What is Jeff Hardy's Net Worth?
Jeff Hardy is an American professional wrestler, singer-songwriter, and musician who has a net worth of $3 million. Jeff Hardy is best known for his tenure in WWE as one half of The Hardy Boyz. Jeff and his brother, Matt Hardy, have held 21 world tag team champions between WWE, TNA, ROH, and other promotions. They are credited with reviving tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era. Jeff is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling.
Early Life
Jeffrey Nero Hardy was born on August 31, 1977, in Cameron, North Carolina. His mother died of brain cancer when he was just nine years old, and he developed an interest in motocross at the age of 12. Jeff played football during high school as a fullback and linebacker and had to make a choice between pursuing football or professional wrestling. Jeff and his brother, Matt, and their friends started their own wrestling foundation, and the rest is history.
Wrestling Career
Jeff Hardy landed work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a jobber—a wrestler who consistently loses to make his opponents look stronger—at the age of sixteen. His first WWF match was against Razor Ramon on May 23, 1994, in Youngstown, Ohio, under the pseudonym Keith Davis. He was signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2000 to 2017. He returned to Ring of Honor in 2017. Hardy has experienced great success as a singles wrestler and is a six-time world champion, having held the WWE Championship once, the World Heavyweight Championship twice and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times, a four-time Intercontinental Champion, and has held the Light Heavyweight, and European Championships once each. He is also a former Hardcore Champion, having held the championship on three occasions. Between WWE and TNA, Hardy has won dozens of championships.
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The Hardy Boyz became famous for their face-paced, high-flying style of fighting around 1998 and helped revive tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era while feuding with wrestlers Edge and Christian. TLC matches gained them even more attention during the 2000s. Together, The Hardy Boyz are 21-time world tag team champions, having won the WWE World Tag Team Championship six times, the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship three times, the TNA World Tag Team Championship two times, a WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship, a ROH World Tag Team Championship, and a WCW Tag Team Championship.
Personal Life
Hardy cites Sting, The Ultimate Warrior, and Shawn Michaels as his childhood inspirations to wrestle.
Jeff met Beth Britt in 1999 at a club in Southern Pines, North Carolina, after winning the WWF Tag Team Championship for the first time, and they began dating shortly after. In October 2010, the couple had their first child, a girl named Ruby Claire. Jeff and Beth got married in March 2011. Their second daughter, Nera Quinn, was born in December 2015.
Hardy has many tattoos, including roots that start on his head and finish at his hand. Other signature designs include a dragon and the Chinese symbols for "Peace" and "Health" and tattoos of fire and a wave. In 2020, he revealed a new tattoo on his back. He regards his tattoos as "artistic impulses."
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