Rating The Champ: Jeff Hardy

May 8, 2020
5 min read

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