Jeff Hardy Clean Drug Test, HOF Offer From WWE Confirmed By Matt Hardy

When news spread that Jeff Hardy was released from WWE after declining to attend the rehabilitation for substance abuse issues offered by the company, many feared the worst for Jeff.

Now Matt Hardy has spoken about the incident that prompted the release as in a new Twitch stream on his House of Hardy Twitch channel.

Of the ‘erratic behavior’ noted to be displayed by Jeff Hardy prior to the release (exiting the ring mid-match, jumping over the guardrail as if to leave) and subsequent back and forth over drug testing, Matt said:

“I don’t think he did it intentionally trying to get fired if that’s what you’re asking. I just think he did it because he does s**t like that all the time. There are times we’d be in the ring wrestling or working, and he just goes into business for himself because that’s just something he feels. That’s how he is. He’s a very emotionally supercharged person and follows his emotions and instincts. And if something feels a certain way, regardless if it’s the best-case scenario for the outline of the match or scenario he’s working in, he just does it. He just does things. And I think that’s one of the reasons he’s beloved as he is. Because he’s a very emotional, passionate, and driven guy. If he has a feeling, he just goes for it.

“So that’s just what happened to happen on this occasion, and he went for it. He ended up being released a few days later, and they never got the results for this drug test he had obviously passed all his drug tests because he was drug tested quite often when he worked there. It’s 10 to 14 days later and he hasn’t gotten back his drug test. And it also leaked out on the internet, he thought this was going be a private conversation, they said something like ‘either go to rehab or be released.’ They kind of gave him an ultimatum. And he just said ‘okay, well go and release me then because I don’t need to go to rehab.’ That was his mentality at the time.

“Three weeks later, he hasn’t gotten his drug test back, and especially because that little bit of information, that it was either ‘go to rehab or be released’ was leaked, now it’s public information online on the internet, he definitely wanted to see the results of his drug test. Three weeks out he asked to see it and got it. I felt like there was a little bit of ‘well it’s the drug test company’ and the drug test company said ‘well it’s a WWE thing’ or whatever. And he was kind of fighting and scratching and clawing to get this drug test, and he was kind of getting the runaround.

“Then he got a call, which has been reported online, from John Laurinaitis and they had offered to induct him into the Hall of Fame. They said they wanted to do this. I know people have seen this online and that’s not made up, that’s a real thing that happened. And he just asked for his drug test at the very end of the conversation, he said ‘no I want the drug test. I want the clean result’, kind of to clear his name, as he should, especially given his history. So after my brother’s wife dealt with WWE and the drug testing company quite a bit, they actually spoke with a lawyer and kind of had them help them out a little bit. And just a couple days ago he got the drug test back, and the drug test is compliant. Everything was a negative, he passed on all levels.”

After his release, his brother Matt Hardy made a statement on his Twitch channel in support of Jeff’s refusal to attend rehab at the time commenting that he felt WWE may have “jumped the gun” in releasing Jeff and encouraged fans and wrestling journalists alike to await the test results to determine for themselves.

Jeff Hardy continues to be teased in non-specific terms both on AEW television directly (with brother Matt referencing Jeff and their storied tag-team history on AEW Dynamite) as well as AEW stars themselves like Kyle O’Reilly, and Christian Cage.

Transcription via WrestlingInc. 

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