Post#6 » by skbucks1985 » Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:52 pm
I don't know if Hardy is necessarily overrated. He's had 2 legitimately great feuds. One of them was the TLC matches with E&C and The Dudleys. Both of there matches in 2000 and 2001 were a lot of people's picks for match of the year. I don't know if him and Punk necessarily had any truly great matches, although I suppose that depends on how liberal one's use of the word great is, but there feud was legitimately great.
Having said that, outside of these moments Hardy's had few truly memorable matches and memorable feuds. I think when people make a list of greatest wrestlers ever whether they're putting an emphasis on drawing (Hogan, Cena) or working (Bret Hart, Angle) Hardy's probably pretty far down both lists although he'd probably do somewhat respectably if the person puts a heavy emphasis on drawing.
This is going to seem like a weird analogy but stay with me, Jeff Hardy is a little like Joe Namath. Namath is known partially because of the gurantee but also because he was all about living the New York lifestyle, wearing fur coats and dating movie stars. When you make a list of all time great QB's, maybe its just me, but I get to a lot of people before Joe Namath's name comes up.
