Jeff Hardy’s Replacement

As most of the wrestling world knows, this week, Jeff Hardy, the hottest superstar in recent years and a future hall of famer had an expired contract. While WWE has been trying to convince him for months to stay, he quit the business to have his own show on MTV.

 

Now Hardy’s departure, leaves you wondering, who will replace him? Will SmackDown ratings drop? The truth is SmackDown ratings will not drop because Jeff was getting a little rusty and the Undertaker is back which will make up for the loss of Jeff. But the Undertaker is 44 years old, and one must think that the Undertaker cannot replace Jeff because Jeff is a high-flying, young cruiserweight while the Undertaker, with all due respect, is an older wrestler with a limited moveset.

 

Jeff Hardy’s replacement has to be like Jeff, if a person as dynamic as him even exists. Here are the top 5 picks for his replacement:

 

#5 – Rey Mysterio

Mysterio is only a year older than Jeff and he is as extreme. However, the feeling is that Mysterio will have Shawn Michaels’ role in the future and that is building up younger guys like Dolph Ziggler. After his suspension, Rey will not get a push anyway so this would be awesome but chances are very slim.

 

#4 – Christian

Christian won’t be on ECW forever. Eventually, he will have to move up to the big boys seeing as he was once TNA’s top heel. His former partner, Edge, is set to return at the Royal Rumble and since he is supposed to return as a face, both him & Christian can reunite. This, however, also has a slim chance of happening as ECW ratings are going up and ECW needs Christian to feud with the Roundtable.

 

#3 – Matt Hardy

Matt has been here as long as Jeff but in his long career he has never gotten his big push. As most fans think, I believe Matt deserves a nice big push but the WWE probably will not do that because Matt doesn’t have a big fanbase like his brother and on top of that he is more of a technical wrestler and less of a high flyer so once again – slim chance.

 

#2 – R-Truth

This is probably the slimmest chance of all but this would be one of the best ideas. R-Truth has been on SmackDown for a year now and has done absolutely nothing. He is a former TNA World Champion and he has what it takes to be the top guy. People, apparently, don’t have faith because of his age but it’s not like age stopped Batista from getting a push 4 years ago. So this would be something to consider.

 

And #1 – John Morrison

If you read JR’s blogs you know that the next two guys being built up are Dolph Ziggler & John Morrison which is good because Morrison has been here longer than most of the guys (since 2004) and has never really been pushed. He is younger than Jeff and he has what it takes to become an even bigger star.

 

That’s all for today folks, leave a comment giving me your thoughts on this and I’M OUT!