JR was the best part of the whole show. Just 4 straight hours of listening to him try to come up with creative ways to say how fucking bad the show was had me laughing in every match
My personal favorite was during the Women's Title Match when it was becoming noticeable that Thunder Rosa & Serena Deeb were running out of gas: "It may look like these moves are sloppy, but they're just doing alot."
@@4cuttime seriously... Tony should thank God and Conrad Thompson for everything he has within the last 5-8 years.. Tony's hanging out with Brit Baker D.M.D, traveling across the country, reliving his glory days and... He has a beard now lol. Who saw that comin??!! Short answer, absolutely no one lol 🤷🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️😆😆
Jeff screwed Jeff. No sympathy what so ever. He chose to do this to himself. He chose to jump off of ladders like it's 2008. Jim's been saying this since last year. So it's not like something that just happened over night.
Did Jeff injure his ankle or leg during the match? His boot was totally unbuckled and he was hobbling around the entire match after that. It looked like he was trying to climb to the top rope without putting any weight on it.
People forget that this match happened 5 years ago, in a ladder match in ROH a day before WrestleMania 33. Now, this match showcased how hard Matt and, especially, Jeff fell from their prime.
Jeff Hardy was still banged up from that crazy Darby Allin match. Seeing him do this to himself at his age is sad. I get that they're doing this to win the tag belts, but come on.
He shouldn't have done that match if they had this one lined up for the PPV. Darby also looked slightly off against O'reily. The Hardys have to change their wrestling style or just retire.
Yeah, it's ridiculous that Jeff didn't get at least a two week break after that match. The guy is not in his 20s anymore. His body needs time to recuperate. At least he's getting a break from wrestling this week.
@@NightEnigma8 Why would you book Jeff and Darby to have that match if you had a sold out PPV and planned Dream Match waiting that required him to be at his best?
Why would you plan something for Jeff Hardy? Sooner or later he drops out of an ongoing program anyway. Tony only brought him in hoping to get some of that Jeff Hardy fanbase of dumb 12-year-olds and ugly fat chicks.
AEW should use the Hardys similarly to the way WWE used Undertaker for years. Only have the Hardys wrestle on ppvs. A month before a ppv have a team come and issue a challenge to the Hardys. The Hardys show the following week to accept the challenge. Do an angle to to build the match. Have the challenging team do some promos. Then do another angle on the go home show before the ppv and then the ppv match and the Hardys are gone for another few months until a month before the next ppv.
@@eastwaters4082 aside from the match with Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania, the debacle in Saudi Arabia that wasn't his fault(Goldberg ko'ed himself minutes into the match) and the debacle in Australia with Triple H and HBK. The vast majority of his semi retired matches were perfectly fine. Honestly, I had hoped that his final match would be at a Wrestlemania against the only two men to beat him there, Undertaker vs Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar in a triple threat. Brock and Roman could handle the heavy lifting of the match. Taker does a few signature spots and gets his win back against the only two blemishes on his Wrestlemania record.
It's not only that they're too old. They keep destroying themselves more by keep going. Only braindead aew marks were waiting for this. I knew how this was gonna go. Matt literally limps to the ring, it's just sad at this point. Maybe not Flair levels, but at this level they will both end in wheelchairs in a decade.
And if one of them got a serious injury VKM would get hell. TK will get off easier cause the diehards will push that the talent have creative freedom to choose.
8:10 I love how you can almost hear the fear in Jim realising that he's going to have to pay the Hardly Boyz a compliment... All seriousness though, fair play. I mean, sure, he turned it into a backhanded compliment but it's decent that he's at least acknowledging their contribution as they were pretty much orchestrating Weekend at Bernie's III with the (unfortunate) condition the Hardys find themselves in these days.
No disrespect to the Hardy's, but their bodies have been beaten to hell for over 20 years now and it shows. Combine that with their age, it's really hard to hide their decreased athleticism and slow movement at this point...
The Hardys wouldn't be so bad if AEW didn't use them as much. I think they have been in a trios match or two....Jeff was in the tournament ...and I think they've done a couple of tag matches before this one. That's too much. Their age and beaten bodies get harder to disguise.
Another instance of hypocrisy amongst fans who take things too personally. Complaining about one company using too many nostalgia acts(which isn't really true anymore) while another company quietly gets more nostalgia acts yet seem incapable of making them still look good. Christian and Billy Gunn still look great for their ages yet are sidelined while Hardys look battered, Punk looks old, and wel..I guess technically now Jericho looks better than he did.
@@Hellythep thanks but just seemed like an odd thing when the legends and part time thing is rare nowadays but it was another Punk talking point from 10+ years ago fans use. Also even if AEW didn't put out more old guys that look and perform like it why disrespect legends at all? Imagine saying music can't make new stars because Steve Wonder and Aerosmith had 10 minutes on a 3 hour Grammys show lol.
@@Punkinlunk Not knocking Dark. Saying that there is absolutely no reason that the Hardys should be wrestling on it. They should be saved for big matches.
One of the worst matches on the Card. Had this been 10 years early it might have been a good match. Matt had to carry not only Jeff but the Hardly Boys. The Hardlys did their normal shit, I was surprised they actually put the Hardys over. Jeff just looked bad in every way from his walking into the ring, to the weird issues with his shoes, to his overall in-ring performance. Now there are rumors that he got fucked up during the Darby match, if that is the case this is on both him and the Khanman for not pulling him out of the match earlier. I really worry Jeff is going to hurt himself or someone else in an AEW at the rate he is going. He needs to retire and honestly so does Matt. They have nothing left to prove to anyone.
Breaks my 💔 to hear everyone comment on how bad Jeff is looking out there this last run, WWE knew he wasn't the same Jeff which is why they kept him on a leash and it pissed Jeff off because we're always the last person to know it's over for us.
I think that ship has sailed. Without no one with guts around telling them to stop, both will be in wheelchairs in the next decade, this whole thing is making guys like Jeff fall down into painkillers again, it's a match for chaos. Sadly, we can only hope for the best outcome for both of them. I find hard to believe there's fans out there telling them to keep going after they can see how they can barely move and limp into the ring. Nostalgia junkie fans are the worst sometimes.
I think he unlaced the shoe himself to make a palatable excuse for slow performance. He was most likely hurt but rather than cancelling he tried to go through it. The real problem is the booking that got him fucked up so quickly when arguably at this point in another company, this would be the first time he even Swantons anyone in a match for pops. They've had Jeff eat dust of every ladder in every town so far at an unsustainable rate.
@@mattiveli1898 - You're wrong because his boots didn't have laces, they were buckle downs and you could see one the buckles snapped when he went to the top rope the 1st time. He then gave himself a concussion performing that flip directly after his buckle broke. That's why he was like a zombie for the rest of the match.
As a Hardy Boys stan I’ll admit that Jeff Hardy has been washed for probably 4 years now. Everytime he hits a Swanton i cringe, not because it’s corny but because I know his back is hurting like crazy from doing that move Jeff and Matt should have taken the Edge approach and wrestle every once in awhile
Jeff is my all time favorite and I don't watch him in AEW after I saw his first couple matches, he was like this in WWE to be fair. He's so beyond broken down.
@Dino Vasiljevic I’ll send you money to give Jeff Hardy! I’m not a casual fan like these guys! Send me your account and routing numbers and I’ll give $3000 to the Jeff Hardy knee replacement fund!
Should've listened to Undertakers advice. The moment you make high flying off ladders your thing people will always want higher and more dangerous.. The Hardys need to reign in the sick bumps. The Bucks will be just as hurt as the Hardys in 5 years..
I remember the night punk came back, escalibur goes "wooooooowwww" and you couldn't tell if he was happy or sarcastic. They really need to get rid of him
Both Jeff and Matt shouldn't be wrestling on AEW every week period. Their bodies are clearly very banged up due to the bumps and past injuries. It also doesn't help that they do indy shows during the weekends as well. Jeff has lower back problems and Matt's legs don't even work properly anymore...... Putting them on a schedule similar to Sting's could help them. Tony Khan doesn't really feel like a boss of a wrestling promotion. He comes across as a fanboy who wants to be one of the boys. The guy needs to grow up and tell these wrestlers no sometimes.
They made zero attempts to hide talking to each other. At one point one of the hardly s boys put his hands up to his mouth clearly to yell at Hardy boy.. this was embarrassing
And of course the difference between this and that Jeff Hardy had a problem in this match because he's old and broken unlike a match with sting when he was clearly on drugs thank goodness he got off of those unfortunately if you listen to the thing after the Pay-Per-View Tony Khan started taking those drugs
Wow, Jim is going to LOVE this. The Hardys wouldn't be his style of wrestling and we know the Bucks aren't. That one spot where Jeff Hardy basically no-sold a hit from the top rope to the outside was hilarious.
Lol, I love the artwork more than the actual match. Also just realized it's Weekend At Bernie's. A film I know a lot about but have never actually seen.
The great Character Actor Terry Kiser played the dead Boss that they took Waterskiing (yes, that actually happened on screen) in this Legendary Comedy!😂🤣😂🎤🏄♂️(no Waterskis Emoji)🎥🤼♂️B.W.
Years ago they were supposed to make a second sequel called, Weekend At Ernies. Bernie Lomax has a twin brother in Vegas that gets killed by the mob and Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman would have to pretend he's still alive to get out of Vegas alive
Admittedly I didn’t check out much of ROH during its dying days but I remember around 2017/2018 NJPW brought in Caprice Coleman to do commentary with Kevin Kelly and I can remember really digging his contribution. He can be a bit goofy at times but nothing too over the top. He’s definitely better than a lot of guys in that position. Hopefully AEW can find a spot for him along with a competent sidekick on commentary.
Watch ROH and take a shot every time he says, "That's the end, Riccaboni, I guarantee it" or some permutation thereof. I pickled my liver in two hours.
@@WarGhoulKharas damn that sounds like some Caprice ass shit lol. That’s exactly what I’m referring to in regards to him being a bit goofy. It’s like one of those catch phrases along the lines of listening to Vince McMahon on commentary when he says “Wow, What a maneuver!!!”
Hardy Boyz need to retire its Sad and Pathetic watching them trying to wrestle especially Jeff Hardy who is wrestling in Pain and needs to call it a day otherwise we will have a Future Darkside of the Ring episode on our hands.
If you watch Jeff Hardy the past few matches he's been in ,you can definitely tell he has a back issue...every time he does his thing off the top rope he is clutching his back
Jeff Hardy is one of the most popular wrestlers of all time worldwide no matter who likes him or not. No-one can ever take that away from him. No matter how beat up he is, he will always be the greatest to me and I don't care if he isn't the traditional wrestler.
I think we're all on the same page, aren't we? That The Hardy's should wrestle on occasion to give them time to heal and to maintain their aura of legends.
Mentioned Ian Riccaboni, where is he at? He did a couple Matches on Impact TV when the Honor No More Guys showed up and then Tony bought ROH, no sign of him at all on Commentary
A couple of years ago Doc Emrick retired from NHL announcing. If you aren’t into hockey even a tiny bit, you might not agree with this, but that guy could make me jump out of my shoes with excitement. JR was the same way in the Attitude Era. So much excitement and pure reaction to what they’re watching. Those types of guys are dying breeds. Some of the NBA announcers can sort of get me there.
Doc was the best. JR in the attitude era made moments better and bigger than they would have been without him, he really had his fastball then. Sadly, the great man's best days are behind him. Tony would be wise(he won't) to gracefully move JR along and give Ian the seat. Can't do it forever. Just thinking of other great announcers and how important they are, Mike Breen, the NY Mets booth, Ian Eagle and of course the 🐐 Gus Johnson.
He was like SEC Basketball's version of Jim Ross with his enthusiasm and catch phrases ("Stuffarino!" for a Slam Dunk and "String Music!" when someone tickled the twine on a deep 3 pointer). I really enjoyed the work of the late great Joe Dean, Senior, and his more reserved Broadcast partner the late great John Ferguson. And the connection of Mr. Ferguson to NBC TV AFL Broadcasts is intriguing. Infrequently enough The Los Angeles Chargers (1963 AFL Champs), Houston Oilers, and Kansas City Chiefs were shown. And of course all three of those teams starred Grambling, Louisiana Legend "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd!🤔🎤🐅🏀🏈🤼♂️B.W.
Fact of the matter is Jeff left WWE because Matt probably sold it to him that AEW is lenient and won't punish him as bad if/when he fucks up. He's damaged goods the last time looked normal was that feud he had with Sheamus during the 2020 cinematic match era.
Watching Jeff Hardy in the AE and the RA eras was breathtaking, everyone were on the edge of their seats. Watching Jeff Hardy with him now it's painful. He doesn't move as good as he used to, every step he takes looks painful and he botches moves that back then he could have easily pulled off.
Watch the Royal Rumble 2000. There's a tag team table match between Dudley's and Hardy's and at the end, Matt was carrying Jeff back to the ring and pushing him. Very reminiscent...
Jim and Brian should have saw the news that it was the hardcore match against Darby that injured and affected Jeff in this match. I definitlely agree they did way too much way too soon and that injured Jeff for what should have been their biggest and best match in AEW so far.
Matt Hardy might have a future as a manager/non competing stable leader but it’s time to hang up the boots at this point… Jeff isn’t as good of a promo so I’m not sure what his future could look like but it’s really sad seeing legacies tarnished like this
It was especially sad to see jeff you could tell he was in pain and couldn't move like he use to and his face showed it plus that's why he was pulled from the match for tonight
The Young Bucks are just parodies of wrestlers.. I know everyone always says Cosplay. But they went out acting cool and sarcastic. Pretending.. it was odd for a "big match"
Have you guys been paying attention to Paul White on the mic lately? I really think they should put JR with Paul White and have a second team audition during the dark shows IMHO. The lackluster commentary is really hurting the presentation and hopefully once they fix the hole there things will begin to pick up. The next thing AEW needs to add is a pair of elite level referees. Refs who actually keep track of the rules and can count to 10!
JR is a legend but he and Tony hurt the commentary more than anything. Dude questions things on the air and only gives energy when he sees someone he likes. That and constantly adding Jack Perry to the Jungle Boy might be entertaining but it's also bad for the product itself. Man in the mask works with the show they. Just a dork being able to articulate what's going on just devoid of emotion. You add Coleman and a third to him and you're set.
I'm just glad they didn't make it a Ladder match like in ROH, it's horrible watching Jeff slowly climb the turnbuckle then do a crazy bump knowing full well he could put himself in a wheelchair, always been a huge Jeff Hardy fan but he needs to calm down with his bumps, looks like it's hurting him to move around at this point, a good match but don't wanna see Jeff in a wheelchair
It's too late the rock and roll has been wrestling like that for 40 years and the Hardee's who really now truly are the broken Hardy's have already killed themselves
It's sad to see Matt and Jeff out there looking like Shawn Kemp playing for the Orlando Magic, looking old and washed up. Not the same explosiveness and athleticism. They both look like it's hurts to move (because they are so beat up)
You actually have to give some respect to Bucks for actually carrying this match and still putting over Hardy's and trying to make it a good show. They weren't as the Bucks as they usually are, and toned down with acrobatics they feel more like wrestlers than usual. I hope they keep that up since less is more works better for them. Jeff seemed like he was hurt from the moment he walked in. It was painful to watch for sure, but they pushed through to it with some grace. I'll even say it's the best work Matt Hardy has done in while trying to patch the mess.
Jeff's shoe broke in the middle of the match, he didn't want to risk doing his moves as he normally did for fear he could slip right out of the shoe and break his neck. This is the problem with planning matches and not calling them on the fly, they keep going with their stuff and it comes off really bad.
They need to go back to the broken gimmick, or somethin similar, back then at least matt wrestled safer and his limitation were hidden, i assume it will work for jeff too
J. R., "The Professor" and Caprice Coleman on "Dynamite" . . . Ian Riccobani, R. J. City and Charly Caruso on "Rampage" . . . Tony, Excalibur and Jeremy Borash on "AEW Saturday Night" . . . Yep, sounds like well-balanced broadcast teams in AEW . . . not to mention the NXT broadcast trio of Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuiness and Percy Watson. :D
Off topic sending this comment after watching AEW. Talk about sending Shockwaves around the world of wrestling, MJF did it again. HOLY COW. UNFORGETTABLE.
Jeff killed himself with sick bumps from back in early 2000s .. give him the respect he deserves.. he is still trying to make the fans happy .. he can’t help he’s body is broken
Jim and Bryan can't even bring themselves to admit how over the Hardy's were in their day is why I can never fully take their opinions seriously. The Hardys made everyone think its acceptable for a decade and a half to not buy wrestling gear on the independent scene lmao. Not necessarily a positive contribution but it did inspire a lot of people to try wrestling. I really do like Excaliber on the desk but JR really has to go. Tony is ok but doesn't add anything if Excaliber is there because he's essentially doing both Color and Play by play. Tony does serviceable in the Mean Gene roll. I really hate when Excaliber and Taz get together because Taz causes Excaliber to have ADHD and they can't talk about what is going on in the ring.