By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
AEW President Tony Khan released the following statement regarding Jeff Hardy’s arrest on Monday on DUI and other charges.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) June 14, 2022
Powell’s POV: Most importantly, it’s encouraging to read that Jeff is open to seeking help for his problems. Khan made the right call in suspending him without pay following his arrest on Monday. There are still a lot of unanswered questions, perhaps most notably revolving around Hardy telling the police that he is scheduled for a brain scan. Given his state of mind at the time, it’s possible that he was just rambling, but if it was a truthful statement then it raises a lot of questions when it comes to why Hardy was scheduled for a match on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. Hopefully Khan will address these and other questions in the days ahead.
ALLEGED??????
Legally yes, it’s “alleged”. He hasn’t appeared in court yet (or at the very least hadn’t at the time of this post).
Nothing alleged about driving on a revoked license. Even if they have to wait on the breathalyzer results to be proven in court, there’s at least one of his crimes that is absolutely proven.
On top of that, is Jeff really open to help or has he burned so many bridges – including publicly telling WWE to fuck off when they offered him help most recently – that he knows he has to at least make it look like he’s trying. Having Matt around as his enabler isn’t promising.
With this issue, and all the injuries in AEW at the moment, hopefully it leads to Tony Khan cleaning up the sloppy shop there and starting to run it like a professional business.