TMZ.COM posted the six-minute footage from Jeff Hardy’s arrest yesterday afternoon, with three police officers surrounding the car and each of them drawing their guns.
Florida Highway Patrol officers repeatedly told Jeff to come out and eventually he exited the vehicle and was immediately grabbed by an officer and checked for any weapons. Hardy could be seen very shaky and then sat down on the floor. Asked where he’s from, Jeff said from North Carolina and said his final destination was North Carolina as well. He also tells the officer that he has a doctor’s appointment to check for a brain scan.
One of the officers then explains how they got several 911 calls about him and that he was driving all over. Jeff was told to stand up and then the officers engaged in a discussion with him.
Hardy then admits having shots of fireball and the officers proceed to tell Jeff to walk in a straight line, which he fails spectacularly. One of the officers then tells him to count to 30 as he places handcuffs on him and tells him he was under arrest.
Reby Hardy, the wife of Matt Hardy, posted a TikTok video after news came out that Jeff was arrested which divided the opinions of many fans.
In the video, Reby is seen hilariously praying with the text saying, “Praying my husband doesn’t get hurt in his ladder match this Wednesday.” Then all of a sudden the video transitions to Tiger King’s Joe Exotic saying “Guess what motherf*cker?” and “Jeff Hardy” written on it. The video was eventually deleted.
Matt, Jeff, and Reby were all at a meet and greet together on Sunday at Dave & Buster’s in Orlando and Jeff was arrested following that event.
Reby was never shy of calling out Jeff for his mistakes throughout the years, especially when those mistakes interfered with her husband’s career. Reby and Jeff’s wife Beth also are not best of friends as Reby often blamed Beth for not taking a harder stance against her husband for his alcohol addiction.
Meanwhile, Jeff’s brother Matt broke his silence on Twitter, writing that it was disheartening to hear the news about Jeff yesterday.
“Recovery isn’t a linear process & I’ll continue doing whatever I can to help my brother be healthy. Being healthy & well is the most important thing for Jeff, his wife, his children & our family at this time,” he wrote.
The planned WWE tour for August in Australia and New Zealand has been postponed again and is being rescheduled.
The news was announced by TEG Dainty, the promoters of the tour, saying, “WWE and TEG Dainty are working hard to secure new tour dates and will be back in touch with further details soon. Current tickets will remain valid for the new show dates.”
The tour was originally scheduled to take place in August 2020 but that had to be changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was then announced that the shows would be held in July 2021 but that side of the world was still on lockdown. The events were moved to August 2022 before they got canned again.
WWE was set to visit Sydney and Melbourne in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand for a quick, three-day tour.
AEW has stopped promoting the triple threat ladder match for tomorrow’s Dynamite which was supposed to feature Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus vs The Young Bucks vs The Hardys for the AEW Tag Team championship.
The Jeff Hardy arrest on Monday threw a curveball in the AEW creative for this week and it’s unclear if the promotion will go ahead with the match and replacing The Hardys or leaving it a regular two-on-two match.
Meanwhile, Dave Meltzer of the Observer said that while AEW has not made any comment on the arrest, Warner Bros. Discovery was told to stop all promotional material of Jeff Hardy, including removing him from any TV commercials for AEW.
This Friday, the Undisputed WWE title will be defended for the first time since Roman Reigns won it at WrestleMania, with former Raw Tag Team title holder Riddle getting his shot.
On Raw last night, a new stipulation was added to the match. It was Paul Heyman, appearing on Miz TV, who announced the stip, saying that if Riddle loses and fails to win the title, then he will not be able to challenge again for the same title for as long as The Tribal Chief remains champion.
Reigns has not wrestled on WWE television since the WrestleMania Backlash premium live event and was recently removed from Money In The Bank. He also missed the Hell In A Cell show. Reigns, so far, is still advertised for SummerSlam and Clash at the Castle, both stadium events.
Friday Night Smackdown drew a final rating of 1,914,000 viewers last week, down 25,000 viewers from the prior week. The night was dominated by the NBA Finals on ABC which pulled in just over 12 million viewers. Smackdown did a 0.44 in the 18-49 demo and was #4 in the chart for the night. That is down 0.03 from the previous week. In the overnight numbers, Smackdown did 1,792,000 in the first hour and 1,813,000 viewers in the second. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The build towards Money In The Bank continued on Monday Night Raw last night with two more qualifying matches and three new entrants in the ladder matches.
Former WWE champion Seth Rollins beat AJ Styles in the men’s qualifying match to officially become the first man announced for the ladder match. Last week’s qualifying match between McIntyre and Sheamus ended in a double DQ and none of them made it, yet.
Meanwhile, a tag team match featuring Liv Morgan and Alexa Bliss versus Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. determined the entrants for the women’s ladder match. Morgan and Bliss won the match and advanced, joining Lacey Evans.
Next week, Becky Lynch will face Asuka in another women’s qualifying match.
Less than 100 tickets remain for the Money In The Bank at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, with all tickets being the expensive AXS Premium ones.
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Additional details have been released on the Jeff Hardy arrest, with TMZ.COM adding that according to the police report, they received four different calls regarding Jeff’s driving and when officers reached his vehicle, Hardy was “traveling significantly under the speed limit, weaving across travel lanes, and running off the shoulder of the roadway.”
After the cops managed to get Jeff out of his car, the report states that he appeared to be in a “stupor and confused” state and smelled of alcohol. Police officers forced Jeff to do a field sobriety test and was visibly drunk.
Following his arrest on the spot, Hardy was administered two breathalyzer tests at the station and blew a .294 and .291, more than three times the Florida legal limit which is a .08.
Hardy was bailed out of jail at 7:07PM yesterday after a bond of $3,500 was posted.
He will be appearing in court today.
Before getting released from WWE earlier this year, the company offered to send Jeff to rehab but he refused, saying he was okay and his antics during a WWE event where he walked out during a match where not because he was impaired. Jeff signed an AEW deal as soon as his 90-day no-compete clause ended.
Raw tonight opens with MizTV and special guest Paul Heyman. As Heyman was talking about the match scheduled for Friday between Roman Reigns and Riddle for the WWE Unified Universal Championship, Riddle comes out and says he wants to hear the news for himself.
Riddle then tells Heyman for as much as he talks, he doesn’t really say anything, and it doesn’t matter what stipulation the Tribal Chief wants, he is going to have to kill him to stop him from taking the WWE Unified Universal Championship.
Heyman tells Riddle that if he wins, he will win the championship but when he loses, he will never get another chance at the championship as long as Roman Reigns is the champion.
Heyman then announces The Usos who come out and The Street Profits come out right after them.
Jimmy Uso VS. Montez Ford
As they were going back and forth on the apron, Jimmy pushes Montez into the corner hitting the back of Montez’s head on the corner but Montez moves as Jimmy jumps and lands on the corner. Back inside Montez able to kick Jimmy off the top rope and goes for the frog splash but Jimmy gets his knees up and pins Montez
Winner: Jimmy Uso
They show a recap of Seth Rollins attacking Cody Rhodes after they shook hands.
Seth is interviewed backstage and says he meant everything he said to Cody in the ring. But Cody is a virus and he had to take matters into his own hands. He has no remorse in what he did to Cody but takes pride in what he did. So, what is next for Seth Rollins, he is responsible for one of the greatest cash-ins of Money in the Bank so why not try to do it again only better. But to qualify he must beat AJ Styles tonight. Seth says he might have to do to him exactly what he did to Cody Rhodes and begins to laugh as AJ Styles comes in and hits Rollins with a forearm, knocking Seth out of his chair and AJ says that’s for Cody.
Dana Brooke VS. Becky Lynch for the 24/7 Championship
Becky immediately takes advantage of Dana, the bell never sounded. Action spills outside and Becky is throwing Dana everywhere. Becky gets a microphone and says it’s never been about Dana and that title, she can keep that title, but it’s about the disrespect she has been receiving and is ready for Money in the Bank.
Winner: Match never started
Becky then went to go after Dana again, but Asuka comes out and her and Becky begin to fight until Becky finally leaves the ring and heads to the back. Alexa Bliss’ music hits and she comes out for her match.
Alexa Bliss & Liv Morgan VS. Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H.
Winners qualify for Money in the Bank Match. Doudrop slams Liv on the outside and goes for the back splash but Liv moves, In the ring Nikki poses and gets caught by Bliss with a DDT, Bliss with the pin.
Winners: Alexa Bliss & Liv Morgan
They show a recap of what happened last week with the Judgement Day
Kevin Owens VS. Ezekiel
Good match with the end seeing Owens go for the stunner but Ezekiel blocks it and hits Owens with a knee to the face. Owens then rolls out of the ring. Outside, Ezekiel goes for the splash and Owens moves causing Ezekiel to land on the ring corner. Ezekiel rolls back in the ring as Owens goes over and starts yelling at the commentary table that “it’s Elias, it’s Elias.”
Winner by Count Out: Ezekiel
After the match, Ezekiel gets a microphone and says he needs to speak to all the Zeke Geeks, and he wants in Money in the Bank. He said he has called Elias and he is so excited and is coming to Monday Night Raw next week and he can’t wait to remind the WWE Universe that WWE stands for Walk With Elias.
MVP VS. Cedric Alexander
After Alexander gets distracted by Omos at ringside MVP hits Alexander with a clothesline, MVP hits his Ballin but only gets the two count, MVP then hits his other finisher and gets the win.
Winner: MVP
AJ Styles is shown, and he says he can’t wait to face Seth Rollins for the Money in the Bank, adding that Seth is disgusting for what he did to Cody.
Seth is then shown and says he is going to dedicate his victory tonight to Cody and laughs.
Seth Rollins VS. AJ Styles
Money in the Bank qualifying match. Great match with the end seeing AJ go for the Styles Clash but Rollins countered, AJ then goes for a piledriver, but Rollins flips him and Styles tried to pull Rollins over but Rollins kneels down on Styles holding his legs for the win.
Winner: Seth Rollins
Riddle VS. Ciampa
The match ends after Riddle hits a floating Bro then an RKO.
Winner: Riddle
In the ring Kevin Patrick calls out Bianca Belair. Bianca says she will leave Money in The Bank still champion, Rhea Ripley interrupts and says Bianca is all talk.
Chad Gable VS. Mustafa Ali
As Ali was going to the top rope, Otis attempted to pull Gable out of the ring, but Ali kicks his arm, but while distracted Gable grabbed Ali and back suplexes him for the win.
Winner: Chad Gable
Veer Mahaan VS. Rey Mysterio
Veer dominated the match including kicking Dominik to the face and clotheslining him over the barricade. Veer back in the ring puts Rey in the cervical clutch and Rey had to tap out.
Winner: Veer Mahaan
The main event featured a pose-down between Lashley and Theory. They each had to do three poses and the fans cheered for Lashley as the winner. Theory didn’t like the result and threw baby oil in Lashley’s face. Show ends with Theory taking selfies in the middle of the ring and Lashley being helped to the back.
AEW star Jeff Hardy was arrested at 12:45PM today in Volusia County, Florida.
Public records on the Volusia County Corrections website show that Hardy was charged with violating restrictions, driving while his license was suspended/revoked, and driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, his third offense in 10 years.
A surety bond of $3,500 – $500 each for the first two charges and $2,500 for the third charge – was placed and the former champion is still locked up at the S. James Foxman Justice Center in Daytona Beach.
Hardy is set to appear in front of a judge sometime tomorrow.
Jeff is supposed to team up with his brother Matt to take on The Young Bucks and Jurassic Express on Wednesday’s Dynamite in a triple threat ladder match.
Robert Ego Anthony, the maker of Ric Flair’s last robe which will be used by the Nature Boy next month, has documented the making of in a vlog uploaded on YouTube.
Filmed backstage at the NWA Alwayz Ready pay-per-view this past weekend, Anthony went through the process of making the robe and showed how parts of the robe get stitched together for the final piece.
The robe will be white, with Nature Boy in blue on the back and purple butterflies all over. It is similar to a previous robe that Flair used in the early days of WCW.
The event, titled Jim Crockett Promotions Presents: Ric Flair’s Last Match, will take place on Monday, July 31 in Nashville. The show will be produced by Thuzio, a Triller Company, and will be streaming worldwide exclusively on FITE.TV.
The show will be part of Starrcast V which is happening during SummerSlam weekend.
WWE today announced that Extreme Rules will be held on October 8 live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tickets for the show will go on sale Friday, July 15 at 10AM ET at wellsfargocenterphilly.com. A pre-sale will be held a few days before and you can register now at WWE.COM.
This will be the 14th edition of Extreme Rules and last year it was held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio in September. The show was headlined by Roman Reigns vs The Demon Finn Balor in an extreme rules match for the Universal title.
NXT’s Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan, who was part of the faction with Tony D’Angelo, was released from his contract over the weekend according to Dave Meltzer of the Observer.
While details surrounding his release are still sketchy, it is being reported that Donovan was let go due to a violation of a WWE policy and his release had nothing to do with budget cuts.
Addressing his release, Donovan wrote, “Thank you to everyone who’s reached out. Mistakes happen and lessons are learned. A bump in the road doesn’t define me though. I’ll be back.”
The West Virginia native was signed to a WWE deal in March of this year and made his NXT debut a month later.
Zack Sabre Jr challenged Bryan Danielson to a match at the upcoming Forbidden Door pay-per-view.
The 34-year-old British star called out the former WWE champion following his match at the Dominion show in Osaka. ZSJ was involved in a six-man tag match and was on the losing side.
In a backstage segment, ZSJ asked Danielson if he can take some time off from his “busy golfing schedule at the Blackpool Country Club” to find out who the best technical wrestler in the world is.
This has been a dream match between the two for several years although they did wrestle once in the past.
Danielson is currently out injured but is expected back on television this week and should be okay for Forbidden Door.
Former WWE Divas champion Paige addressed her upcoming departure from WWE during a Twitch stream yesterday, saying it was the company who decided not to renew her contract while she wanted to stay and do more.
She admitted that they were not using her at all and understands why they would not re-sign her, although she wasn’t happy that WWE took a lot of time to make the decision, leaving her hanging.
“There are opportunities I could have done. I think they just want to focus on people who are wrestling,” the Brit said.
Despite all, Paige said she’s thankful for what the company did for her and for keeping her employed and noted that they took care of her when she had other issues.
She said she has no no-compete clause and can show up anywhere any time after July 7. Asked if she’s ready to get in the ring again, Paige said she would if the money was right.
Jon Moxley’s opponent at the Forbidden Door pay-per-view will be Hiroshi Tanahashi after Tanahashi overcame Hirooki Goto at the NJPW Dominion show today in Osaka.
The match was highly expected after Tanahashi showed up for a stare down with CM Punk a couple of weeks ago on Dynamite. But Punk’s injury and subsequent surgery forced a change of card with AEW opting to create an interim world title instead of stripping Punk of the gold.
Moxley defeated Kyle O’Reilly to earn his shot after O’Reilly won the 21-man Casino Battle Royale in the opening match of the show.
Moxley vs Tanahashi is now the main event of the first-ever AEWxNJPW pay-per-view live from the sold out United Center in Chicago on June 26.
NXT returned to touring this weekend with the first non-televised live event since March 2020. The first show was held at the University Arena Community Complex in Tampa.
Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels opened the show and welcomed everyone back before eight matches were presented to the fans.
All the NXT top names including Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Solo Sikoa, Toxic Attraction, Roxanne Perez, Cora Jade, and others were all part of the show. The main event featured Breakker vs Grayson Waller.
The first eight shows that run through July 23 were announced last month with all tickets available at Etix.com.
Impact Wrestling on AXS TV drew 121,000 viewers this week, down 4,000 viewers from the prior week. The show did the same 0.03 rating in the 18-49 demo as last week’s show. Impact was #115 on the top 150 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The returning Lacey Evans was the first person to qualify for the Money In The Bank ladder match last night on Smackdown after she beat Xia Li in her qualifying match.
What’s interesting is that the graphic for the ladder match had seven silhouettes and typically there are eight entrants in the ladder match. That means there will probably be one mystery entrant who will not have a qualifying match as the match always has an even number of participants. In 2020 there were six women when the cinematic match was taped simultaneously with the men’s match.
The other qualifying match, between Drew McIntyre and Sheamus, ended in a double disqualification. Both men later barged in Adam Pearce’s office and demanded to be inserted into the match.
