High flying fall

Jeffrey Nero Hardy, known as Jeff Hardy, is wrestling with a drug addiction. This professional wrestler has been through a lot of pain, both physical and emotional, throughout his life. His mom died when he was nine, and he hopelessly arrived to his house being burnt down with his dog trapped inside. These events made Hardy’s childhood a traumatic experience and might have been the cause for his problem with drug addiction.

Hardy gained multiple minor titles in the World Wrestling Entertainment and elevated himself to a point where fans were demanding he receive the WWE Championship. He finally got his chance to possibly contest the champion back in 2008, but blew it by testing positive for drugs.

His 60-day suspension from the positive test for drugs dropped his rank in the business, but Hardy still received a title match at the 2008 WWE pay-per-view Armageddon after working his way to the top again. His high flying fighting style caused him many defeats before and few people thought he would prevail; however, he proved them wrong when he landed a Swanton Bomb, his finishing maneuver, off the turnbuckle to win the championship.

His title reign was a fast one and Hardy’s career track became more rivalry based after losing it. Hardy had to recover from injuries, so the WWE decided to make his last match a rivalry match for his contract. The rivalry against Phillip Jack Brooks, known as CM Punk, was based around Hardy being a drug addict. Ironically, Hardy was arrested for drug trafficking just days after his contract expired.

Despite not having served time for drug trafficking charges, Hardy signed a contract with TNA. TNA fans were ecstatic when they saw the high flying extremist make his return. Unlike the WWE, TNA felt Hardy didn’t need to start from the bottom due to his popularity.

During TNA’s 2011 Victory Road pay-per-view, Hardy arrived in no state to wrestle and thus was forced to lose the main event in 90 seconds. Hardy’s embarrassing defeat was followed by his agreeing to serve his jail time. After his sentence of ten days in jail was finished, TNA urged Hardy to enter rehab as well. Hardy refused. If Hardy doesn’t take control of his addiction now, it is quite possible that he will see the same fate as his very first opponent, Scott Hall.