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MITCHELL SHORT: The Real WWE Jeff Hardy Mystery (Spoiler) Jan 8, 2009 - 8:14:06 PM
Forget who jumped Jeff Hardy in that hotel stairway at 3 in the morning. Hell, forget what Jeff Hardy was doing in that stairwell at 3 in the morning. After all, he's misunderstood.
The real mystery is what powerful person with input into WWE Creative, who has seen firsthand how young girls adopt Hardy as their surrogate boyfriend, the young girls who clutch their tear-stained autographed pictures close to their bosoms, the ones who know that cute Jeff just needs someone to take care of him, nudged, pushed, or outright saw to it that WWE Creative made the worst mistake there is in marketing a wish-fulfillment teen idol: making it clear the heart-throb has a Real-Life Serious Girlfriend.
WWE Creative, currently crafting a compelling, multi-layered story with deeper characterization than has ever been done in this industry (Shawn Michaels, JBL, Chris Jericho & Randy Orton), has Jeff Hardy and his RLSG Beth forced into a car accident by a mysterious assailant in a barely-credible Hey, It's Only Wrestling angle coming soon to Smackdown. It'll be harder for girls to make Jeff Hardy their understanding fantasy boyfriend, the one who'll look past the surface to their real beauty, when they see him on TV with Beth, who physically isn't they type Hardy's fans care to see him with.
Another key to cooling down Jeff will be that he's on TV with the real Beth, not a fake Diva. One look at the angle will expose the fake accident, but the more disturbing truth of the RLSG will spread soon enough, and will be hard for these girls to ignore.
The more interesting question is not who WWE booked to feloniously assault Hardy, but who benefits if girls don't quite crush Jeff Hardy to their chest as passionately as they once did.
It's quite the mystery.
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