Rating The Champ: Jeff Hardy

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE & World Heavyweight Champion, Jeff Hardy.

1999

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Brood (King of the Ring) **1/2

• Handicap: W/ Matt Hardy & Michael Hayes vs. APA – WWF Tag Team Championship (Fully Loaded) **

• Tag Team Turmoil Match (SummerSlam) **

• Ladder: W/ Matt Hardy vs. Edge & Christian (No Mercy) ****

• W/ Matt Hardy, Edge & Christian vs. The Holly’s & Too Cool (Survivor Series) ***

2000

• Tables: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Dudley Boyz (Royal Rumble) ***1/4

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. Edge & Christian (No Way Out) ***

• Triangle Ladder: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 2000) ****

• Hardcore: Vs. Crash vs. Matt vs. Hardcore vs. Tazz vs. Saturn – WWF Hardcore Championship (Backlash) **

• Elimination: W/ Matt Hardy vs. Too Cool vs. Edge & Christian vs. T&A – WWF Tag Team Championship (King of the Ring) **1/2

• W/ Team Xtreme vs. Test, Albert & Trish Stratus (Fully Loaded) **3/4

• TLC: W/ Matt Hardy vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) *****

• Steel Cage: W/ Matt Hardy vs. Edge & Christian – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. “Los Conquistadores” – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) *

• W/ Matt Hardy & The Dudleyz vs. E&C & RTC (Survivor Series) ***

• Elimination: W/ Team Xtreme vs. The Radicalz (Armageddon) **1/2

2001

• TLC: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania X-Seven) *****

• Tag Team Turmoil (Judgment Day) ***1/2

• Vs. X-Pac – WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (King of the Ring) **1/2

• Hardcore: Vs. Rob Van Dam – WWF Hardcore Championship (InVasion) ****

• Ladder: Vs. Rob Van Dam – WWF Hardcore Championship (SummerSlam) ***3/4

• W/ Matt vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Show & Spike vs. Storm & Hurricane – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. Lance Storm & The Hurricane – WCW Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) ***1/4

• Steel Cage: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Dudley Boyz – WCW & WWF Tag Team Championships (Survivor Series) ***

• Vs. Matt Hardy (Vengeance) *1/4

2002

• Tag Team Turmoil (No Way Out) *1/4

• Elimination: W/ Matt vs. Billy & Chuck vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. APA – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania X8) **

• Vs. Brock Lesnar (Backlash) *

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman (Judgment Day) **

• Vs. William Regal – WWE European Championship (Vengeance) 3/4*

• Tables: W/ The Dudley Boyz vs. 3 Minute Warning & Rico (Survivor Series) **3/4

2003

• Vs. Chris Jericho (No Way Out) ***1/4

2006

• Vs. Johnny Nitro – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Unforgiven) **3/4

• Vs. Carlito – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Cyber Sunday) **1/2

• W/ Team DX vs. Team Rated-RKO (Survivor Series) ***1/4

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. MNM (December to Dismember) ***1/4

• Ladder: W/ Matt vs. London & Kendrick vs. MNM vs. Regal & Taylor – WWE Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) ****

2007

• Steel Cage: Vs. Johnny Nitro – WWE Intercontinental Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***1/2

• W/ Chris Benoit & Matt Hardy vs. MVP & MNM (No Way Out) ***1/4

• MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch – World Tag Team Championship (Backlash) ***

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch – World Tag Team Championship (Judgment Day) ***1/4

• Ladder: W/ Matt Hardy vs. World’s Greatest Tag Team – World Tag Team Championship (One Night Stand) ****

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch – World Tag Team Championship (Vengeance: Night of Champions) **1/2

• Vs. Umaga – WWE Intercontinental Championship (The Great American Bash) ***1/2

• W/ London & Kendrick vs. Kennedy, Cade & Murdoch (No Mercy) ***

• Vs. Mr. Kennedy (Cyber Sunday) **1/4

• W/ Team Triple H vs. Team Umaga (Survivor Series) ***

• Vs. Triple H (Armageddon) ***1/2

2008

• Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/4

• RAW’s Elimination Chamber Match (No Way Out) ***1/2

• Vs. MVP (Judgment Day) **

• Falls Count Anywhere: Vs. Umaga (One Night Stand) **1/2

• Vs. MVP (SummerSlam) ***

• Championship Scramble – WWE Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4

• Vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (No Mercy) ****

• Vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (Cyber Sunday) ***1/2

• Vs. Edge vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (Armageddon) ****

2009

• No DQ: Vs. Edge – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2

• Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (No Way Out) ****1/4

• Extreme Rules: Vs. Matt Hardy (WrestleMania XXV) ***

• I Quit: Vs. Matt Hardy (Backlash) ***1/4

• Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) ***1/2

• Ladder: Vs. Edge – World Heavyweight Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/2

• Vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (The Bash) **1/2

• Vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/2

• TLC: Vs. CM Punk – World Heavyweight Championship (SummerSlam) ****1/2

2017

• Ladder: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Club vs. The Bar vs. Enzo & Cass – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 33) ****

• W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Payback) ***1/4

• Steel Cage: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Extreme Rules) ***

• Iron Man: W/ Matt Hardy vs. The Bar – WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (Great Balls of Fire) ***1/2

2018

• Vs. Jinder Mahal – WWE United States Championship (Greatest Royal Rumble) 1/2*

• Vs. Randy Orton – WWE United States Championship (Backlash) **

• Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – WWE United States Championship (Extreme Rules) N/R (not rated)

• Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – WWE United States Championship (SummerSlam) **

• HIAC: Vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell) ***1/4

• Vs. The Miz (Crown Jewel) **

• W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Survivor Series) ***1/2

2019

• Elimination Chamber Match – WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber) ****1/2

TOP FIVE

5. Edge, Triple H (Armageddon 2008)

4. Edge (Extreme Rules 2009)

3. CM Punk (SummerSlam 2009)

2. E&C, The Dudley Boyz (WrestleMania X-Seven)

1. E&C, The Dudley Boyz (SummerSlam 2000)

Avrage rating per year

• 1999 – 2.7

• 2000 – 2.93

• 2001 – 3.28

• 2002 – 1.63

• 2003 – 3.25

• 2006 – 3.15

• 2007 – 3.25

• 2008 – 3.22

• 2009 – 3.61

• 2017 – 3.44

• 2018 – 2.21

• 2019 – 4.5

Overall average rating

3.10/5

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former World Heavyweight Champion, The Great Khali.