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WWE: Jeff Hardy - My Life, My Rules
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DVD detailsActor: Edge, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton, Triple H Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Running Time: 540 minutes DVD Release Date: 2009-12-01 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: World Wrestling Product features: - He s co-headlined a bestselling DVD with his brother Matt, but now the hugely popular Jeff Hardy breaks out with his first-ever solo DVD set, filled with new interviews, unique insights, and great matches. With his arm sleeves, facial war paint, and acrobatic, high-risk moves, Jeff Hardy has become one of the most popular stars in recent WWE history. This DVD set will trace his ascension as a sing
DVD Reviews of WWE: Jeff Hardy - My Life, My RulesDVD Review: The Good Times, Bad Times & Exit Of A Charismatic Enigma Summary: 4 Stars
There is one alias that summerises Jeff Hardy perfectly in that he's a "charismatic enigma." He will go down as one of the most unique competitors in WWE history as Jeff just has a different "IT" factor than other wrestlers do to connect with the audience. Throughout the documentry, you'll hear from not only Jeff but other various talents like his brother Matt, Shannon Moore, Gregory Helms, John Morrison, Triple H, C.M. Punk, and Michael Hayes. Also keep in mind that this DVD set came out between the period where Jeff Hardy had left WWE but didn't debut in TNA yet.
This documentry was setup differently than any previous one we've seen before as WWE knew that this was going to be Jeff's last obligation with WWE for a period of time so throughout the presentation, you'll go through a timeline of Jeff's last night in WWE from getting ready backstage to the actual cage match to his farewell speech to the fans. Jeff's return is talked about first with the reasons behind his first departure & the story behind behind his comeback, going into his first feud with Johnny Nitro (the current John Morrison), and reuniting with Matt to reform their tag team. One imporant element of the documentry is talked about next with Matt Hardy talking about the difference between teaming with his brother both times before going into Jeff's reasoning behind his first wellness policy violation. The importance of his Armaggedon match against Triple H was discussed next before going into his match against Randy Orton at the Royal Rumble including the memorable swanton off of the RAW stage. His second wellness policy was heavily discussed next with both him, Matt, and others talking about how Jeff let the company down followed by Jeff having another tradegy with his house being burned to the ground. Earning back the trust of the WWE is discussed next before going into his feud with Triple H that elevated him into the main event status & eventually had him gain the WWE Championship. The feud against his brother Matt was heavily discussed next including details of the pyro malfunction incident back in January & their trilogy of matches. His Extreme Rules match with Edge was highlighted before going into the feud with C.M. Punk with both men talking about the difference between their "straight edge vs. free spirit" lifestyles, Punk cashing in his case, Hardy's win at Night Of Champions, their T.L.C. match, and the final encounter inside the steel cage. The documentry closes out talking about what's in his future (obiviously TNA wasn't mentioned) clocking in at a little under an hour.
Matches Include:
vs. 1-2-3 Kid - This was just a quick squash match showcasing Jeff's early days as "enchancement talent."
"Superstars" June '94
Ladder Match: Hardy Boyz vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian - Eventhough these three teams are more famous with being the innovators of the T.L.C. match, this was actually the precursor to that match in this being the first triple threat ladder match. This match topped the previous ladder match between the Hardys/Edge & Christian months earlier at No Mercy & was a non-stop highlight reel with tables getting involved along with so many memorable moments like Jeff Hardy's swanton off the biggest ladder in the match & Matt Hardy going through a table that look like it exploded on impact.
The bonus commentary with Jeff & Matt include both talking about why they felt this was the golden era of tag teams, comparing the past looks of everyone in the past to the present, who named the "Wisper In The Wind", and also having some fun at Bubba Ray Dudley's expense.
WrestleMania 2000
[Edge: Decade Of Decadance]
Steel Cage Match: Hardy Boys vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian - Jeff Hardy got knocked off the top of the cage to the outside floor early in the match leading to Christian & Edge seperating the Hardy's from each other & double teaming one while keeping the other for a majority of the match until the Hardy's were able to comeback & use the same gameplan to win the WWF Tag Team Titles. Various highlights include Matt being double suplexed off the top of the cage, Jeff using a ladder to knock Christian outside the cage along with doing a Wisper In The Wind off the top of the cage, Hardy's doing a con-chair-to to Edge on the top of the cage who then fell backwards off, and Lita doing a frankensteiner on Christian off the ladder.
Unforgiven '00
[Hardy Boys: Leap Of Faith]
vs. WWE Hardcore Champion Mike Awesome - This was your typical hardcore match in WWE as it was both men using weapons such a trash can & a ladder while Hardy did his best impression of a witched witch with a broom but this was more about setting up Awesome match at the upcoming Invasion PPV with Edge & Christian getting involved.
"SmackDown!" July '01
WWE Hardcore Championship/Ladder Match for vs. Rob Van Dam - This didn't top their match at Invasion or live up the standards that the Hardyz set in ladder matches but it was still something to watch. The only thing bad would be various blown spots as RVD tried to be innovative but the spots didn't go off as planned. Good but sloppy at times.
SummerSlam '01
vs. Matt Hardy - Lita was the special referee here as Matt & Jeff had problems for weeks with Matt being upset at Jeff's daredevil nature backfiring on the team so many times. Both men worked a more grounded style that they were known for here with Matt getting fustrated at times with Lita refusing to show any bias towards him. At one point Jeff was able to counter an attempted sunset flip off the apron onto a headsissors on the floor. Jeff hurt his leg & Matt exploited it to the point where he was being very heelish causing Lita to keep getting involved. The ending was a bit controversal but left the door open for this feud to continue...which for fans who don't remember, never did due to personal issues between both men & management at the time.
Vengeance '01
w/Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho & Christian - For those who don't remember, weeks before this match had Jeff Hardy on a losing streak causing him to get very fustrated & begin to show heelish actions with Shawn trying to reach out to Jeff to get him back on the right track. This was a tag match made last minute with the No Disqualification stipulation causing Shawn to wrestle in his normal shirt & jeans instead of his usual gear. It started out with everyone brawling on the floor before Jericho & Christian were able to handcuff Shawn in the corner causing Hardy to fight both men alone. Both men worked over Jeff while taunting HBK before Shawn was able to get himself uncuffed & deliever Sweet Chin Music to Jericho's face with a chair followed by a swanton to victory in what turned out to be Hardy's last big victory before leaving WWE a short time later.
"Raw" Feb. '03
vs. Edge - Jeff returned to WWE & confronted Edge earlier that night leading up to this match. It started off intense with Hardy doing a baseball slide & suicide dive onto Edge to the point where Edge ended up bleeding from the nose. Hardy came close to getting the win in his first match back before Lita got involved causing John Cena to appear afterwards but if you can get past the ending, this was definately a good TV quality match & a great showcasing for Jeff's return.
"Raw" Aug. '06
vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Johnny Nitro - This was a match that was very competitive between both men with Nitro working over Jeff's back after missing the Wisper In The Wind at one point with moves like the baseball slide kick into the post & a different variation of the backbreaker. Both men showcased their unique style of movesets of high flying & along with their different kicks with both men coming close in near falls before Nitro was backdropped off the top rope followed by the Swanton Bomb. Another good quality TV match.
"Raw" Oct. '06
World Tag Team Championship Match: The Hardys vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch - This was one of the best tag team matches of the year right behind the various matches in the Hardys/MNM series. The match had it all you would expect in a good tag team match: double team moves, suspension for a tag team partner to finally make a tag after getting beat on for minutes, mat wrestling & highspots. Good & solid match to kick off the show but the one moment to look out for is Trevor Murdock's executing TNA wrestler Petey Williams' "Canadian Destroyer".
Backlash '07
Elimination Match vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Santino Marella vs. William Regal - This was to determine the #1 challenger for the Intercontinental Title against Umaga at the Great American Bash. Santino at this time wasn't his comedic character that we now know him for but still this was a good match overall that saw some storytelling that we're used to in these type of matches such as the "honor amongst theives" in Regal & Benjamin before it became every man for himself. A nice match but nothing special.
"Raw" July '07
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match vs. Shelton Benjamin - Hardy didn't come into this match 100% as he was still feeling the effects of his match with Great Khali the previous week. This was another nice match that was given time to be good & competitive but never seemed to leave "first gear" or had anything memorable about it once it was over.
"Raw" Sept. '07
WWE Intercontinetal Championship/Ladder Match vs. Carlito - This was on RAW's 15th Anniversary Show & Carlito's first ladder match in WWE (not sure if he's had one in Puerto Rico or anywhere else). Carlito hit Hardy with the ladder early before Jeff fought back & dropkicked Carlito off the apron onto the ladder lying on the rail. For his first ladder match, Carlito took some nasty bumps like doing a sunset flip powerbomb on Hardy off the ladder & later being backdropped on the ladder while also working over Jeff's leg including wedging it inbetween the ladder. This isn't one of those ladder matches that will stand the test of time but was still a good encounter.
"Raw" Dec. '07
vs. Triple H - This was all about Triple H making Jeff Hardy step his game up as the beginning had Hardy hold back a punch before Triple H slapped him & yelled for Hardy to "FIGHT ME!" before Hardy returned the slap to Triple H. From here, they went back & forth with each other with Triple H getting more aggressive every time it looked like Hardy would make a comeback. Great match that served it's purpose in elevating Hardy to the main event.
Armageddon '07
[Hardy Boys: Twist Of Fate]
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match vs. Randy Orton - Don't let the title fool you because Randy Orton had no intentions of winning the Intercontinental Championship here but everything that happened after the match is more memorable here as we saw the biggest swanton bomb Hardy has ever given in WWE.
"Raw" Jan. '08
vs. WWE Champion Randy Orton - This match had a big match buildup & feel to it. They gave it their all here & showcased a performance that had the crowd going back & forth more than they had any other time of the night with Orton getting the victory after a RKO out of nowhere. Orton got the strong performance & CLEAN PPV victory he's been needing since becoming champion.
Royal Rumble '08
vs. Shawn Michaels - Both men here started off fast paced with the action going back & forth between both men with quick pin attempts. Hardy worked over HBK's neck with aggressive headlock takeovers various times while Shawn was able to keep countering Jeff's offense like the back suplex into a crossbody along with delievering a powerslam off Jeff's walking the outside railing clothesline before working over Jeff's back with moves like the half crab submission & elbow drops. This was a PPV quality encounter that we got as a RAW main event that did the job in showing Hardy could hang with one of the best.
"Raw" Feb. '08
Falls Count Anywhere Match vs. Umaga - Just based off the on & off feud these two have been having for close to a year now and they're past performances in these type of matches, you got exactly what you would expect as it was Umaga's power vs. Jeff's speed. They went from the ring to the outside & through the crowd with chairs, the retaining wall, and plastic traffic cones being used in the process before finally making their way outside (including a cool spot where Hardy slid down the handrail on the steps onto Umaga) with Hardy getting the win after a swanton bomb off the top of a semi-trailer. Good opener & possibly their best match together.
One Night Stand '08
vs. John Cena - This is the first & only time these two met in a rare match here on RAW to see who would go on to face Triple H for the WWE Championship at Night Of Champions. The match got off to a almost comedic start as a fan jumped into the ring early causing Cena to temporarily stop the match while you can clearly see both of them holding back their laughter. What else can I say here as this was a very competitive match from start to finish with the crowd hot from start to finish that ended with Cena rolling through Hardy's crossbody into an F-U.
"Raw" June '08
vs. John Morrison - This was Jeff Hardy's debut as a member of the SmackDown roster against his old rival here. As we've seen in the past, both men have unique offense when it comes to their flying & ground game which we saw here including an instance where Hardy "crashed & burned" on the outside. Morrison was able to avoid & counter Hardy's moves throughout the match such as ducking the Wisper In The Wind while also delievering a pele kick to Hardy on the top rope. This doesn't surpass their previous encounters but was still a good quality match.
"SmackDown!" July '08
vs. WWE Champion Triple H - I can try to summerize this match but Jim Ross said it best at the end, "one of the most competitve WWE Title matches I can remember calling." The counters, great wrestling, fast paced action, and crowd that was hot throughout the entire match made this be one of those matches that made both men come out looking strong than they did coming in no matter who won or lost.
No Mercy '08
Extreme Rules Match vs. Undertaker - Jeff Hardy was bugging Vickie Guerrero to get another shot at the WWE Championship while Vickie was also having her own problems with Undertaker at this time so she figured she would "kill two birds with one stone" here & put Hardy in an Extreme Rules match with Hardy earning the title shot if he wins. Hardy returned to wearing his facepaint of old for this match as he used his speed to get an early advantage before Taker caught Hardy & worked over his back ramming it into the ringpost, using steel steps, and tossing him into the ringside barrier. Various weapons were used such as a chair when Taker doing his apron legdrop onto Hardy along with both men using the kendo stick at one point. Big Show did get involved here and gave an unintential assist to Hardy who then used both a chair & a ladder to gain his victory.
"SmackDown" Nov. '08
vs. WWE Champion Edge vs. Triple H - For the second year in a row, Edge is in a main event triple threat for a championship while this is Triple H's 7th multiman main event in a year for those trivia fans. Some action moments throughout the match like Triple H & Jeff Hardy doing a classic "Hardy Boyz" spot onto Edge early in the match, Hardy's wisper in the wind with Triple H holding Edge in an "electric chair," the traditional announce table spot, and that finishing move by Jeff Hardy that you were just waiting all match for him to pull off. This was the match of the night here with this match doing exactly what the other matches were lacking in that it buildup with getting more intense & fast paced overtime with the perfect World Championship win celebration afterwards that was as perfect of a moment that any wrestler or fan can ask for.
Armageddon '08
Extreme Rules Match vs. Dolph Ziggler - This was pretty short & sweet as this was put here to showcase a more vicious side of Jeff leading into his match against Matt by using weapons to do more impactful moves like the Twist Of Fate onto the trash can & just beating Dolph with a chair.
"Raw" Mar. '09
Stretcher Match vs. Matt Hardy - This started off with a bang as both men brawled to the outside with Matt using the stretcher early & suplexing Jeff on it before Jeff used the stretcher himself later on to surf it down the ramp to deliever a clothesline. Matt brought his A game here as we saw him utilize a different version of the sleeper where he had Jeff carry all his weight on the front of his body instead of the back before trying to run Jeff over with the stretcher on the outside. Jeff took some daredevil chances with the stretcher such as attempting a ledrop from the top rope onto it but overshooting his target causing it to catapult into Matt's face. Later on, Jeff missed the swanton bomb onto the ladder resulting in Matt being able to knock him out with a chair for Matt to score another win.
"SmackDown' 'Apr. '09
vs. World Champion C.M. Punk - This was similar to their match at the Bash as far as how both men worked well together but also different in that Punk was now in full heel mode which was shown various times such as him trying to take advantage of anyway he can retain his championship either by pinfall, submissions like the dragon sleeper, or even trying to rush the referee into doing a countout at one point but Hardy refused to lose. Everyone really came off their feet towards the end when Hardy went "crazy" once Punk tried to cheat Hardy out of the championship again like he did at The Bash leading to what J.R. liked to call "the Hardy Party."
Night of Champions '09
Steel Cage Match vs. World Champion C.M. Punk - The final encounter in their feud as the loser of this match would leave WWE. Jeff Hardy was showing the effects of their T.L.C. match earlier in the week on the way to the ring before he was attacked from behind by Punk...who also had his shoulder taped up from their SummerSlam match. Punk kept constantly trying to escape the cage every quick chance he had early on before Hardy was able to recover & make a comeback. This went back & forth between both men struggling to escape at times such as Punk grabbing on to the steel steps to stop Hardy from pulling him back in, Hardy being "Spiderman" like in an attempt to climb over the top while later just dangling on the outside of the cage before being superplexed back in by Punk before just like SummerSlam, they were fighting at the top before Hardy fell & Punk left victorious.
"SmackDown" Aug. '09
Hidden DVD extras include Jeff Hardy getting into a paint fight with Nitro & Melina, accepting his Slammy Award, and interrupting the Undertaker before their Extreme Rules match. In the end, I liked the documentry as it covered everything that the previous one (Twist Of Fate). The match selection isn't perfect as I would have preferred that some of the irrelevant matches that were just average at best (1-2-3 Kid, Mike Awesome, Elimination Match, Dolph Ziggler) been replaced with matches that were more relevant or better quality to Hardy's career (tag matches with Matt vs. MNM from the ECW PPV, the ladder match vs. Benjamin & Hass come to mind off the top of my head, or the forgotten cage & ladder matches vs. Edge & Christian from RAW) I have to say I'm overall satisfied with the match selection as we only had 3 DVD repeats but at least did something extra with one of them by adding Matt & Jeff's commentary to the WM2000 match with the other being the cage match which hasn't been released in a very long time so it comes off as a new fresh match. In the end, I'm satified with this release & it's something I would recommend to fans of Jeff Hardy.
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