The wrestling world hasn’t been the identical since Jeff Hardy arrived on the scene within the Nineteen Nineties, with the Charismatic Enigma carving out a legacy as one of many biggest daredevils within the historical past of the enterprise. He has jumped off of ladders, fallen by way of tables, and been hit with chairs to the purpose the place the truth that he’s nonetheless performing for TNA Wrestling is a borderline miracle. Throughout a latest interview on “Busted Open Radio,” Hardy opened up about a few of his earliest inspirations, each aesthetically and within the ring.
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“At first it was positively Sting and The Final Warrior,” Hardy stated. “Sting was NWA, Final Warrior was my WWE man, and the face paint, that is the place all it got here from from that inspiration. I by no means understood why they did it, I’d hear them say like ‘it is conflict paint’ or one thing and I used to be like ‘I do not know they do it, I simply find it irresistible, it is so cool.'”
Hardy defined that he wished to make individuals really feel the way in which Sting made him really feel, particularly after not solely seeing The Icon carry out dwell when he was 12 years outdated but additionally getting to the touch him on the shoulder as he made his entrance. This has since led to Hardy portray his personal physique for his matches, one thing that he’s very pleased with as he believes he is taken it to the subsequent stage. By the point Hardy obtained into the enterprise, kinds had advanced and altered to the purpose the place he had a brand new set of inspirations.
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“After I noticed Rey Mysterio and Psicosis, the unique feud within the authentic ECW, that actually modified my perspective on every little thing as nicely, and from Japan, Jushin Thunder Liger was an enormous inspiration.”
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