Hardy Boyz

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Hardy Boyz
$A picture of {{{current_name}}}.$ The Hardy Boyz, Jeff (left) and Matt in 2001.
Tag team
Members	Matt Hardy Jeff Hardy
Name(s)	The Jinx Brothers Hardy Boyz Team Xtreme Team Extreme The Hardyz
Heights	Matt: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Jeff: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Combined weight	454 lb (206 kg)
Hometown	Cameron, North Carolina
Former members	Lita (as Team Xtreme)
Debuted	1993
Promotions	OMEGA WWE

The Hardys (also known as the Hardy Boyz and Team Xtreme) are a professional wrestling tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that consists of real life brothers Matt and Jeff Hardy. Originally the brothers competed as teenagers in the WWF as jobbers, both in singles and tag team competition. They have since accomplished much as a tag team, winning seven Tag Team Championships in the WWE.(6 WWE, 1 WCW). They are the reigning World Tag Team Champions. They have also won the NWA 2000 tag team championship in the NWA.

1 History
- 1.1 Team Xtreme
- 1.2 2006-2007 reunion
2 In wrestling
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 External links

[edit] History

The Hardy Boyz started their run as a popular tag team in a surprising win over Kaientai (Mens Teioh and Sho Funaki) on the September 27, 1998 episode of Sunday Night HEAT. Soon after their Sunday Night HEAT win, they built up a fan base following through their high-flying tag team tactics. They started to become serious contenders for the Tag Team Titles after they became managed by Michael Hayes, formerly a member of the successful tag team The Fabulous Freebirds. They defeated The A.P.A. to win their first WWF World Tag Team Championship, but lost the titles back to The A.P.A. a little less than a month later at Fully Loaded 1999. They would eventually dump Hayes as their manager in August 1999, turned heel and were briefly associated with Gangrel as part of The New Brood. After winning a series of matches against the team of Edge and Christian, dubbed the "Terri Invitational Tournament", they won the services of Terri Runnels as their manager by winning the first ever tag team ladder match at No Mercy 1999 by defeating Edge and Christian. Fans were so impressed with the match that when Edge and Christian were alone in the ring, fans gave them a standing ovation. The fans also gave both teams a standing ovation the next night on RAW is WAR. They then gained notoriety as a tag team with Lita.

[edit] Team Xtreme

With the addition of Lita, Matt and Jeff Hardy comprised the trio dubbed Team Xtreme, their name serving as a reflection of their "extreme" high-flying moves.

At SummerSlam 2000, The Hardy Boyz participated in the first ever Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC) along with Edge and Christian and The Dudley Boyz. Even though they were unsuccessful in capturing the titles, the TLC match skyrocketed them through the ranks of tag team wrestling. However, at Unforgiven 2000 The Hardy Boyz defeated Edge and Christian in a Steel cage match to win the World Tag Team Championship for a second time. They went on to lose the tag team titles back to Edge and Christian at No Mercy 2000 but won the titles back the next night on RAW for a third time. During this match, The Hardy Boyz were dressed as Los Conquistadores, but tore off their masks after the match, revealing themselves. The team would lose the titles less than a month later to Right to Censor on the November 6, 2000 edition of RAW, when Edge and Christian came out and assaulted the Hardyz, allowing Right to Censor to pick up the win and the tag team titles.

On the March 5, 2001 edition of RAW The Hardy Boyz captured their fourth World Tag Team Championship. They defeated The Dudley Boyz, after interference from Christian, only to lose the titles to Edge and Christian two weeks later on RAW. The next month at Wrestlemania X-Seven The Hardy Boyz again competed in another infamous TLC match, against Edge and Christian and The Dudley Boyz. However, just as in the first TLC match, they came up short, and again, the victors were Edge and Christian.

On October 8, 2001, The Hardy Boyz won the WCW World Tag Team Championship from Booker T and Test. They would lose the titles to The Dudley Boyz two weeks later. Soon after they would yet again beat Booker T and Test but this time for the WWF World Tag Team Championship but would lose the titles four days later, also to the Dudleys in a Steel Cage title unifaction match.

During the time they were together, they were one of the most popular tag teams, because of their TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) matches with Edge and Christian as well as The Dudley Boyz. Along with their unique "grunge"-type look that appealed to the WWF's younger fanbase. On top of the high-flying moves, they guest starred in an episode of That 70's Show in which they played two un-named wrestlers.

The team eventually split up, however, to enable both Matt and Jeff to pursue singles careers. Jeff was later fired from WWF after refusing to go to rehab after agents found out he had been taking drugs. He spent some time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling but realized he was not getting the exposure he had hoped for. As a result, he no-showed several times, was suspended, and completed his contractual duties. In August 2006, he rejoined the WWE on its RAW brand.

[edit] 2006-2007 reunion

At Unforgiven 2006, Jeff, Matt and Lita all appeared together on television for the first time in four years, hinting at a possible Team Xtreme reunion, but before that could occur Lita insulted both brothers and left the scene with a sarcastic "We should do this again some time."

In November, it was announced on WWE.com that Matt and Jeff would team up for the first time together in over four years as members of Team DX at the Survivor Series. However, The Hardys, as they were now known, were first given a "warm up match" on ECW on Sci Fi, defeating the Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke). At Survivor Series, Team DX defeated Team Rated-RKO in a clean sweep.

On November 27, 2006 edition of RAW, The Hardys had their first shot at Tag Team gold in 5 years. They took on World Tag Team Champions Rated RKO, however, came up short, when Edge hit Matt Hardy in the back with a Title to get himself and Randy Orton disqualified. That same day, The Hardys posed an open challenge to any team for ECW December to Dismember which was immediately accepted by a reuniting MnM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury). After a run in on the intervening ECW on Sci Fi, The Hardys defeated MnM at the pay-per-view, but in doing so started a feud between all four men that spanned the brands. The Hardys got their first chance to gain the WWE Tag Team Titles at Armageddon where the original Tag Team Match had been changed to a 4 Team Ladder Match involving The Hardys, MnM, Dave Taylor and William Regal, and Paul London and Brian Kendrick. Despite coming up short, The Hardys sparked another feud with MnM when Joey Mercury was injured. Whilst Jeff Hardy and Johnny Nitro continued battling over the Intercontinental Championship, Matt Hardy and Joey mercury were feuding on Smackdown. Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro tried injuring both Hardys' faces as payback for what happened at Armageddon, claiming The Hardys had ruined Mercury's 'Hollywood Good Looks'. The Hardys settled their feud with MnM at the Royal Rumble where they defeated them for the second time. Matt Hardy and Joey Mercury continued feuding though, and that was finally settled at No Way Out. On the April 2, 2007 episode of RAW, the Hardys won the World Tag Team Championship, for the sixth time in their career, winning a 10 tag team Battle Royal thus becoming the first mixed brand tag team champions.