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Jeff Hardy has been suspended by AEW in the aftermath of his DUI arrest.
AEW president and CEO Tony Khan issued a statement on Tuesday announcing that Hardy is suspended without pay and can only return to the company after completing treatment and maintaining his sobriety. Khan wrote that Hardy has indicated he’s open to receiving treatment.
“We were able to resume contact with Jeff Hardy this afternoon. AEW does not condone Jeff’s alleged behavior. We’ve made it clear to Jeff that we’ll assist him in getting treatment for substance abuse issues, which he has indicated that he’s open to receiving. In the interim, he is suspended without pay, and he can only return to AEW upon successfully completing treatment and maintaining his sobriety,” Khan’s statement said.
“If you or a loved one needs help, please reach out to SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357).”
Hardy was arrested in Volusia County, Florida on Monday and is facing charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, and violating an interlock restriction.
This is Hardy’s third DUI arrest since 2018.
The Hardys had been scheduled to face Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus and The Young Bucks in a triple threat ladder match for the AEW Tag Team titles on Dynamite this Wednesday.
“It was disheartening to hear the news about my brother yesterday,” Matt Hardy tweeted on Tuesday morning. “Recovery isn’t a linear process & I’ll continue doing whatever I can to help my brother be healthy. Being healthy & well is the most important thing for Jeff, his wife, his children & our family at this time.”
Footage of Jeff Hardy’s recent arrest has been released.
TMZ was the first to publish the video, which shows three police officers draw their weapons on the AEW wrestler.
An officer can be seen approaching the passenger’s side door of the vehicle and then quickly pointing his firearm towards Hardy in the driver’s seat. A second officer then approaches with his gun drawn as well. A third officer also approaches before Jeff exits the car.
“We got several 911 calls on you,” an officer can be heard saying. “Do you know why we might have gotten some calls?”
“You were all over the road, what’s going on with that?” The officer asked before saying he can’t hear Hardy’s response.
The officer would later say that they got three or four 911 calls reporting Hardy’s driving. Hardy also mentioned that he has a doctor’s appointment upcoming to have a brain scan. Later in the video, he admits to having drank shots of Fireball before getting behind the wheel.
At the end of the video, one of the officers informs Hardy he is under arrest and notes the time is 9:54 a.m. Arrest records from Volusia County show he was booked in at 12:45 later that day.
Following Jeff Hardy’s DUI arrest, Matt Hardy has vowed to continue doing everything he can to help his brother get healthy.
“It was disheartening to hear the news about my brother yesterday,” Matt tweeted on Tuesday. “Recovery isn’t a linear process & I’ll continue doing whatever I can to help my brother be healthy. Being healthy & well is the most important thing for Jeff, his wife, his children & our family at this time.”
Jeff was arrested in Volusia County, Florida early Monday morning on three charges related to driving under the influence. Police state that two breathalyzer tests yielded blood alcohol content readings of .294 and .291, both of which are nearly four times the legal limit.
Jeff is facing charges of DUI, driving with a suspended license, and violating an interlock restriction. The DUI offense is a third-degree felony.
This is Jeff’s third DUI arrest since 2018.
On Monday night, Jeff was bailed out of jail on a $3,500 bond. He was initially scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, but that appearance is now listed as canceled.
The Hardys had been set to face Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus and The Young Bucks in a triple threat ladder match for the AEW Tag Team titles on Dynamite this Wednesday. That match is no longer being advertised by AEW.
Dave Meltzer reports that AEW has told Warner Bros. Discovery to “stop all promotion of Jeff Hardy in any commercials or anywhere else immediately.”
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10:20: WWE not renewing Paige’s contract
12:38: Keiji Mutoh announces retirement for next spring
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54:48: NXT and AEW Dynamite lineups (contains NXT spoilers)
The ladder match originally scheduled for this Wednesday’s Dynamite is no longer being advertised following Jeff Hardy’s DUI arrest.
AEW advertised the card for Wednesday’s Dynamite on social media today and did not include The Hardys vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus vs. The Young Bucks ladder match. In today’s Daily Update, Dave Meltzer noted that AEW has asked Warner Bros. Discovery to remove all advertising featuring Hardy going forward.
“While AEW has not said anything publicly [Warner Bros. Discovery] was told to stop all promotion of Jeff Hardy in any commercials or anywhere else immediately,” he wrote. “They have stopped promoting the three-way ladder match for Wednesday and not sure if they will have a tag team title match with just the two teams or not.”
Hardy was arrested in Volusia County, Florida on Monday morning and was charged with one count of driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol, driving with a canceled/suspended/revoked/ license, and violating restrictions placed on a driver’s license. The police report stated that Hardy seemed “to be in a stupor and confused” and “smelled of alcohol”. Additionally, according to the report, Hardy “could not complete any portion of sobriety exercises successfully or without risk of falling.”
Hardy’s first breath test sample read 0.294, and a second read 0.291, far above Florida’s legal driving limit of .08. Hardy posted bond and was released around 7 pm local time. He is scheduled to appear in front of a judge on June 14 at 1:30 pm.
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Jeff Hardy has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence.
Arrest records in Volusia County, Florida show that Hardy was booked at 12:45 p.m on Monday, June 13. He has been charged with one count each of driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol (third offense in 10 years), driving with a canceled/suspended/revoked license, and violating restrictions placed on a driver’s license.
Hardy is scheduled to appear in front of a judge on Tuesday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m.
ESPN’s Marc Raimondi added further details obtained from the Florida Highway Patrol arrest report.
“A white car was seen ‘swerving’ and ‘running off’ the roadway Monday around 12:30 a.m. When the officer made a traffic stop and engaged Hardy, the wrestler seemed ‘to be in a stupor and confused,’ per the report,” Raimondi tweeted.
“Once he left his car, Hardy was unsteady and smelled of alcohol, per the report. Officers, through conversation, learned Hardy had been drinking. Hardy could not complete any portion of sobriety exercises successfully ‘or without risk of falling,’ the officer wrote in the report.”
“Officers administered a breath test and Hardy’s first sample read 0.294 of blood-alcohol content. A second sample read 0.291. The legal limit to drive in Florida is .08.”
Hardy was also arrested and charged with driving under the influence on October 3, 2019 in Moore County, North Carolina. He was arrested for public intoxication in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on July 13, 2019 as well. Hardy served 10 days in jail in 2011 after pleading guilty to charges of possession of a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to traffic.
Hardy is currently scheduled for a triple threat ladder match on Dynamite this week along with his brother against Jurassic Express and the Young Bucks.
During the latest episode of his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy explained why his brother Jeff was pulled from this week’s episode of Dynamite.
It was originally announced that The Hardys, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus & Christian Cage would face Adam Cole, The Young Bucks, Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish in a 10-man tag team match on Wednesday’s Double or Nothing fallout edition of Dynamite. But Jeff Hardy and Cole were both pulled from the match and replaced by Darby Allin and Hikuleo respectively.
Matt Hardy said on his podcast that Jeff was “almost knocked out” very early on in The Hardys’ match against The Young Bucks at Double or Nothing on Sunday. That resulted in Jeff being pulled from Dynamite.
“Yeah, I was happy with the match [Hardys vs. Young Bucks], especially considering very early on in the match Jeff was almost knocked out,” Matt said. “So he got hurt pretty bad. That’s why he’s being pulled from the match in Los Angeles, obviously. So he was kind of running on fumes going through the match. So he still held up his end of the bargain pretty good in the big scheme of things.”
Matt said that — after the point where Jeff was almost knocked out — Jeff has no recollection of The Hardys’ match at Double or Nothing.
“We have a couple of ideas, but we’re not sure [where Jeff got hurt]. He has no recollection. Like he doesn’t remember the match at all after that happened. So thank god The Young Bucks are The Young Bucks and I’m me,” Matt said. “He was literally just a vessel being given directions throughout this match to kind of do what he was supposed to do. So considering he really got knocked loopy terribly at some point earlier in the match, he still did pretty good to go through and do everything he did. It’s so funny that he’s just still such a great athlete and so good at what he does. If you look at the Swanton he does on the stairs, he still does it like perfectly. And he didn’t realize he was supposed to do it until he was told he was supposed to do it.”
The Hardys defeated The Young Bucks in their match at Double or Nothing. It was the first time the two teams have faced off in AEW.
The Young Bucks, O’Reilly, Fish & Hikuleo were victorious in the 10-man tag match on Dynamite. Cole was on commentary for the bout.
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Topics include: Both the Men’s and Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournaments, a confrontation between CM Punk and Hangman Adam Page, Danhausen’s AEW in-ring debut, MJF’s hometown promo, Jeff Hardy vs Darby Allin in a wild match and more!
Jeff Hardy and Adam Cole have advanced to the semifinals of the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament.
On tonight’s Dynamite, Cole defeated Dax Harwood of FTR in the opening match, submitting Harwood with a sharpshooter. Later, in the main event, Hardy defeated Darby Allin. The finish had Allin connect with a coffin drop, but as Allin went for the cover Hardy reversed it and crucifixed Allin to score the win.
Hardy and Cole will now meet next week on Dynamite in the semifinals. The show ended with the Undisputed Elite (Cole, reDRagon, and The Young Bucks) coming to the ring for a staredown with the Hardys, Sting, and Darby Allin.
The winner of next week’s semifinal match will advance to the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation tournament, which takes place on May 29 at Double or Nothing.
The second semifinal match will be determined on next week’s Dynamite. Samoa Joe will face the joker mystery entrant, while Kyle O’Reilly will face Rey Fenix.
Jeff Hardy and Rey Fenix have qualified for the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament that begins next week.
Hardy defeated Bobby Fish with a swanton to advance in the opening of tonight’s Dynamite. Later in the show, Fenix advanced, pinning Dante Martin with a falcon arrow driver.
Already qualified for the men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament include Samoa Joe, Kyle O’Reilly, Adam Cole, Dax Harwood, and Darby Allin. Brackets revealed during the show has Cole facing Harwood, Fenix vs. O’Reilly, Hardy vs. Allin, and Joe vs. a mystery “joker” opponent. Cole vs. Harwood and Hardy vs. Allin will take place on next week’s Dynamite.
On the women’s side, Toni Storm, Jamie Hayter, Hikaru Shida, Red Velvet, Ruby Soho, and Britt Baker have qualified. The final qualifying match, Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho, will take place on Rampage this Friday.
Both tournament finals will take place at Double or Nothing on May 29 in Las Vegas.
Matt & Jeff Hardy will be in action on Monday’s edition of AEW Dark: Elevation.
AEW has announced that the Hardys will team with Top Flight to take on the AFO’s Private Party, The Blade, and Angelico on the show. Other notable matches include Andrade El Idolo facing Alan “5” Angels and Roppongi Vice taking on Nick Comoroto and Aaron Solo.
Matches for this week’s episode were taped on Wednesday, April 13 from the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.
Matt Hardy recently responded to a follower on Twitter who was critical of the Hardys appearing on Dark Elevation.
“TK treats veterans/legend with the utmost respect & uses us the same. It’s refreshing. Tony asked us if we were ok being on & we were both happy to. We want to work with young stars like Top Flight. It’s a treat to work at AEW,” Hardy wrote.
Cuz you follow me, @ChangaYT, I’ll give you insight. TK treats veterans/legend with the utmost respect & uses us the same. It’s refreshing. Tony asked us if we were ok being on & we were both happy to. We want to work with young stars like Top Flight. It’s a treat to work at AEW. https://t.co/1tZNW8cNvN
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) April 18, 2022
The full lineup for Monday’s edition of AEW Dark: Elevation is as follows:
Matt & Jeff Hardy are scheduled to take part in Triplemania Tijuana.
AAA announced at a press conference on Tuesday that the Hardy Boyz will face Dragon Lee & Dralistico on the show. The event will air live on FITE TV from Caliente Stadium in Tijuana, Mexico on June 18.
A multi-woman steel cage match was announced for the event as well. The final two participants left will compete in a singles match with their masks on the line. Chik Tormenta, Sexy Star II, Lady Shani, La Hiedra and Lady Flammer have been announced for the match thus far.
The semi-finals of the Ruleta de la Muerte tournament will also take place on the show. The first round of the tournament will take place on April 30 at Triplemania Monterrey.
Ruleta de la Muerte tournament first round matches are as follows:
