Jeff Hardy

Biography

(born August 31, 1977 in Cameron, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestler and musician. He is best known for his appearances with his older brother Matt Hardy as the Hardy Boyz in the World Wrestling Federation between 1999 and 2002. His most recent appearances were with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in Orlando, Florida; he has not appeared with TNA since no-showing a pay-per-view in December 2005.
Matt and Jeff Hardy had a dream of becoming wrestlers since a young age. They watched wrestling often and by the time Jeff was 16, he had been on WWF (now WWE) TV as a jobber. Jeff, along with Matt and friends, started their own federation, the TWF (Teenage Wrestling Federation) and mimicked the moves they saw on TV. Later on, the federation went under several different names, eventually being integrated into a county fair in North Carolina. Jeff, Matt, and friends then began to work for other independent companies. They drove all over the East Coast of the United States, working for companies such as ACW and other small promotions. The Hardyz eventually caught the eyes of World Wrestling Entertainment, and after being signed to a contract, they were trained by former wrestler Dory Funk, Jr. in his Funkin' Dojo with other notable wrestlers such as Kurt Angle, Christian, Andrew "Test" Martin, and (Prince)Albert, a.k.a. A-Train. Before ever arriving in the WWE, Matt had formed his own wrestling promotion, OMEGA (Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts) with Thomas Simpson. The promotion was a more successful version of the original TWF and included such talent as Matt, Jeff, Shannon Moore, Gregory Helms, Amy Dumas, Joey Matthews, Caprice Coleman, and many others. In OMEGA, Matt and Jeff each had several different characters. Jeff portrayed such characters as Willow the Whisp, Iceman, Mean Jimmy Jack Tomkins, Wolverine, and The Masked Mountain.