One-half of the WWE Raw tag team champions Jeff Hardy recently spoke on the Art of Wrestling where he revealed the moves he does not perform anymore. Below are some highlights;
“I don’t do [the shooting star press] anymore, even the 450 splash. I was talking to Fénix at the show tonight and he’s not doing the 450 anymore because he kind of over-rotated and bummed his shoulder out and that’s the reason I stopped doing the 450 because I over-rotated and jacked my shoulder up. I thought I broke my collarbone or something, but those days are over, so I’ll stick with the Swanton [Bomb].”
“It’s weird, man, because some people believe in staying in character whenever you do interviews or when you’re promoting whatever. Do you know what I mean? But I’ve got all kinds of characters. But it would be hard for me to do a podcast as Willow or Itchweeed. It would be extremely hard unless I really thought it out, but Matt’s so good. He’s like the master of improv these days with his character because he believes in it so much, which is great.”
Hardy added,
“it would just be extremely hard for me to see myself doing this [interview] as Itcheweeed, Willow, The Anti-Christ, Brother Nero, and feeling serious or believable in some way. But yeah, some of the coolest things that happen [in pro wrestling] aren’t preplanned and that’s the way it is.”
“We were at the Aloha [Safari] Zoo in Cameron [North Carolina] like with the kangaroos. It was unbelievable, man. ‘Brother Nero, Smokin’ Joe, are you ready?’ And he locked up just like a human, man. Their grip was so tight. Oh my God! I don’t know, but it was nuts. He kicked the s–t out of me a couple of times. And then, I said, ‘okay, Matt. It’s your turn.’ And the first time they aired it with the kangaroos, you can always go back and watch this, and Matt was in there, and this is the best story ever, and I was watching it. And you have the contacts in and everything and I was like, ‘okay’ and he grabbed ahold of Matt and I knew what that felt like because I went first. But then he’s balanced on that tail to hit him with that double superkick in the midsection and Matt’s saying, ‘punish me, Joe! Punish me! Punish me!’ Man, you see me walk out of that frame because I lost it. I thought it was about to bite Matt’s ear or either take Matt down and like really f–k him up.”