THe long rumored departure of Jeff Hardy from World Wrestling Entertainment finally took place this week as he exited following a loss in a "loser leaves WWE" steel cage match against CM Punk for the World title.
This week's "Friday Night Smackdown" main event matchup ended soon after Punk took down Jeff Hardy with a superplex from the top of the cage. Hardy would recover long enough to fight Punk at the top of the cage but just as in SummerSlam's TLC match, Punk got the better of the final exchange and shoved Hardy down to fall to the mat one final time.
The remarkable thing about Jeff Hardy is how his WWE story was so unlike many others. There were better promo men, there were even a few better wrestlers but somehow Hardy managed to connect with fans organically to the point that WWE was left with no alternative but to let him be a true superstar. What Hardy did every night was just give everything he was, everything he had until there was simply nothing left.
The only thing more remarkable about Jeff Hardy is that he chose to take all that success and popularity and set it aside. Virtually nobody in his position would have made the decision he did to simply leave and not pursue pro wrestling further without the promise of a better opportunity.
There's no guarantee that Hardy will succeed with music or reality TV anywhere near to the point that he has in WWE. For better or worse though, the man doesn't think the same way like the rest of us in this world of ours. One can only give the man best wishes as he pursues his own passions as far as they will take him, then hope that he will one day return to this sphere of professional wrestling we love so much.
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