By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The arrest video of Jeff Hardy has been released by the Florida Highway Patrol and posted by TMZ. At one point in the video, police asked Hardy about a brain scan that he had mentioned to them. The footage also includes three police officers pulling their guns when they initially approached Hardy’s car, and later showed his field sobriety test. The video is available below or via TMZ.com.
Powell’s POV: Hardy’s breathalyzer test from early Monday morning had him at well over three times the legal limit to drive in the state of Florida, so I don’t know what to make of the brain scan talk given his state of mind at the time of his arrest. But if it turns out that he was scheduled for some type of medical evaluation related to his brain and AEW officials were aware of it, it begs the question of why he was advertised for a ladder match – or any match for that matter – for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. AEW has stopped promoting the ladder match and has yet to issue a statement on Hardy’s arrest as of this update.
Tony Khan has not tweeted for over 72 hours. I have a feeling Shahid is going to crack down hard on how his son runs his shiny new toy wrestling company.
Call me crazy, I don’t think Jeff wearing the Jags t-shirt while being arrested will go over well with dad.
When Jeff left WWE and went to TNA/Impact years ago, they failed to do what WWE was trying to do. This has a similar feel to it at the moment. Hopefully, TK and AEW do what needs to be done to get Jeff right. That being said, Jeff has to want to get right. Considering his physical state lately, I think it’s time for him to walk away from active competition.
I can’t even watch that video. Too sad. But I wonder if the brain evaluation was genuine or was he just out of it? Scary to think of what that could be after everything the Hardyz have been doing the past few months.