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[MUSIC]

I THINK JEFF HARDY IS BEST

DESCRIBED AS A UNIQUE ENIGMA.

JEFF IS UNIQUE.

THAT ENIGMA HE HAS DESCRIBES HIM

TO A TEE.

HE'S AN EXCITING GUY, YOU KNOW,

HE'S LIKE A ROCK AND ROLL STAR.

HE'S GOT A LITTLE JAMES DEAN

IN HIM.

I GUESS HE'D BE MORE OF THE

REBEL OF THE BROTHERS.

BUT HE'S TALENTED AS HELL.

I DON'T THINK JEFF REALIZES

STILL HOW GIFTED HE IS AND ONE

DAY HE MAY ONCE HE GETS OLDER

BECAUSE HE DEFINITELY IS A

MATURING AND BECOMING MORE AND

MORE OF A MAN, BUT HE'S

EXTREMELY TALENTED AND I DON'T

EVEN THINK HE KNOWS HOW TALENTED

HE IS.

TALENTED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT

THINGS HE COULD PROBABLY BEEN A

SUPERSTAR AT ANYTHING THAT, YOU

KNOW, HE REALLY GOT SET ON.

FORTUNATELY FOR THE WRESTLING

BUSINESS, HE WAS SET ON

WRESTLING.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID I'D LOVE TO

JUST FOR ONE DAY HOP INTO JEFF'S

MIND AND JUST TAKE A RIDE

THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT GOES ON

HIM THERE AND I MEAN THAT IN A

GOOD WAY.

[MUSIC]

I WONDER IF THEY WILL BE MY

FANS UNTIL I HAVE TO FOLD.

I WONDER IF THEY WILL REMEMBER

JEFF HARDY AS HE GROWS OLD.

I GREW UP IN CAMERON, NORTH

CAROLINA AND, YOU KNOW, MY

CHILDHOOD WAS VERY UNIQUE.

WHAT FIRST COMES TO MIND IS MATT

AND I LOST OUR MOTHER AT A VERY

YOUNG AGE.

SHE HAD CANCER.

SHE DIED WHEN I WAS TWELVE AND

JEFF WAS NINE.

IT WAS A LITTLE WEIRD THEN JUST

BECAUSE ALL WE HAD WAS, YOU

KNOW, THE HARDNESS OF OUR

FATHER.

IT'S A REALLY WILD THING TO

TAKE PART IN WHEN YOU'RE SO

YOUNG AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SIT

THERE AND WATCH YOUR MOTHER DIE

AND THEN FOR MY HERO TO COME IN,

WHICH IS MY DAD, AND JUST LIKE,

YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH PROVIDE US

WITH THE POWER WE NEEDED TO MOVE

ON AND CONTINUE IN LIFE AND IT

WAS PRETTY MUCH AS SIMPLE AS

THIS.

HE SAID, "BOYS," HE SAID, "WE

JUST GOT TO MOVE ON.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T LET THIS GET

US DOWN."

BUT MAN, WE'RE STRONGER THAN

WE'VE EVER BEEN.

I FEEL MY MOTHER SO CLOSE TO ME

RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW HER, YOU

KNOW, NOT ON A HUMAN LEVEL, BUT

ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL VERY GOOD.

THAT'S VERY HARD TO EXPLAIN TO

THE HUMAN LIFE.

SHE WAS ONE OF US.

WE ARE ONE OF HER.

SHE SHOULD BE REMEMBERED.

OUR RESPECT WE SHOULD SEND HER.

IM COMFORTABLE WITH MY

RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOTHER AND

I THINK SHE'S A BIG PART OF, YOU

KNOW, OUR SUCCESS AND WHAT WE'VE

ACCOMPLISHED.

I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE

BIGGEST CREATIONS OF LIKE

DETERMINATION WITHIN US SOMEHOW,

SOMEWAY THAT REALLY MADE US

DESTINED TO BE WHO WE ARE.

IT JUST MADE HIM MORE OF A

FREE SPIRIT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE

HE WASN'T RELYING ON ANYONE TO

GET HIS IDEAS OR HIS

CREATIVENESS OR, YOU KNOW, THIS

IS WHERE I BELONG IN LIFE.

THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS OF

LIFE THAT ARE INSPIRATIONS TO ME

AND EVEN A LOT OF NEGATIVE

THINGS.

SOME OF THE SADDEST THINGS YOU

SEE, IT CAN BE TRULY INSPIRING

AND MOTIVATIONAL TO CHANGE

SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF OR TRY

TO HELP CHANGE SOMEONE ELSE OR

WHATEVER.

BUT OVERALL, YEAH, JUST LIFE IN

GENERAL, MAN.

LIFE AND DEATH, I WOULD SAY,

INSPIRES ME.

WHEN THE TIME IS YOURS, THE

FUTURE'S WAITING.

THE PERSON YOU'VE BECOME, THE

PEOPLE YOU'RE CREATING.

HELLO, EVERYBODY.

WELCOME TO WRESTLEMANIA IV.

I THINK WRESTLEMANIA IV IS

WHEN I FIRST STARTED GETTING

INTO WRESTLING.

I REMEMBER HAVING A DREAM OF

BEING A PRO BASEBALL PLAYER AT

ONE TIME, BUT AFTER WRESTLEMANIA

IV, I PRETTY MUCH THINK THAT WAS

THE LINE OF WHERE WE SAY, "NO,

WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.

LET'S PEG THE THROTTLE AND HIT

THIS ONE."

[MUSIC]

PRETTY MUCH I GOT A

TRAMPOLINE FOR CHRISTMAS, THEN

WE WENT OUT IN THE WOODS, CUT

SOME TREES, SHAVED THEM UP REAL

NICE, TOOK GARDEN HOSE, PUT A

WIRE THROUGH THE GARDEN HOSE,

MADE THREE ROPES AROUND THE

TRAMPOLINE.

EVERY SUNDAY, WE'D HAVE OUR

FRIENDS COME OVER AND WE WOULD

HAVE A SHOW.

ACTUALLY JEFF, HE WAS THE

FIRST ONE OF THE HARDYS THAT I

MET.

HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, "HEY, MAN,

YOU SHOULD COME OVER AND DO SOME

TWF WRESTLING WITH US."

I DON'T WE'VE EVER REALLY

DETERMINED WHAT IT STOOD FOR.

IT WAS EITHER THE TRAMPOLINE

WRESTLING FEDERATION OR THE

TEENS WRESTLING FEDERATION

BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE

WRESTLING ON A TRAMPOLINE AND

WE'RE BOTH TEENAGERS TOO.

IT KIND OF DAWNED ON US THAT

WE GOT TO START BEING ORIGINAL

AND CREATE OUR OWN PERSONALITY.

GLADIATOR.

TELL THEM, GLADIATOR.

IF YOU WANNA GET BIG AND IF

YOU WANNA GET STRONG, YOU GOTTA

FORCE YOURSELF TO GET IN THE

GYM.

MEAN JIMMY JEFF [INDISTINCT]

ICE MAN, WOLVERINE WAS MY

MOST POPULAR CHARACTER.

I'M COMING AFTER THE WORLD

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.

HIGH VOLTAGE.

SAY, THERE WAS A LOT THEN,

ENOUGH FOR MY [INDISTINCT]

HEART TO REMEMBER.

WRESTLING WENT MIST, YOU

KNOW, THEY STUDY.

EVERY WEEK THEY'RE ALL WATCHING

WRESTLING.

MATT AND I DID PRETTY MUCH

TRAIN OURSELVES JUST BY, YOU

KNOW, STUDYING THE TELEVISION,

MAN, AND LIKE--AND PRETTY MUCH,

YOU KNOW, JUST LEARNING MOVES BY

WATCHING TAPE AFTER TAPE AFTER

TAPE.

THEIR PASSION FOR WRESTLING,

IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NONE

OTHER.

I MEAN THAT WAS--THEY PRETTY

MUCH, YOU KNOW, EAT, BREATH AND

SLEPT WRESTLING.

WE FOLLOW THE DANGER WHEREVER

IT GOES.

WE ARE THE BELIEVERS.

WE ARE HEROES.

[MUSIC]

IT STARTED OFF OBVIOUSLY WE

WERE JUST HUGE FANS.

I THINK FOR US IT WAS LIKE YOU

HAD ALL THESE BIG COOL-LOOKING

ATHLETIC GUYS.

AND IN THE EYES OF MYSELF AND

JEFF, THESE GUYS WERE LIKE

LIVING BREATHING SUPERHEROES.

IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE A KID

AND YOU SEE THAT, YOU'RE LIKE,

"MAN, THAT'S COOL.

I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT

ONE DAY."

SO THAT WAS THE ATTRACTION, YOU

KNOW.

SO WE MEET THIS GUY, KENNETH

MORGAN.

HE SAID FOR THE LONGEST TIME

HE'D BEEN WANTING TO PROMOTE

WRESTLING.

WE KIND OF MADE A HANDSHAKE DEAL

WITH HIM WHERE WE WOULD WRESTLE

AT SOME FAIR SHOWS.

SO WE DID THE MOORE COUNTY

FAIR SHOW WITH THIS GUY AND HE

THOUGHT WERE REALLY GOOD.

SO THAT LASTED FOR ONE YEAR.

BY THE TIME NEXT YEAR ROLLED

AROUND, WE HAD ALREADY BOUGHT

THE RING FROM HIM AND THEN WE

MOVED ON TO DO OUR SHOWS IN THE

ARMORIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS AT

TIMES.

AND MATT WAS THE MASTERMIND OFF

ALL THAT.

YOU KNOW, HE ALWAYS HAD, YOU

KNOW, A REALLY GREAT MIND FOR

PROMOTIONAL VALUE AND RUNNING

SHOWS.

WE DID SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF,

MAN.

IT'S REALLY SOMETHING TO BE

PROUD OF.

OMEGA WAS LIKE--IT WAS A KILLER

PROMOTION THAT WE HAD GOING ON.

IT WAS LIKE HIGH SCHOOLS AND

ARMORIES, MAINLY THE COUNTY

FAIR, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD STILL

DO THAT.

AND OMEGA, IT WAS JUST GUYS

WITH TALENT FLOWING OUT OF THEIR

EYES AND THEIR HEART WERE JUST

PUMPING OUT OF THEIR CHEST.

OMEGA, WE DID A LOT OF COOL

STUFF.

THOSE GUYS WERE GOING THROUGH

TABLES AND JUMPING OFF ANYTHING

THEY COULD FIND.

THEY ALWAYS HAD THAT DAREDEVIL

HIGH-FLYING MENTALITY.

MATT AND JEFF HARDY AS YOUNG

MEN MADE AN EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT

IN WRESTLING AND THAT SERVED

THEM VERY WELL.

THE WAY WENT FROM COUNTY

FAIRS TO WWE IS MY BROTHER AND

ONE OF HIS FRIENDS, JASON

ARHNDT, HE WAS JOEY ABS FOR A

WHILE THERE IN THE MEAN STREET

POSSE.

THEY DROVE UP TO SOMEWHERE

AROUND CHARLOTTE TO WORK FOR THE

STALLION BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT

HE TOOK GUYS TO WWE AND SO IT

WAS KIND OF LIKE A TRYOUT FOR

THEM.

SO THEY WENT UP THERE AND WORKED

A MATCH AND STALLION JUST LOVED

THEM.

THEY STOLE THE SHOW AND SO

STALLION'S DEAL WAS LIKE, YOU

KNOW, "OH, BROTHER, YOU GUYS

WANNA GO DO TV SOMETIME?"

BUT HE NEEDED A FEW MORE, SO

MATT WAS LIKE, "OH, MY BROTHER

COULD GO, BUT HE'S ONLY 16."

"FINE.

IF HE'S GOOD AS YOU ARE, COME

ON, BRING HIM UP."

ME AT 16, I HAD TO LIE ABOUT MY

AGE.

HAD WE KNOWN THAT JEFF WAS AS

YOUNG AS HE WAS, I DON'T THINK

JEFF WOULD HAVE BEEN WRESTLING

AT THE TIME, BUT WE DEFINITELY

KNEW THAT THEY WERE BOTH YOUNG

BUT THEY HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF

HEART AND THEY WERE WILLING TO

STEP IN.

THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY FEARLESS.

AND SO WE WENT UP THERE AND

THAT WAS WHICH LED TO THE

EVENING THAT I WORKED RAZOR

RAMON ON RAW.

HE'S MUSIC THAT HE HAD HERE IN

THE RING.

IT WAS VERY DREAM-LIKE AND VERY

SURREAL IN THAT SITUATION.

[BELL RINGING]

I HAVE HAD MANY MATCHES UP TO

THAT POINT AND LIKE IT WAS A

WILD EXPERIENCE, MAN, GOING UP

THERE ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW

BECAUSE I WAS NERVOUS.

WELCOME TO THE BIG TIME,

CHICO.

WELCOME TO THE BIG TIME.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

I REMEMBER COMING BACK TO

HIGH SCHOOL THAT FOLLOWING WEEK

AND I WAS TELLING EVERYBODY.

I WAS A FRESHMEN AND I THINK

HE WAS A SENIOR.

I MEAN EVERYBODY LIKED JEFF

ESPECIALLY ONCE THE GUY--HE GETS

ON TV AT SUCH A, YOU KNOW, EARLY

AGE, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S ALREADY

A CELEBRITY PRETTY MUCH AND, YOU

KNOW, IN THE SCHOOL.

AFTER THAT MATCH HAD AIRED, I

ACTUALLY GOT KICKED OFF THE

WRESTLING TEAM AND THEY SAID I

COULDN'T WRESTLE ANYMORE.

THIS WAS THE SILLY--THE SILLIEST

THING EVER AND THE ATHLETIC

DIRECTOR AT THE TIME AT MY HIGH

SCHOOL SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU--WHAT

ARE YOU THINKING?

IF YOU'RE GONNA OUT THERE AND

YOU'RE GONNA BE ACCEPTING MONEY

FOR WRESTLING, THAT WOULD BE

LIKE YOU GOING INTO THE NFL AND

THEY'RE COMING BACK AND PLAYING

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL."

AND I'M LIKE, "NO, IT WOULDN'T.

THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THE SAME

PAGE."

I LIKE TO DESCRIBE OUR ROLE AT

THAT TIME AS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY

MUCH THE--QUITE HONESTLY THE

NOBODIES, YOU KNOW.

BECAUSE BACK THEN WHEN YOU WATCH

ALL THE SHOWS, IT WAS THE

SUPERSTAR VERSUS SUPERSTAR

MATCHES WOULD MAINLY TAKE PLACE

ON PAY-PER-VIEW I THINK AND THEN

LIKE THE REGULAR TELEVISION

SHOWS WOULD BE ALWAYS THE

SUPERSTARS VERSUS THE NOBODIES

WHICH WE WERE AT THE TIME.

YOU WOULD GET YOUR -- KICKED.

PRETTY MUCH YOUR JOB WAS TO MAKE

THE SUPERSTAR LOOK GOOD.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE

HARDYS FIRST CAME IN AND THEY

WERE GUYS THAT YOU WANTED TO BE

IN THE RING WITH BECAUSE THEY

WOULD JUST DO ANYTHING.

I MEAN THEY COULD, FOR A LACK OF

A BETTER TERM, TAKE A BEATING

LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS.

THEY COULD REALLY GET GUYS OVER.

ONE OF THE MOST EMBARRASSING

MOMENTS OF THAT TIME WAS WHEN WE

WERE THE JESTERS OPENING THE

DOORS BECAUSE IF YOU WATCH ANY

KING OF THE RING PAY-PER-VIEW,

THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG JACKED UP

DUDE.

NOW, I REMEMBER PUTTING ON THAT

JESTER OUTFIT AND IT WAS ALL

BAGGY ON ME AND I WAS LIKE, "OH,

MY GOD THIS IS CRAZY, MAN."

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE TIMES,

MAN.

ANOTHER TIME WAS WHEN WE

CARRIED...

TAKE A LOOK IF YOU WANT AT

KING MABEL RIDING IN STYLE.

WOW.

THAT WAS A FEAT.

TAKE A LOOK EXACTLY HOW ALL

THESE GENTLEMEN ARE STRUGGLING

BRINGING KING MABEL.

HE WAS SO HEAVY, MAN, AND I

THOUGHT MY LEGS WERE ABOUT TO

BREAK CARRYING HIM TO THE RING.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE

EXTRA THINGS THAT WE DID.

DURING THAT TIME, WE WERE PRETTY

MUCH MAKING THE SUPERSTARS LOOK

GOOD.

EVERYBODY LOVES ME.

THEY WERE JUST ABLE TO

ENHANCE GUYS LIKE NOBODY ELSE.

SO THEY--THOSE TWO WERE EASILY

THE TOP PICKS FOR I WANNA WORK

WITH THEM, BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT

THOSE GUYS WERE GONNA MAKE YOU

LOOK LIKE A MILLION BUCKS AND

LOOK--MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE YOU

WERE THE TOUGHEST GUY ON THE

PLANET.

AND I THINK PROBABLY FOR FOUR

YEARS OFF AND ON, YOU KNOW, WE

DID THAT AND AT THE SAME TIME,

YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS UNDER--IN

THE UNDERSTANDING OF, LIKE, IF I

DO MY JOB GOOD, YOU KNOW, HOW

CAN SOMEBODY NOT RECOGNIZE THAT

I'M GIVING IT MY ALL?

BOTH MATT AND JEFF HAVE SO

MUCH DRIVE, SO MUCH AMBITION,

JUST SO MUCH HEART AND DESIRE

THAT IT JUST OVERFLOWED AND THEY

WERE DEDICATED TO THEIR CRAFT.

THEY WANTED TO BE IN THIS

BUSINESS MORE THAN ANYTHING IN

THE ENTIRE WORLD AND THE FACT

THAT THEY DID EVERYTHING THAT

THEY POSSIBLY COULD DO TO BE

NOTICED, TO HAVE PEOPLE SAY,

"HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME?"

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NEITHER

MATT NOR JEFF AT THE TIME WERE

REALLY CAMPAIGNING FOR A

CONTRACT.

THEY JUST WANTED TO WRESTLE.

THEY JUST WANTED TO GET OUT AND

THEY JUST WANTED TO BE ON THE

CARD.

THEY JUST WANTED TO WRESTLE AND

DO WHATEVER IT TOOK.

AND I THINK THEY WERE EVEN

SHOCKED WHEN WE DID OFFER THEM A

CONTRACT AT FIRST.

WHEN THEY SIGNED MATT AND I,

WE WERE ECSTATIC, YOU KNOW.

WE WERE JUST LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE."

AND, LIKE, IT FINALLY HAPPENED

THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALSO

KNEW IT WOULD.

[MUSIC]

WELCOME TO JEFF HARDY'S

INDIVIDUAL WORLD.

THIS IS THE IMAGI-NATION.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF MY

PAINTINGS, A LOT OF MY

ALUMINUMMIES, A LOT OF MY

MOTOCROSS JUMPS THAT, YOU KNOW,

I CRASHED AND AIDED A LOT ON.

IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE RIGHT

NOW.

A LOT OF THE STUFF IS IN

HORRIBLE SHAPE ACTUALLY BECAUSE

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN ROUGH ON

IT.

AND IT ALMOST REMINDS ME OF

ARMAGEDDON, BUT STILL, IT'S JEFF

HARDY'S WORLD.

THIS IS THE IMAGI-NATION AND

WELCOME.

THE IMAGI-NATION,

THAT'S--THAT WOULD BE THE WORLD

WITHIN JEFF HARDY.

IT'S JEFF'S WORLD.

IT'S WHERE JEFF PRETTY MUCH GETS

AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD

AND GOES INTO WHERE HE FEELS

COMFORT--HIS COMFORT ZONE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW

ALUMINUMMIES THAT I HAVE

CONSTRUCTED OUT HERE AND

NATURALLY AS YOU CAN TELL, THE

WEATHER HAS PRETTY MUCH TOOK A

BEATING, YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF

THEM, BUT THIS WAS ONE WAS

ENTITLED PALIEN WAS HIS NAME.

ALIEN WITH A P IN FRONT OF IT

AND HE'S DOING MY HAND GESTURE

THERE AS YOU CAN TELL.

AND SOME LONG FINGERNAILS.

I KIND OF JUST STARTED MAKING

HIM JUST--IT WAS AN IDEA I HAD

IN MY MIND WITH ALL THESE JUGS

AND TAPE.

USUALLY THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND

OF SKELETON AND THEN I WOULD

DUCT TAPE JUGS TO THE SKELETON

AND THEN WHATEVER KIND OF FORM

YOU WANT HIM IN AND THEN THE

ULTIMATE COAT IS THE ALUMINUM

TAPE.

THAT WAS VERY--NOW, I AM FAN

OF ART.

SO THAT--HIS ALUMINUMMIES ARE

REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, VERY

INTERESTING.

HE'S GOT A GREAT BIG ONE BY HIS

MAILBOX THAT, YOU KNOW, IT

ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH EVERY TIME

I PULL UP AND SIT.

THE IDEA BEHIND THIS

ALUMUNMMY WAS LIKE THE HALF MAN,

HALF HORSE TYPE DEAL AND HIS

NAME WAS SWANTON, BUT I NEVER

GOT TO WHERE I FINISHED THIS,

NOT AT ALL.

BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST

ORIGINAL METERS YOU EVER SEE, I

GUARANTEE YOU, IN THE WORLD

BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY

STRANGE-LOOKING IT.

HE ACTUALLY PEES TOO WITH, LIKE,

WITH WATER.

HE'S ECCENTRIC.

HE'S AN ENIGMA.

JEFF'S AN ARTIST.

JEFF CAN DRAW LIKE NOBODY ELSE.

THIS PAINTING TURN OUT REALLY

NICE.

IT'S A SOMEWHAT COSMIC TO ME.

IT'S KINDA LIKE OUT OF THIS

WORLD TYPE OF, YOU KNOW,

SPACIOUS TYPE ACTIVITY GOING ON

WITH LIKE A FACE LIKE LOOKING

OUT INTO THE DARKNESS WITH A

LITTLE BIT OF SUNLIGHT IN HIS

MIND.

PRETTY MUCH LIGHTNESS TO

DARKNESS TYPE OF A THEME.

HE'S THE GUY THAT'S ALWAYS

THINKING LIKE JUST WAY OUTSIDE

OF THE BOX.

WHAT I GOT GOING ON HERE ON

MY ARM IS IT'S ROOTS.

IT'S--MY TATTOO ARTIST CALLS IT

ORGANIC.

SO I GUESS IT'S AN ORGANIC

PIECE.

IT'S LIKE ROOTS GOING UP MY ARM

AND UP MY NECK AND EVENTUALLY

THAT HARDY BOY SYMBOL BACK THERE

I WANNA--WHATEVER I DO TO FILL

THAT IN, I WANNA GET THE ROOTS

TO KIND OF WRAP AROUND IT.

AND THIS ONE RIGHT HERE MEANS

HEALTH AND THAT'S A TIGER.

I LOVE TIGERS.

THAT'S WATER UNDERNEATH THERE.

WHICH, YEAH, AND EVENTUALLY

MAYBE THE WATER WILL MIX IN WITH

THE ROOTS.

THERE'S NOT MUCH MEANING TO THIS

OTHER THAN I JUST LOVE THE FACT

OF COMMITTING TO, YOU KNOW, A

LIFETIME DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW,

INKING YOUR SKIN OR WHATEVER AND

LIKE I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH THE

IDEA OF TATTOOING, LIKE, I

BOUGHT MY OWN EQUIPMENT.

LIKE, IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF

YEARS AGO AND THIS RIGHT HERE, I

ACTUALLY DONE MYSELF.

DRAWING ON MYSELF WAS ONCE AGAIN

ANOTHER ONE OF MY IDEAS JUST TO

BE DIFFERENT, MAN.

NOBODY ELSE WAS DOING THAT

STUFF, OKAY?

AND I DID SOME REALLY COOL

PAINTINGS LIKE ON MY ARM WITH,

YOU KNOW, JUST ACRYLIC PAINT.

WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THAT?

YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO TATTOOS,

YOU CAN--IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT

EVERY WEEK.

THE REASON I GOT THE HB SYMBOL

ON MY NECK MAINLY IS BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, I DESIGNED THAT AND I

TOOK, YOU KNOW, PRIDE AND IT

BECAME SUCH POPULAR SYMBOL IN

THE WRESTLING WORLD.

MY ORIGINAL SIGN WAS A LITTLE

MORE ABSTRACT THAN THAT, BUT

THEN THEY TOOK IT AND LIKE

PRETTY MUCH SIMPLIFIED IT TO

THIS.

JEFF'S VERY ARTISTIC.

HE IS VERY GIFTED.

YOU KNOW, HE LIKES TO TAKE

CHANCES.

HE BUILT HIS OWN MOTOCROSS AND

DOES EXTREME MOTORCYCLE JUMPS.

THIS IS THE LEAPS OF FAITH IS

WHAT I CALL IT.

THE BIGGEST JUMP IN THE HILL

CONSTRUCTED BY ME, MADE OUT OF

WOOD.

IT'S A MASSIVE JUMP OVER THERE

AT LEAST IT WOULD BE SICK, YOU

KNOW, ON THE DIRT BIKES, MAN,

BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE JUMP AT

THIS WAY AND YOU LAND ALL THE

WAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE

HILL.

SO IT'S A PRETTY CREEPY JUMP,

BUT IT WAS REAL FUN.

THESE ARE SOME BIG JUMPS.

LIKE THIS LITTLE NICE BUBBLE

HERE, YOU KNOW.

YOU COULD ALWAYS--YOU JUMP FROM

HERE TO HERE.

YOU CAN GET SOME AIR OUT HERE,

MAN.

THERE'S A HUNDRED FOOT--ALMOST A

HUNDRED FOOT TRIP OF IT THERE

AND IT'S KIND OF ON A CURVE.

I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH

MOTOCROSS AND LIKE JUST THE

DAREDEVIL MENTALITY OF LIKE EVEL

KNIEVEL AND ALL THESE JUST--IT'S

SOMETHING ABOUT THE ADRENALINE

RUSH OF KNOWING YOUR DOING

SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD END

YOUR LIFE WITH.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE

BEING EXCITED ABOUT LIKE JUST

TAKING THAT RISK OF NOT KNOWING

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE OTHER

SIDE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MAKE IT

OR IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT.

BUT ONCE YOU DO MAKE IT, MAN,

METAPHORICALLY, LIKE, SAY, MAN,

IT'S AMAZING, MAN.

WHEN YOU--WHEN YOU MAKE

SOMETHING THAT YOU ALMOST

THOUGHT WASN'T POSSIBLE, YEAH,

IT'S MIND-BLOWING.

IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING,

YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF YOUR BODY,

BUT WITHIN MOTOCROSS YOU'RE IN

CONTROL OF A MACHINE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT REALLY

EXCITING, YOU KNOW, IS TRYING TO

TAME 250 CC, YOU KNOW, MOTOR.

THAT'S JUST SUCH POWER AND SO

HARD TO TAME AT TIMES ESPECIALLY

WHEN YOU GET SO COMFORTABLE WITH

IT AND YOU REALLY TRY TO

MANEUVER IT AROUND.

BUT LIKE IN PRO WRESTLING, YOU

KNOW, YOUR BODY IS YOUR MACHINE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS SMART.

IT LIKE THOUGH.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK I'VE

EXCELLED, YOU KNOW, MORE IN

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AS

OPPOSED TO MOTOCROSS, YOU KNOW,

IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE MY BODY

HAS BEEN MY MACHINE AND IT HAS,

YOU KNOW, PROVIDED ME WITH A LOT

OF SUCCESS.

THE RISK-TAKER, THE

DAREDEVIL, THE EXTREMIST JEFF

HARDY.

HE'S ALWAYS THINKING OF MORE

WAYS TO PUT HIS BODY IN JEOPARDY

TO HIS CAREER IN HARMS WAY WITH

THE SOLE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF

ENTERTAINING THE AUDIENCE.

THE FANS PROVIDE A HUGE LOAD

OF ADRENALINE FOR ME, YOU KNOW,

WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME

THAT GOOD ENERGY AND THAT GOOD

SENSE OF FOUNDATION FOR SOMEONE

THAT BELIEVES IN ME.

ADRENALINE TO ME, IT'S YOUR DRUG

OF CHOICE AND GETTING HIGH OFF

LIFE.

TAKES THOSE RISKS AND TAKE THOSE

CHANCES.

YOU USE YOUR ADRENALINE FOR A

POSITIVE INFLUENCE.

JEFF HARDY HAS THIS--THERE'S

SOMETHING INSIDE OF HIM THAT

JEFF ALWAYS HAS TO TOP HIMSELF.

JEFF HAS TO DO SOMETHING MORE

SPECTACULAR, MORE DANGEROUS,

MORE INNOVATIVE THAN WHAT HE DID

LAST TIME.

JEFF HARDY, DON'T DO IT,

JEFF.

DON'T DO IT.

OH, MY GOD.

MY GOD, A SWANTON BOMB FROM THE

BALCONY.

HE HAS DONE SOME OF THE MOST

SPECTACULAR AND SUICIDAL

MANEUVERS THAT ONE COULD EVER

IMAGINE AND HAS LIVED TO TALK

ABOUT IT.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS GOING OUT

THERE AND DOING THE ONE THING

THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA REMEMBER

MORE THAN ANYTHING AND IT'S TO

DO SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GONNA

PEOPLE'S MIND AND ACTUALLY PUT

MY OWN BODY ON THE LINE.

YEAH.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME HE DID LIKE

A WHISPER IN THE WIND UP THE TOP

OF THE CAGE.

AND THAT'S JUST AN INSANE AMOUNT

DAMAGE TO YOUR BODY, YOU KNOW,

BUT JEFF'S, YOU KNOW, JEFF'S

IDEOLOGY IS, "I'M GONNA GO OUT

THERE AND I'M GONNA WOW THESE

PEOPLE."

THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE AND

LOT OF GUTS, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN

DEGREE OF RECKLESS ABANDON AND

IT WAS--YEAH, I THINK JEFF'S GOT

MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE DO.

UH-OH.

HE'S GONNA TRY SOMETHING OF THAT

EVEL KNIEVEL SCHOOL OF WRESTLING

STUFF.

THERE'S NO RISK I DON'T THINK

IS TOO GREAT FOR HIM.

IN FACT, HE WELCOMES THEM.

OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T DO

IT, JEFF.

DON'T TAKE THIS CHANCE.

HIS DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED

AND WILL TO LIKE DO SOMETHING

THAT WILL--PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER

HIM FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST

DROWNS OUT HIS FEAR, YOU KNOW.

I'M SURE THAT FEAR IS THERE.

HE JUST BEATS IT DOWN, YOU KNOW,

OVER COMES IT.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'S JEFF HARDY GONNA DO HERE?

HE'S GONNA SACRIFICE HIMSELF.

HE'S NUTS IF HE EVEN TRIES THIS.

WHAT IS JEFF HARDY THINKING?

THAT MUST BE A 20-FOOT LADDER.

ULTIMATELY, WHEN IT COMES TO,

YOU KNOW, WRESTLING, YOU KNOW,

EXTREME SPORTS, I DO CONSIDER

MYSELF PRETTY FEARLESS BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN

YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE MANY--YOU

HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE

IN YOU, THAT'S THE POWER, MAN.

AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU

KNOW, WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN

YOURSELF, I MEAN THAT'S THE

ULTIMATE POWER.

JEFF HARDY IS ABSOLUTELY

FEARLESS.

JEFF'S NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING

AND JEFF HAS, I MEAN, GUTS THAT

ARE UNBELIEVABLE.

I DON'T THINK JEFF THINKS A LOT

OF TIMES ABOUT THE THINGS HE'S

GOING TO DO AND JEFF JUST DOES

IT.

I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE

TO BE 30 YEARS OLD NOW AND LIKE

NOT TO HAVE HAD ANY SURGERIES OR

ANY BROKEN BONES.

THE ONLY TIME I BROKE A BONE WAS

ACTUALLY IN MOTOCROSS.

I BROKE MY COLLARBONE.

WHICH HAPPEN, YOU KNOW,

EXTREMELY FORTUNATE, MAN, AND IT

JUST PUSHES MORE TO LIKE--I

GUESS IT MIGHT SOUND WEIRD, BUT

I'M JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING

TO BREAK ON ME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

AND LIKE I GUESS THAT JUST

CREATES SOME EXTREME PUSH WITHIN

ME THAT I CONTINUE TO RAISE THE

BAR AND THINK OF THE, YOU KNOW,

THE SICKEST AND MOST IMPRESSIVE

THING I CAN DO.

ALWAYS THE DAREDEVIL AND A

RISK-TAKER AND HEY, IF I'M GOING

DOWN, I'M GOING DOWN ON A BLAZE

OF GLORY.

[MUSIC]

THE THING ABOUT JEFF AS

OPPOSED TO HIS BROTHER MATT,

MATT IS STAKE HEAVY.

JEFF IS THE SIZZLE.

WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER, IT MADE

A WONDERFUL COMBINATION.

I THINK THE HARDY BOYS

BROUGHT THAT HIGH ENERGY TO

WRESTLING.

YOU KNOW, THAT ATTITUDE ERA THAT

STARTED WHEN YOU HAD STONE COLD,

THE ROCK AND YOU HAD

D-GENERATION X.

IT ALSO HAD THE HARDYS, EDGE AND

CHRISTIAN, AND THE DUDLEYS.

PROBABLY THE GOLDEN AGE OF TAG

TEAM WAS DURING THAT TIME.

THE HARDYS HAVE DONE IT.

THE HARDYS ARE THE TAG TEAM

CHAMPIONS.

THEY WERE THE NEW ERA OF THE

HIGH FLYERS HERE IN WWE.

THEY BROUGHT PRETTY MUCH

WRESTLING TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

ARGUABLY THE GREATEST TAG

TEAM OF ALL TIME.

THE TWO OF THEM WERE JUST

FEARLESS.

THEY WOULD DO JUST ABOUT

ANYTHING.

THEY WERE EXTREMELY GIFTED,

EXTREMELY TALENTED.

THEY WERE CHARISMATIC AND

EXCITING.

THEY'RE BOTH DAREDEVILS WHEN

IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, WRESTLING

STYLE.

THEY BOTH TAKE CHANCES, BOTH

WILLING TO DO, YOU KNOW,

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO HAVE AN

ENTERTAINING MATCH, TO PUT ON

THE KIND OF PERFORMANCE THAT

PEOPLE WILL HOPEFULLY STILL TALK

ABOUT YEARS LATER.

[CROWD CHEERING]

[MUSIC]

YOU KNOW, WE HAD DONE SO

MUCH.

PEOPLE HAD HIGH HOPES OF US AS

SINGLES, INDIVIDUALS, AND HAD

CONFIDENCE, THE BELIEF IN US.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A GOOD

IDEA TO, LIKE, SEE WHAT WE COULD

DO AS INDIVIDUALS, AS SEPARATE

WRESTLERS.

WELL, DOES JEFF HARDY KNOW

WHAT HE'S GETTING INTO TONIGHT?

THE TAG TEAM SPECIALIST GOING

INTO THE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE

MATCH AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST IN

THE BUSINESS, TRIPLE H.

WHEN I WON THE IC TITLE FROM

TRIPLE H, MAN, IT WAS ONCE AGAIN

ANOTHER--I NEVER EXPECTED THAT

SO SOON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT

WAS A HUGE THING TO ME.

IT'S MATT HARDY.

WHAT THE HELL IS MATT DOING

HERE?

MATT WITH A STEEL CHAIR.

AND TRIPLE H, SWANTON BOMB.

JEFF HARDY HOOKS THE LEG.

WAIT A MINUTE.

NEW CHAMPION.

JEFF HARDY HAS UPSET TRIPLE H.

ONE OF THE HARDY BOYZ TO GO

OUT THERE AND UPSET, YOU KNOW,

TRIPLE H, YOU KNOW, WAS JUST

MIND-BLOWING.

I ONLY HAD IT FOR A WEEK THAT

TIME.

NEVERTHELESS, I COULD'VE JUST

HAD IT FOR A TONIGHT AND IT

WOULD STILL BEEN JUST AS GOOD.

IT'S THE UPSET OF THE DECADE.

IT WAS JUST REALLY COOL, MAN.

YOU KNOW, WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE

HOW NEAT THAT IS.

IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR

SINGLES TITLE, YOU KNOW, EITHER

ONE OF US WON AT THAT--AT THAT

POINT.

THAT TURNED EVEN MORE HITS.

IT REALLY PUT JEFF ON THE MAP AS

SOMEONE WITH UNLIMITED ABILITY

TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST

INDIVIDUAL STARS IN THE WWE IN

MANY, MANY GENERATIONS.

[MUSIC]

HE'S AN EXCITING GUY.

HE'S LIKE A ROCK AND ROLL STAR.

I KNOW MUSICALLY, HE'S

WRITTEN SONGS.

HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN MUSIC AND

EXPRESSING HIMSELF MUSICALLY.

THE MUSIC, I STILL KIND OF

HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF THAT I

CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

I THINK I WAS IN THE BATHROOM

LOOKING AT A PEROXIDE BOTTLE.

OXYGEN IS ACTUALLY KIND OF COOL

WORD BECAUSE WE ALL NEED THAT.

I WAS JUST LIKE, WELL, AND FOR

SOME REASON I JUST LOOKED AT THE

YS AND, MAN, INSTEAD OF THE

LETTER Y, I DON'T KNOW WHY I

THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE JUST THE

WORD WHY INSTEAD OF THE LETTER

Y.

AND THEN FOR SOME REASON, IT

SOUNDED KIND OF COOL AND JUST

PEROXWHY?GEN AND THEN ACTUALLY

BILLY CORGAN FROM SMASHING

PUMPKINS, I TOLD HIM THE NAME OF

IT BECAUSE I'VE HUNG OUT WITH

HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HE

SAID IT SOUNDED PRETTY COOL.

SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS

PROBABLY PRETTY SWIFT IF I JUST

HUNG ON TO IT AND THAT'S THE

NAME OF THE BAND.

[MUSIC]

YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY UNIQUE

SOUND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S

SOMETHING THAT HE LOVES TO DO.

HE LOVES TO MAKE HIS OWN MUSIC.

I MET MY GUITAR PLAYER JUNIOR

AND HWA ACTUALLY ON CINCINNATI

THROUGH SHANNON MOORE.

WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT

OF INSTRUMENTALS, MAN, THAT HE

HAD NO LYRICS TO AND HE GAVE ME

A DEMO TO HIM, LIKE, HE WAS

REALLY IMPRESSED, BUT I'M LIKE,

I WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT

REALLY HEAVY STEP, BUT HE HAD

LIKE THESE SIX, SEVEN

INSTRUMENTAL ACOUSTIC TRACKS OR

WHATEVER.

AND HE'S JUST SAID, "YEAH, I'M

WRITING THE LYRICS TO IT, MAN

AND YOU JUST--IF YOU WANT TO

TAKE THEM HOME AND LISTEN TO

THEM, SEE IF YOU CAN WRITE

SOMETHING TO THEM."

MAN, AND I TOOK THEM HOME AND I

WAS ALL OVER THAT.

YOU KNOW, I WROTE, YOU KNOW,

LIKE SIX SONGS, RECORDED THEM ON

MY LITTLE DIGITAL DEAL AND LIKE

SEND THEM BACK.

HE SAID, "WOW, THIS IS REALLY

COOL, MAN."

THIS RIGHT HERE IS MY FORMER

STUDIO.

IT WAS OLD SINGLE WHITE TRAILER

THAT I GOT FROM MY DAD AND I,

YOU KNOW, FIXED IT UP.

I HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, PRETTY

NICE EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

WELL NOTHING PROFESSIONAL, BUT

IT WAS ENOUGH TO KIND OF, YOU

KNOW, JUST RECORD EVERY NOW AND

THEN.

OH, I WOULD SPEND HOURS, MAN, IN

THERE LIKE WHEN I WOULD WRITE A

SONG OR WHATEVER AND I WOULD

REALLY WANT TO PERFECT IT OR

WHATEVER.

THERE WAS TIMES WHEN I WOULD

SING SONGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN

AND JUST WORKING ON MY VOICE

TOO.

AND THIS WAS--IT WAS A REALLY A

COOL PLACE TO KIND OF GET AWAY,

YOU KNOW, AND JUST BE BY

YOURSELF.

[MUSIC]

JEFF JUST FOUND A NEW LOVE

TOO AT THAT POINT IN HIS MUSIC

AND HE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT

RUN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO MY

BUDDY FROM CINCINNATI AND MY

GUITAR PLAYER CAME DOWN AND

SPENT A FEW DAYS WITH US HERE IN

A LITTLE LOCAL KARAOKE BAR,

WHICH WAS REALLY COOL FOR ME.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SUNG IN

FRONT OF A CROWD.

WE DID LIKE FIVE ACOUSTIC SETS

IN FRONT OF 75 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,

AND I GOT GOOD LITTLE RESPONSES.

IT'S ALWAYS--WE'RE IN RICH ON

THE MUSIC BECAUSE PEOPLE--THEY

HAVEN'T HEARD IT BEFORE IN THE

RADIO.

YOU SEE, I'M A FAN OF ALL MUSIC,

MAN.

I LIKE--THERE'S COUNTRY I LIKE,

SOME RAP I LIKE.

MUSIC IS MUSIC TO ME AND THAT'S

PRETTY MUCH THE WAY I LOOK AT

THAT.

AS THE MORE I SING AND THE MORE

I, YOU KNOW, LEARN AND TRY TO

LEARN WHAT I CAN AND KIND OF GO

AS FOR AS VOCALLY, WHICH I THINK

I'VE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER.

[MUSIC]

I HAD A LOT OF CREATIVITY

GOING ON WITH THE--I WROTE A LOT

OF SONGS OUT HERE JUST FEELING

INSPIRED AND WHATNOT, BUT YEAH,

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, MAN.

YEAH.

NOW IT'S NOT LONGER HERE.

WE NEVER GOT IT PROFESSIONALLY

RECORDED FIRST OF ALL, WHICH

WOULD'VE BEEN THE IDEA, BUT

THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

I MEAN, THERE'S--I THINK,

THERE'S POTENTIAL.

WE JUST GOT TO PURSUE IT

SOMEHOW.

I STILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA

HAPPEN AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE,

YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST BELIEVE IN

MYSELF THAT IT MAY BE WILL

SOMEHOW LIKE KIND OF THE SAME

WAY WRESTLING KIND OF ALL

HAPPENED.

MAYBE BY THE TIME I'M 40, I CAN

BE A ROCK STAR.

[MUSIC]

TALENTED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT

THINGS.

HE COULD PROBABLY BEEN A

SUPERSTAR AT ANYTHING THAT, YOU

KNOW, HE REALLY GOT SET ON.

FORTUNATELY FOR THE WRESTLING

BUSINESS, HE WAS SET ON

WRESTLING.

[MUSIC]

JEFF'S LADDER MATCH AGAINST

THE UNDERTAKER IS DEFINITELY ONE

OF JUST JEFF'S GREATEST MATCHES.

JEFF HARDY IS READY.

HE'S READY FOR THE MATCH OF HIS

LIFE, A CAREER DEFINING MATCH.

AND THE EXTREME JEFF HARDY, HE'S

A RISK-TAKER, HE'S A DAREDEVIL.

THE DEAL THERE WITH THE

UNDERTAKER WAS REALLY GOOD.

AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, I

REMEMBER--I DIDN'T KNOW IF I

FELT WORTHY OF IT OR WHAT.

IT'S LIKE THE GREAT--YOU KNOW,

THE UNDERDOG VERSUS, YOU KNOW,

THE BIG DOG.

IT WAS--IT WAS A GREAT MATCH.

IT MAY BE TONIGHT.

FOR JEFF TO COMPETE WITH THE

UNDERTAKER IN A LADDER MATCH

WITH THE STAKES BEING SO HIGH,

WITH CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE LINE,

UNDISPUTED TITLE AT STAKE AND,

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT

OPPORTUNITY.

CLIMB THE LADDER, KID, MAKE

YOURSELF FAMOUS.

GOING INTO THAT MATCH WITH

LIKE SOME PEOPLE BEING BEHIND ME

AND ACTUALLY FEELING THAT SENSE

OF LIKE BEING SO CLOSE TO

BECOMING THE CHAMPION AT SUCH A

YOUNG AGE.

HE'S INCHES AWAY FROM

IMMORTALITY.

JEFF DIDN'T WIN THE MATCH,

BUT HE WON THE HEARTS OF FANS

AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THE UNDERTAKER WITH A

CHOKESLAM UP THE TOP OF THE

LADDER HAS WON ONE HELL OF A

FIGHT.

I THINK JEFF EARNED THE

RESPECT OF THE MOST RESPECTED

MAN IN THE LOCKER ROOM, THE

UNDERTAKER, BY HOW JEFF

PERFORMED THAT NIGHT.

ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS

ABOUT THAT MATCH IS THE ENDING

WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO GET

ON THE MIKE AND SAY, "HEY, YOU

HAVEN'T BROKE ME YET.

I'M STILL STANDING."

I'M STILL STANDING.

AND FOR HIM TO COME DOWN AND ME

GAINING HIS RESPECT.

AND LOOK AT THIS, THE

UNDERTAKER RAISING JEFF HARDY'S

HAND.

ULTIMATELY, IT WAS--IT WAS

THE BIG PAY-OFF OF THAT WHOLE

DEAL AND I STILL, YOU KNOW, I'M

COMPLEMENTED ON THAT QUITE A

BIT.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT MATCH.

I BELIEVE IN THAT ONE NIGHT

JEFF HARDY WAS MADE BY BEING

ABLE TO STAND TOE-TO-TOE WITH

THE UNDERTAKER.

JEFF HARDY SHOULD'VE EARNED

ALL OUR RESPECT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY--A

HIGHLIGHTED TIME IN MY CAREER

AND, YEAH, THAT'S--IT'S ONE OF

THE BEST MATCHES I'VE EVER HAD.

THERE'S A LOT PRESSURE, MAN.

LIKE, WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY

PEOPLE WITH HIGH HOPES FOR YOU

AND WHATEVER AND YOU GOT TO--YOU

FEEL LIKE YOU GOT TO LIVE UP TO

THESE EXPECTATIONS.

AND AT THE TIME, I HAD SO MANY

OTHER INTERESTS.

WHEN YOU DIVIDE YOUR FOCUS,

YOU KNOW, SOMETIME YOU JUST

LOSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR ENERGY,

YOUR EXCITEMENT.

JEFF WAS AN ARTIST.

JEFF COULD'VE BEEN AN ARTIST AT

LIKE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS

AND THAT ALMOST BY DEFINITION

KEPT HIS FOCUS LIMITED.

AT THE TIME, I WAS ALSO

REBELLIOUS ABOUT DOING WHAT I

WANTED TO DO AND PRETTY MUCH

BURNED MYSELF OUT BECAUSE YOU

ONLY HAVE LIKE TWO DAYS AT HOME

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THE

STUFF THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND

YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR IT.

I WASN'T SURPRISED, YOU KNOW,

I SAW IT, YOU KNOW, JEFF

LOSING--HIS INTEREST DYING DOWN.

SO THEN EVENTUALLY IT JUST

CAME DOWN TO THE--TO THE ME

BEING LAID A LOT AND STUFF.

[MUSIC]

ISSUES THAT CAN OCCUR ON THE

ROAD AND HABITS THAT PEOPLE WILL

ACQUIRE AREN'T EXCLUSIVE TO THE

WWE.

THEY'RE LIFE ISSUES.

HE WAS IN A POINT WHERE HE

WAS KIND OF STARTING TO FADE

INTO A DARKER ZONE OF HIS LIFE

AND HE WAS BURNT OUT WITH

WRESTLING A LITTLE BIT, YOU

KNOW.

HE HAD SOME ISSUES GOING ON

PERSONALLY THAT HE NEEDED TO

ADDRESS.

AND I'M NOT GONNA LIE.

YOU KNOW, I GOT INVOLVED, YOU

KNOW--IT'S NOT LIKE I'M THE ONLY

ONE THAT'S GOT INVOLVED IN, YOU

KNOW, THE DEMONIC ATMOSPHERE OF

DRUGS AND WHATNOT BECAUSE IT'S

OUT THERE.

JEFF WAS IN DENIAL LIKE A LOT

OF HUMAN BEINGS ARE.

AND I ENDED UP FAILING THE

DRUG TEST BECAUSE I WAS LAID A

LOT AND EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY

OFFERED ME REHAB, BUT THAT WAS

MY WAY OUT.

HE MADE THE CHOICE TO NOT

ACCEPT OUR OFFER TO HELP HIM.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS EXIT OUT,

THEN I DENIED IT AND I SAID,

"NO, YOU KNOW, I CAN TAKE MY

RELEASE OVER THAT."

[MUSIC]

WE HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE

BUT FOR HIM TO LEAVE THE

COMPANY.

I THINK THERE WAS JUST SO

MANY DIFFERENT RUMORS JUST

FLYING AROUND ABOUT HIM.

I THINK HE JUST, YOU KNOW, HE

JUST NEEDED THAT TIME TO BREATHE

AND JUST GONNA TAKE SOME TIME

OFF AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DO MY

THING AND JUST BE AT HOME AND

JUST, YOU KNOW, LIVE AT HOME AND

JUST BE ME FOR A WHILE.

AND THIS BUSINESS IS HARD.

I MEAN, JUST BEING AWAY FROM

HOME ALL THE TIME.

A LOT OF TIMES THE MENTAL ASPECT

OF IT IS A LOT MORE HARDER THAN

THE PHYSICAL.

JEFF WAS--WHENEVER HE LEFT

WRESTLING, HE WAS DEFINITELY

BURNT OUT.

AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS SAD

TOO, BECAUSE I REMEMBER I WAS

LIKE, "MAN, WHY?

OH, MY GOD, I JUST MESSED UP,

MAN.

I MESSED UP BAD."

BUT LIKE, I DON'T REGRET

ANYTHING, MAN.

IT ALL WORKED OUT JUST FINE.

I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW--IT'S

WEIRD--IT'S SO WEIRD TO BE IN

SUCH A GOOD SPOT, BUT THEN LIKE

BE SO EXCITED TO JUST HAVE

FREEDOM AND BE FREE.

AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO

IS, "OH, MAN.

HE WAS--HE WAS OUT BANNED AND,

YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE--HE WAS ALL

SCREWED UP ON DRUGS OR

WHATEVER."

AND, YOU KNOW, I LAUGH AT THAT

BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT MY LIFE IS

LIKE.

I KNOW WHAT I WENT THROUGH IN

THAT TIME.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE COOLEST

THINGS THAT MY DAD EVER

RESPONDED TO, THIS GUY ASKED

HIM, "HOW'D YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT

WHEN ALL THAT WENT DOWN AND HE

WAS RELEASED BY WWE BECAUSE HE

REFUSED REHAB?"

HE SAID, "I WAS GLAD TO HAVE HIM

BACK."

MAN, THAT WAS--THAT'S WARM AS

HELL, MAN, SO.

HE KIND OF WENT TO A

SECLUSION FOR A LITTLE BIT THERE

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SEE HIM

WHEN I CAME AND SAW MATT AND

STUFF LIKE THAT BUT, YOU KNOW,

HE SEEMED LIKE HE WANTED THE

SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF

RESPECTED THAT AND JUST KIND OF

LET HIM DO HIS OWN THING.

[MUSIC]

AFTER, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST

YEAR PASSED, YOU KNOW, I PRETTY

RELEASED MY SOUL TO, YOU KNOW,

TO INDULGE IN ALL THESE

ACTIVITIES I WANTED TO, YOU

KNOW, THROUGHOUT THAT TIME.

I GOT TO COMPLETE MY MOTOCROSS

TRACK.

I GOT TO PAINT WHENEVER I WANTED

TO.

I GOT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME

WITH MY DAD, HELPED MY DAD OUT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A--IT WAS A

GOOD YEAR THAT I REALLY DIDN'T

EVEN, YOU KNOW, I HAD NO DESIRE

TO WRESTLE AT ALL.

I DECIDED I WANTED TO KIND OF

WRESTLE AGAIN AND SO I GAVE THE

OTHER COMPANY A CHANCE BECAUSE

THE SCHEDULE I KNOW IN THERE IS

BRUTAL.

IT WAS WWN.

SO, I DID THAT FOR A COUPLE OF

YEARS.

I WENT THROUGH THAT STAGE, BUT

EVENTUALLY GETTING TIRED OF

WRESTLING WERE I WAS WRESTLING

AND NOT BEING IN--AT

WRESTLEMANIAS AND SEEING MATT AT

WRESTLEMANIAS.

EVENTUALLY THAT CAUGHT UP WITH

ME AND LIKE MADE ME REALLY WANNA

COME BACK.

I HAD A BIG FEAR, MAN.

LIKE, BEFORE I DID COME BACK, I

WAS REALLY SCARED OF THE

SCHEDULE.

I WAS SCARED I WAS GONNA GET

BURNT OUT AGAIN AND JUST NOT--I

DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA MAKE

IT, HONESTLY, MAN.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I KNOW I

WAS CLEAN.

I PRETTY MUCH WANTED TO PROVE

THEM WRONG, PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT

I WOULD NEVER COME BACK.

MY TNA DEAL WAS ACTUALLY RUNNING

OUT AND THEY HAD WANTED ME TO

RESIGN, BUT ACTUALLY I WENT TO A

SHOW, I THINK, SMACKDOWN WAS IN

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA AND MATT WAS

GONNA BE THERE, SO I JUST DROVE

UP THERE AND I FIGURED I GOT TO

BE SEEING AND JUST SEE HOW

EVERYBODY WAS, JUST GET A VIBE

FOR LIKE IF THERE WAS A--THAT

OPEN DOOR IF IT STILL EXISTED.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

YEAH, I'M INTERESTED.

LET'S GET TOGETHER AND TALK AND

HE--WE GET TOGETHER AND TALK AND

WE SET UP SOME GUIDELINES AND WE

SET UP, YOU KNOW, HERE'S OUR

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

CAN YOU ADHERE TO THESE?

I ACTUALLY TALKED TO VINCE

THAT DAY AND JOHNNY ACE.

THEY WERE LIKE, "OH, IT'S GOOD

TO SEE YOU.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?"

BUT NATURALLY, THEIR NUMBER ONE

IS LIKE, "ARE YOU CLEAN?"

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THEIR NUMBER

ONE AND I WAS CLEAN, SO I WAS

LIKE, "YEAH, I'M CLEAN."

THERE WERE CHECKS AND

BALANCES PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE

SURE IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME, THE

RIGHT MOVE, THE RIGHT DECISION.

THEY HAVE INSTILLED THAT--I

MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT REHAB

OR WHATEVER AND I DIDN'T

HESITATE SAYING, "NO, IF YOU

DON'T--NO, I'LL JUST GO BACK.

I'LL SIGN WITH TNA OR IF YOU

DON'T BELIEVE--" BUT THEY ENDED

UP GIVING ME THE CHANCE.

THEY BELIEVED IN ME.

THEY SENT A GUY OUT AND TESTED

ME AND I GOT THE CONTRACT AND

THE WORKS, YOU KNOW, AND BOOM,

AND IT HAPPENED LIKE THAT.

FROM THE POINT THEY STARTED

AIRING THOSE VIGNETTE

ABOUT--THAT JEFF HARDY'S COMING

BACK TO RAW, LIKE, I MEAN, I

WAS--I WAS PRETTY EXCITED BUT AT

THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, PRETTY

NERVE-WRACKED AS WELL BECAUSE

LIKE I KNEW I HAD A LOT--A LOT

TO LIVE UP TO.

AND MATT HELPED ME A LOT

PREPARING FOR MY RETURN BECAUSE

WE HAD A RING UP HERE IN THE

WOODS.

THAT HELPED ME PREPARE MYSELF

BECAUSE I REMEMBER I FELT GREAT

WITH THE HELP OF THE FANS JUST,

YOU KNOW, BEING THERE FOR ME AND

BELIEVING IN ME AS WELL.

[MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERING]

LOOK, KING, LOOK.

OH, MY.

IT'S JEFF HARDY.

AND HE'S READY TO STEP IN.

I FELT GREAT TO, YOU KNOW,

RETURN TO RAW AND HAVE OPENING

ARMS FROM THE FANS.

JEFF ALWAYS HAS HAD A

UNIQUE--IT'S ALMOST

INDESCRIBABLE CONNECTION WITH

THE AUDIENCE.

JEFF IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

I THINK HIS ATHLETIC PROWESS IS

JUST AMAZING.

I THINK HE'S--HE'S A FLY FLYER.

SO IT'S JUST AWESOME TO WATCH

HIM IN THE RING.

JEFF HARDY IS ONE OF THE FEW

INDIVIDUALS THAT HAS KIDS, WOMEN

AND MEN ALL IN HIS CORNER.

I JUST THINK HE PUMPS THE

CROWD UP WHENEVER HE WALKS OUT.

I LOVE HIS ENTRANCE.

JEFF HAS A CRAZY CHARISMA

ABOUT HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, IF HE

WALKS INTO A ROOM, YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE WOULD JUST STARE AT HIM

AND THAT'S THAT IT FACTOR THAT

NOT EVERYBODY HAS.

WHAT I TAKE PRIDE IN MORE

THAN ANYTHING IS JUST LIKE BEING

HUMAN WITH THE FANS AND LIKE

JUST BEING NO DIFFERENT THAN

THEY ARE.

I WOULD GO OUT OF MY WAY TO BE

KIND AND I THINK THAT REALLY

GOES A LONG WAY IN YOUR CAREER

TO WHERE THEY GO HOME AND TALK

TO THEIR FRIENDS AND SAY, "OH,

MAN, JEFF HARDY WAS SO DOWN TO

EARTH."

HE'S MY FAVORITE WRESTLER ON

RAW AND I KIND OF WISH I COULD

DYE MY HAIR RAINBOW LIKE HIM.

I THINK THE FANS UNDERSTAND

JEFF IS VERY SPECIAL.

HE HAS A UNIQUE PERSONALITY, A

GREAT LOOK, HE'S FRESH,

PASSIONATE.

HE IS THE SHOW.

I MEAN, YOU SEE JEFF AND LIKE BY

FAR, I THINK HE IS ONE OF THE,

YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANT GUYS ON

OUR SHOW.

I MEAN, THE PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY

LOVE HIM.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A ONE

BUTTON YOU PUSH AND SAY, "THIS

IS WHAT MAKES HIM SPECIAL."

AND IT IS THAT INVISIBLE,

ODORLESS, TASTELESS, INTANGIBLE

THAT HAS UNITED HIM WITH THE

FANS.

[MUSIC]

I KNEW I HAD A LOT--A LOT TO

LIVE UP TO COMING BACK AND

TRYING TO BE THE JEFF HARDY THEY

LAST SEEN, YOU KNOW, ON RAW.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING

HERE JEFF HARDY?

DIDN'T YOU DIE LIKE THREE YEARS

AGO?

DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE GONNA MAKE

YOUR COMEBACK AT MY EXPENSE?

IT WAS WEIRD HAVING A MATCH

AGAINST EDGE, MAN, BECAUSE THAT

WAS THE FIRST TIME I, YOU KNOW,

SEEN HIM SINCE ALL THAT, YOU

KNOW, STUFF THAT WENT OUT.

SO NATURALLY, IT WAS KIND OF

AWKWARD.

I CAME OUT.

EDGE WAS IN THE RING, YOU KNOW,

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW,

AND I PUNCHED THE HELL OUT OF

HIM AND, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THE

FANS NOT LIKE THAT?

IT WAS A STRONG WAY TO COME BACK

TO RAW, TO COME IN THERE--HE WAS

THE WWE CHAMP AT THE TIME AND

HERE I AM COMING OUT THERE, YOU

KNOW, JUST NOT GIVING, YOU KNOW,

RAT'S -- AND JUST KNOCKING THE

HELL OUT OF HIM, MAN.

AND THAT REALLY WAS GOOD FOR ME,

JUST THE PEOPLE SAY, "YEAH, I

AIN'T LOST--SKIP THE BEAT, MAN.

HE'S STILL JUST AS CRAZY AS HE'S

ALWAYS BEEN."

[MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERING]

JEFF HARDY SAID HE WAS GONNA

STEAL WRESTLEMANIA.

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

OH, MY GOD ALMIGHTY.

GOOD LORD.

OH MY GOD.

JEFF, SINCE HE'S BEEN BACK, I

THINK HE'S AT THE TOP OF HIS

GAME.

I'VE NEVER SEEN JEFF IN BETTER

SHAPE THAT HE IS NOW.

JEFF HARDY GETTING DOWN TO

BUSINESS.

HE FEELS IT, JR.

HARDY SHOWING GREAT HEART,

GREAT COMPETITIVE SPIRIT.

HE HAS CONTINUED TO EXCEL.

IF ANYONE PAYS ATTENTION TO

MONDAY NIGHT RAW, YOU'RE GONNA

SEE THE TRUE METAMORPHOSIS OF

JEFF HARDY.

JEFF HARDY SAID TONIGHT WAS

THE NIGHT THAT HE NEEDED TO

PROVE THAT HE BELONG TO THAT

UPPER ECHELON.

LOOK OUT.

OH, MY GOD.

GOOD LORD, GOOD LORD.

[MUSIC]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

[CROWD CHEERING]

RIGHT NOW, JEFF'S BETTER THAN

HE'S EVER BEEN.

THE BEST JEFF HARDY THAT YOU'VE

EVER SEEN IN THE RING.

[MUSIC]

YOU HAVE IT OR YOU DON'T HAVE

IT.

JEFF HARDY HAS IT.

IT'S A GIFT.

IF IT'S IN HIS MIND TO DO IT,

IT'S GONNA TO GET DONE.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK HIM

OUT OF IT.

IF YOU KNEW JEFF THAT WOULD BE

POINTLESS TO TRY TO TALK HIM OUT

OF IT ANYWAY BECAUSE JEFF'S GOT

A LOT OF COURAGE AND A LOT OF

GUTS IN WHICH--YEAH, I THINK

JEFF'S GOT MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE

DO.

HE'S SPECIAL, MAN.

JEFF HARDY NOT ONLY IS HE

SPECIAL AS A HUMAN BEING, HE'S A

PERFORMER SOMETIMES.

I DON'T THINK I REALIZE HOW GOOD

HE IS.

WITH JEFF BEING ALREADY A

NUMEROUS TIME INTERCONTINENTAL

CHAMPION, I KNOW JEFF HAS ALL

THE TOOLS TO BECOME EITHER THE

WWE CHAMPION OR THE WORLD

CHAMPION AND I ABSOLUTELY

BELIEVE IN MY HEART A HUNDRED

PERCENT THAT HE WILL.

WELL, I THINK AS FAR AS, YOU

KNOW, TAG TEAMS THEY'RE ONE OF

THE BEST IN WWE HISTORY.

IN MY MIND, ONE OF THE BEST IN

THE HISTORY OF PRO WRESTLING IN

GENERAL.

THEY REALLY REVOLUTIONIZED TAG

TEAM WRESTLING.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY GUYS

I'VE SEEN ON THE INDIES, EVEN TO

THIS DAY THEY DRESS LIKE THEM,

THEY TRY TO DO THE SAME MOVES

AND I THINK THEY TAKE THAT AS A

REAL COMPLIMENT THAT PEOPLE--SO

MANY PEOPLE DO TRY TO BE LIKE

THEM.

THE NEXT GOAL FOR JEFF IS TO--IS

TO BE A WORLD CHAMPION.

I THINK THE ULTIMATE DREAM FOR

THOSE GUYS IF FOR ONE TO BE THE,

YOU KNOW, WORLD CHAMPION, IF ONE

TO BE THE WWE CHAMPION AND THEN

FACE EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW.

I COULD EASILY THAT HAPPENING.

YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I

LIKE TO SEE HIM DOING THAT

SINGLE STUFF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE

IT'S THE NEXT EVOLUTION IN THEIR

CAREER, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP DOING

THINGS THEY HAVEN'T DONE AND

THAT'S--AND RIGHT NOW, THAT'S

WHERE THEIR LIVES IS IN THE--IN

THE SINGLES DIVISION.

JEFF HARDY'S EXPLOITS WILL

LIVE FOREVER IN THE MINDS AND

THE CONVERSATIONS OF WRESTLING

FANS AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE

HE HAS DONE SOME OF THE MOST

SPECTACULAR SUICIDAL MANEUVERS

THAT ONE COULD EVER IMAGINE AND

HAS LIVED TO TALK ABOUT THEM.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WONDER HOW I

DO WHAT I DO.

MY ANSWER TO THAT IS ALWAYS,

"YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE."

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A LIKING

OR SOME KIND OF ATTRACTION TO

IT, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT GO FOR IT?

THAT'S MY MENTALITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE FUTURE

HOLDS A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

WE'LL SEE.

I'M JUST PLAYING IT BY EAR DAY

BY DAY.

I THINK IT'S BRIGHT, MAN.

I THINK IT'S BRIGHT.