Jeff Hardy is an American professional wrestler and musician currently signed to All Elite Wrestling, and is widely known for his time in WWE and TNA.
Jeff Hardy is also known for his challenges with drug addiction and he has been arrested more than once for possession of illegal drugs, with his latest arrest occurring on Monday, June 13, 2022.
Jeff Hardy was was arrested in Volusia County, Florida on charges of driving with a suspended license, violating restrictions placed on his license, and felony DUI.
Why was Jeff Hardy suspended?
As mentioned earlier, the former WWE champion has a long history of addiction and it was suspected as being a reason he walked out during a house show match in 2021, leading to WWE issuing an ultimatum that he get help or be released.
After Jeff Hardy left the company, Hardy and his brother Matt maintained the incident was not caused by a relapse, stating that drug tests Jeff took at the time came back clean.
Who is Jeff Hardy?
Jeff Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy.
As a tag team, the Hardy Boyz worked as enhancement talents for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1994, and were signed to full-time contracts in 1998.
The Hardy Boyz gained notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches.
After splitting up as a team in 2002, Jeff’s popularity as a singles wrestler began to grow. However, the brothers still teamed up sporadically in the years afterward, and together they have held twenty-one world tag team championships between WWE, TNA, ROH and other promotions.
Hardy has had great success in his singles career, capturing his first of six world championships, the WWE Championship in 2008 and going on to hold WWE’s World Heavyweight Championship twice and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times.
Within WWF/WWE, Hardy has also won the Intercontinental Championship five times, the Hardcore Championship three times and the European, Light Heavyweight, and United States Championships once each.
Hardy is the 18th Triple Crown Champion and 9th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history (one of five men to complete both WWE Grand Slam formats, and one of two to win all original Grand Slam titles).