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Although just a few weeks ago it would sound as a rumour..... but now.... The rumors seems to get closer to reality...... Both the Hardy Boys.... especially Jeff.... r in bad books with the WWF. The WWF speculates that Jeff is showing a Poor attitude towards his work and that he has become somewhat Lazy. The WWF have already reduced their time on tv, possibly as a punishment.
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From the January 4th Ross Report
"The Hardys and Lita will be on this weekend's tour in Canada and could return to TV next week, as well. All three received some much needed rest during the holiday break and are anxious to return to the ring. Lots of inaccurate reports on the status of this talented trio are floating around but let me assure everyone that they are all very important players within the Federation and are in excellent standing with the company despite what has been reported elsewhere."
Final word or cover up? You tell me.
"The Hardys and Lita will be on this weekend's tour in Canada and could return to TV next week, as well. All three received some much needed rest during the holiday break and are anxious to return to the ring. Lots of inaccurate reports on the status of this talented trio are floating around but let me assure everyone that they are all very important players within the Federation and are in excellent standing with the company despite what has been reported elsewhere."
Final word or cover up? You tell me.
To follow up on yesterdays reports, here are the details to what is going on between Team Xtreme and Vince, straight from today's issue of Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer newsleter (the best wrestling newsletter out there, in my opinion - make sure you check it out.)
"Hardys & Lita have been taken off TV, which was the reason for their total burial by Undertaker on the various shows this past week. There have been problems with Jeff of late, which came to a head when he missed San Jose on 12/8 (which explains Matt having to work total babyface against Test right after his his heel turn). He's also been late for a few shows, his performance hasn't been at nearly the level it used to be (that was bound to happen given all the crazy bumps from high heights he's taken over the years--those do shorten careers and it's unavoidable). Then the Matt vs. Jeff match at the PPV was a flop in the eyes of most, and after the Raw handicap match, Vince decided to kill the feud and Vince sat down with all three to explain the situation. Vince explained he was taking them off TV to give them a chance to breathe." (Amy says Vince told them he was giving them a break, but she knows it's a punishment).
"The plan is for them to be working house shows but not doing TV for a while, with no timetable set for their return. There is also the feeling as we've talked about several times, that there is a certain shelf life to acts. The Hardys act has been on the downside for the brothers ever since HHH ruined Jeff's upward mobility in how he treated him in that feud early in the year, and Lita, who still gets big pops, lost her edge big-time after the manipulation from Chyna. This is precisely the reason why pro wrestling historically has had territories, and why the lack of territories has in the long-run hurt everyone. Nobody has any idea what to do with them, because they got stale as a tag team, it was time for them to go to another territory (and they are hardly the only ones that fit that label) and there is nowhere for them to go. They did a great job building the turn, but the bottom line was, fans didn't want to see them fight each other. I don't know about the idea of spending so much time building Matt's turn, and then pulling the plug on it in two days. It probably wasn't going to succeed, and it isn't like some people there didn't know that going in so the decision to do it can be questioned. But if you are going to spend so much time doing it, at least let them go a few weeks and build to a climactic reconciliation (we've seen so many great ones in the past that do invigorate tired acts) as opposed to just plug pulling."
So the WWF will bring them back onto television in a approx six weeks, according to Amy, and hopefully they'll be given us a fresh new storyline to kick things off again.
Credit to Wrestling Observer newsletter.
"Hardys & Lita have been taken off TV, which was the reason for their total burial by Undertaker on the various shows this past week. There have been problems with Jeff of late, which came to a head when he missed San Jose on 12/8 (which explains Matt having to work total babyface against Test right after his his heel turn). He's also been late for a few shows, his performance hasn't been at nearly the level it used to be (that was bound to happen given all the crazy bumps from high heights he's taken over the years--those do shorten careers and it's unavoidable). Then the Matt vs. Jeff match at the PPV was a flop in the eyes of most, and after the Raw handicap match, Vince decided to kill the feud and Vince sat down with all three to explain the situation. Vince explained he was taking them off TV to give them a chance to breathe." (Amy says Vince told them he was giving them a break, but she knows it's a punishment).
"The plan is for them to be working house shows but not doing TV for a while, with no timetable set for their return. There is also the feeling as we've talked about several times, that there is a certain shelf life to acts. The Hardys act has been on the downside for the brothers ever since HHH ruined Jeff's upward mobility in how he treated him in that feud early in the year, and Lita, who still gets big pops, lost her edge big-time after the manipulation from Chyna. This is precisely the reason why pro wrestling historically has had territories, and why the lack of territories has in the long-run hurt everyone. Nobody has any idea what to do with them, because they got stale as a tag team, it was time for them to go to another territory (and they are hardly the only ones that fit that label) and there is nowhere for them to go. They did a great job building the turn, but the bottom line was, fans didn't want to see them fight each other. I don't know about the idea of spending so much time building Matt's turn, and then pulling the plug on it in two days. It probably wasn't going to succeed, and it isn't like some people there didn't know that going in so the decision to do it can be questioned. But if you are going to spend so much time doing it, at least let them go a few weeks and build to a climactic reconciliation (we've seen so many great ones in the past that do invigorate tired acts) as opposed to just plug pulling."
So the WWF will bring them back onto television in a approx six weeks, according to Amy, and hopefully they'll be given us a fresh new storyline to kick things off again.
Credit to Wrestling Observer newsletter.
I got this from a unofficial WWF site
No, the Hardy Boyz haven't been released, but there has been some speculation that they are in the bad books with WWF management. Apparently the WWF is particularly unhappy with Jeff's poor attitude to work lately and they feel he has become somewhat lazy and lethargic in the ring. Both Matt and Jeff have had their television time reduced considerably this week, possibly as a punishment.
No, the Hardy Boyz haven't been released, but there has been some speculation that they are in the bad books with WWF management. Apparently the WWF is particularly unhappy with Jeff's poor attitude to work lately and they feel he has become somewhat lazy and lethargic in the ring. Both Matt and Jeff have had their television time reduced considerably this week, possibly as a punishment.
I blame the match at Vengence with Lita guest refereeing Matt and Jeff as they could do whatever they wanted
oh yeah and it's your '30-12-01' update. Thanx.
Ant, i know this has nothing to do with this topic, but i have a question that i know u will know the answer to. to find out just what this question is, go to your WWF FORUM WRESTLING UPDATE topic. i've written it there for you to read. it's the second 'Tazz' post down.
Thanx.
I'm Tazz.
Thanx.
I'm Tazz.
Taken from WrestleZone:
"Lita's official website, AmyDumas.net has reported that Amy (Lita) and the Hardy Boyz are not going to be present on WWF television for around six weeks. The full reasoning for this surprising development is not known as of yet, however, to cut a long story short, Lita and the Hardy Boyz have been punished for apparently standing up for themselves. We will have more on this story as it is released."
This all started when Vince asked the Hardys for a high-flying match at Vengeance, and they made a ground match with very few high, risk-taking spots.
"Lita's official website, AmyDumas.net has reported that Amy (Lita) and the Hardy Boyz are not going to be present on WWF television for around six weeks. The full reasoning for this surprising development is not known as of yet, however, to cut a long story short, Lita and the Hardy Boyz have been punished for apparently standing up for themselves. We will have more on this story as it is released."
This all started when Vince asked the Hardys for a high-flying match at Vengeance, and they made a ground match with very few high, risk-taking spots.
I wrote:
> I think the WWF should just giv their almost daily releases a break, because it's just
> getting damn annoying. Gangrel has been fired, Granmaster Sexey has been fired,
> Essa Rios has been fired (I thought that guy could have gone really far) and now
> there's a chance ov the Hardy's bein' fired! PLEASE, give me a break! Ya
> releasin' all the good ones Vince!
I'm Tazz.
(i hope I don't get fired!)
(Sorry for the mistakes on the last one!)
> I think the WWF should just giv their almost daily releases a break, because it's just
> getting damn annoying. Gangrel has been fired, Granmaster Sexey has been fired,
> Essa Rios has been fired (I thought that guy could have gone really far) and now
> there's a chance ov the Hardy's bein' fired! PLEASE, give me a break! Ya
> releasin' all the good ones Vince!
I'm Tazz.
(i hope I don't get fired!)
(Sorry for the mistakes on the last one!)
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