found unconscious storyline was supposed to be something to get Jeff out of the ''Triple Threat'' match at Survivor Series and make Edge win the title.

Thanks, we all knew that already.

If WWE talks about the storyline on next week's edition of SD! then I think it would just be stupid as the investigation part of it should be quietly done or quietly removed not like the Vince McMahon Limo Explosion investigation which was talked about every week.

Yes Vince's limo explosion was talked about every week, and it's only been one week since Jeff got attacked so compairing the two doesn't really mean anything.

Why do all of you just happen to assume that Jeff Hardy was ''attacked'' causing him to be unconscious.

Because that's what we've repeatedly been informed.

If it was an attack you would most likely see bruise marks on Jeff, but he seemed fine to me except he had tape on the back of his neck.

Well no, not when we've been told that he was hit in the back of the head with a blunt object, i wouldn't expect tto see bruises unless he started at the top of the stairs and fell down them. Rey Mysterio was supposed to have been tortured and scarred by Kane and came back with new tattoos. Explain that!

Did you every just think that Hardy was in the Boston hotel, woke up in the middle of the night because he was hungry and attempted to go downstairs to get some food, and... BAM he faints?
That makes a WAY better storlyine than someone attacking him, and saying Matt Hardy attacked him is a bunch of bull.

People who faint don't usually need to spend a day in the hospital, unless it's a symptom of a serious condition, and if it were a serious condition he wouldn't have been permitted to leave the hospital. And if he had just fainted then Matt and the announcers wouldn't keep reiterating that he was attacked.

Let me get this straight. You think it would be more entertaining to say that Jeff Hardy just fainted 15 hours before his title match, as opposed to having an unidentified attacker who isn't Edge cost Jeff Hardy the title that he was so close to finally winning? I do hope you're never permitted to give advice on anything that requires creative thought.

And the only thing that's a load of bull was your statement that my theory is bull. It's not a load of bull to think that Matt could attack Jeff when it's part of a reality where people are chokeslammed to hell and leprechauns are announced to be the offspring of the chairman, and an entire locker room is incapable of working out that there's a second Bella under the ring for 2 whole months. There's been countless storylines where the direction has changed inexplicably. Edge and Vickie re-uniting is one of them. I highly doubt that what i suggested will actually happen, but it's an equally valid idea as HHH, Edge or Kozlov attacking Hardy.

Him fainting is a ******ed idea

 

[Mustang Sally]

My guess will be HHH.. It is rumoured that HHH wanted to turn heel iN a triple threat match with the russian and hardy, HHH only stands a 33% chance of winning. so by eliminating the extreme hardy, his chances of winning will be higher.

Or maybe it was the other guy in the Triple Threat that wanted to eliminate Jeff as a competitor.

Naturally, it would be boring if Koslov was the attacker but that doesn't guarantee that WWE won't do it.


Of course, if Matt Hardy is the next one to be attacked, we'll know for sure that the assailant is.................LITA !!

 

[Crush]

um sory to burst your bubble guys but it was proven to be fake. It was just a storyline it was all part of the gimmick. Heres why;

a) It was not on any information of sports sites besides wwe.com which is all catered for their show and for the kayfabe.
b) It was supposed to hype an Edge return and an Edge / hardy feud which begins at wrestlemania for the gold.

that's about it. Nothing special too it just made up Hardy never got attacked in a hotel it otherwise lots of other sports pages and other sites would have picked it up.

 

[Shanks18]

I honestly don't think there is any danger of the people in this thread believing this was an actaul incident. Rather, this is a discussion regarding who people beleive is the, kayfabe, attacker. For further reading please click here.

But back to the discussion - Matt Hardy seems a far to creative idea for them to proceed with, not taking away the general awesomness that it would be, if Matt was the attacker. I think we've got another year until we see that feud. Unfortunatly.

Triple H, seems like the most logical, unless they just kind of forget about and dont mention it, assuming viewers will beleive it was Edge without no solid, on screen, confirmation.

It makes sense to turn H full in heel, since Kozlov is struggling to get any kinf of reaction.

 

["Cool Guy" Jensen]

Thanks, we all knew that already.

Yes Vince's limo explosion was talked about every week, and it's only been one week since Jeff got attacked so compairing the two doesn't really mean anything.

Because that's what we've repeatedly been informed.

Well no, not when we've been told that he was hit in the back of the head with a blunt object, i wouldn't expect tto see bruises unless he started at the top of the stairs and fell down them. Rey Mysterio was supposed to have been tortured and scarred by Kane and came back with new tattoos. Explain that!

Did J.R. or Tazz really say that Jeff was hit in the back of the head with a blunt object? If so, I missed that. The Rey Mysterio incident and the Jeff Hardy incident are completely different. When Rey was tortured by Kane, it was not announced on wwe.com... Kane claimed he tortured and scarred him and even then, Rey had a 6 week absence to heal the so called ''scars''. Jeff was scheduled to appear just 16 hours after wwe.com announced that he was found unconscious, so that was no time to heal bruises if he had any.

People who faint don't usually need to spend a day in the hospital, unless it's a symptom of a serious condition, and if it were a serious condition he wouldn't have been permitted to leave the hospital. And if he had just fainted then Matt and the announcers wouldn't keep reiterating that he was attacked.

If Jeff did faint, it would be because of his past drug addictions that caught up with him causing him to feel weak.

Let me get this straight. You think it would be more entertaining to say that Jeff Hardy just fainted 15 hours before his title match, as opposed to having an unidentified attacker who isn't Edge cost Jeff Hardy the title that he was so close to finally winning? I do hope you're never permitted to give advice on anything that requires creative thought.

I'm not saying that it would be more entertaining if they said that he fainted, but it would take a lot less trouble and less worries for people who didn't know it was a storyline.

And the only thing that's a load of bull was your statement that my theory is bull. It's not a load of bull to think that Matt could attack Jeff when it's part of a reality where people are chokeslammed to hell and leprechauns are announced to be the offspring of the chairman, and an entire locker room is incapable of working out that there's a second Bella under the ring for 2 whole months. There's been countless storylines where the direction has changed inexplicably. Edge and Vickie re-uniting is one of them. I highly doubt that what i suggested will actually happen, but it's an equally valid idea as HHH, Edge or Kozlov attacking Hardy.

I am not saying that your theory is bull, I'm just saying that if WWE ever did state to everyone that it was Matt who attacked Jeff, they would be making a mistake. He is just starting to get over properly as a face champion and making him a heel now would be a bad idea. That's all I'm saying... sorry if you feel offended or insulted in any way.

 

[Fizzy]

I'd have to say it was Trips. Ever since returning from his quad tear hes stated that he wants to be a heel. Well this is the way to do it. You take the most over guy in WWE, say Trips attacked him, and hes instantly a HUGE heel. This could spark a great feud after Armageddon between Trips and Hardy. The reason that Trips could say he did it was he knew Hardy had the potential to beat him and he wanted to eliminate him. This would be perfect.

Now for this one I'm thinking outside of the box. What if they make a returning Gregory Helms Hardy's attacker? Helms always wanted to be a huge main event star and what better way then to eliminate the biggest threat to the title. I think this could be a great feud Helms-Hardy, and I'd sure as hell watch Smackdown more if they put these two in a feud. I think this could be a great return feud for Helms, and I'd love to see it.

And of course we have the obvious choice which is Edge, but everyones basically discussed what that could happen if it was.

 

[Shocky]

Well they are going to continue with this storyline. As tasteless as it was, and us much of a backlash it cause,d they are still mentioning it, so it will come to a natural conclusion.

I think the matt hardy speculation is a bit of a stretch, although I much rather would be more intrigued by a Hardy vs. Hardy for the ECW title then Jeff Hardy sucking up the main event of Mania 25.

I think that it's going to be Edge, or an associate of Edge. Why else would Hardy come back and raise all sorts of hell on Edge if he didn't think it was him? I think Tomko would be the ideal assailant in this scenario. It brings him instant heel heat and credibility by associating himself with Edge, and screwing Jeff Hardy.

 

[spyder5000]

Maybe a restart as La Familia as a legitimate stable this time. Having Christian / and or Tomko attack Jeff Hardy.

Seems a great way to bring these two from TNA over, and get them right in the middle of things.

 

[Khalifa]

at first i thought this is WWE's plan. to amk you's think that it wasn't edge making you's think that is was some one else. which hey would make sense because WWE is unpredictble and having actually edge be the culpret and then every one would say " dam i new it was edge how good am I". but now after what shock lesnar said i am almost certain it was............

edge. Because seriosuly if WWE were going to do something stupid then this wouldn't be the time to do it. i mean they stuffed up Kanes mask return thingy because it just got to obvious so they amde some stupid sotry line saying it was rey. i mean how stupid. now Jeff and Edge were meant to have a major feud ( that is what i heard) sometime next year. and well this would make a wonderful story line to get edge ripping on jeff until he wins the rumble with number 2 or 3 or somethign like that.

anyways i would love it for it to be christan and tomko to haev done it but it wouldn't make sense because they aren't really like mates because of there feud.

 

[klunderbunker]

It almost has to be Edge, or they could pull a Rikishi and have someone else do it and allow Edge to be the mastermind behind the whole thing, which would work just as well. Let Jeff get his ultimate revenge on Edge at Mania like he should, as that would be a decent way to have finally get the title, but for only a short reign. With Christian and Tomko showing up in WWE again possibly, it's almost the perfect fit. Former WWE guys taht perhaps do a favor for Edge so he'll get Vickie to let them back onto the roster. Makes sense to me.

 

[Kyphael]

So you're implying Christian/Tomko would have taken Jeff out on Edge's part so they could be let back into the WWE? Logical story-telling but considering how over Jeff is as a babyface, that would automatically make Christian a heel, which is a great missed opportunity. Besides, I very much doubt the fans will boo Christian if he does return to the WWE. I would have him return as a babyface, as it is believable he is a big enough star without need Edge to weasel his way to a contract to return. Inevitably, down the line Christian could turn heel, as he can play either role well.