Hardy Boys Debut

[Guest TotalJim]

Hey, me and my gf wanna know when the hardys had their WWF/E debut and where i can download a copy?

 

cheers!

[spman]

That all depends on what you want to define as a debut. Both Matt and Jeff were used as jobbers for a while, the first appearance of which was Monday Night Raw on 5/23/94 where Matt jobbed to Nikolai Volkoff and Superstars on 6/25/94 where Jeff jobbed to 123 Kid.

 

Now as a part of the regular roster, I guess you could define their debut as Shotgun Saturday Night on 5/30/98 where Matt jobbed to Val Venis and Jeff jobbed to Mark Henry.

 

Their first TV appearance as a team was the Sunday Night Heat on 9/27/98 prior to the Breakdown PPV where the Hardys defeated Kaientai.

[MillenniumMan831]

I thought their 1st appearance as a team after being signed by the WWF was the night after Badd Blood 97 when Kane destroyed both of them.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh]

That's correct. No official match happened though, I believe.

[Jericholic82]

That's correct. No official match happened though, I believe.

no kane ran in and destroyed both of them before their macth against the Truth Commision IIRC

[CanadianGuitarist]

That's correct. No official match happened though, I believe.

no kane ran in and destroyed both of them before their macth against the Truth Commision IIRC

 

I remember a Shotgun around that time where they were defeated by the Truth Commission. I was at the height of my markdom and was blown away by the Hardys and how good a match the two fall guys were having. I even recall a "Hardys" chant breaking out, which I thought was just unprecedented at the time.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh]

There's a sick Owen Hart/Jeff Hardy match on RAW back on December 11, 1995. Jeff does a shooting star press sell of an Owen clothesline.

 

Right after Owen kicked Shawn's head off, baby!

[Dobbs 3K]

Anyone else remember when Michael Hayes took the Hardyz under his wing and gave them their new look? I even remember there being a six man tag match on RAW where Hayes teamed with Matt & Jeff, and actually looked quite good in the ring! I really wish Hayes had stayed in that manager role longer, personally.

[CanadianGuitarist]

Again, at the height of my markdom, The Brood had a hell of a six-man tag with the Hardys and Hayes in the spring of '99 on Raw....the last before Over The Edge, if I'm not mistaken. It was used as a filler match to calm down the crowd after Triple H beat the casket The Rock was in with a sledgehammer.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe]

The Hardys and Hayes had a 3-on-2 match against the pre-APA Acolytes (Ministry version) in the summer of '99.

[Dobbs 3K]

The Hardys and Hayes had a 3-on-2 match against the pre-APA Acolytes (Ministry version) in the summer of '99.

 

Hmmm...I don't remember that one.

[JustJoe2k5]

I was at the Monday Night Raw, two weeks after King of the Ring '99, where the Hardy Boys won the tag titles from the Acolytes out of nowhere. That was a nice little moment to see the new guys win the tag titles in their homestate.

[JHawk]

The Hardys and Hayes had a 3-on-2 match against the pre-APA Acolytes (Ministry version) in the summer of '99.

The Fully Loaded PPV, right?

[Jericholic82]

I was at the Monday Night Raw, two weeks after King of the Ring '99, where the Hardy Boys won the tag titles from the Acolytes out of nowhere. That was a nice little moment to see the new guys win the tag titles in their homestate.

cool moment ruined by spoilers for me.

 

anyhow it was actually set up on Sunday Night Heat the night before when The Acolytes were beat up by Kane (i think) and one of them was tombstoned I think on the ring steps, so they came into the Hardys match banged up and the youngsters took advantage

 

when they lost the handicap match and the belts at Fully Loaded, they dumped Hayes for losing the match and joined the New Brood with Gangrel (Ironic considering it was Hayes feud with the original brood that made him bring in the Hardys)

[JustJoe2k5]

I was at the Monday Night Raw, two weeks after King of the Ring '99, where the Hardy Boys won the tag titles from the Acolytes out of nowhere. That was a nice little moment to see the new guys win the tag titles in their homestate.

cool moment ruined by spoilers for me.

 

anyhow it was actually set up on Sunday Night Heat the night before when The Acolytes were beat up by Kane (i think) and one of them was tombstoned I think on the ring steps, so they came into the Hardys match banged up and the youngsters took advantage

 

when they lost the handicap match and the belts at Fully Loaded, they dumped Hayes for losing the match and joined the New Brood with Gangrel (Ironic considering it was Hayes feud with the original brood that made him bring in the Hardys)

 

Yeah, they actually taped the Sunday Night Heat with that segment at the same show. Funny to see one of the Acolytes out cold on the steel steps and a few minutes later in the back talking about how sore his neck is.

[Jericholic82]

I was at the Monday Night Raw, two weeks after King of the Ring '99, where the Hardy Boys won the tag titles from the Acolytes out of nowhere. That was a nice little moment to see the new guys win the tag titles in their homestate.

cool moment ruined by spoilers for me.

 

anyhow it was actually set up on Sunday Night Heat the night before when The Acolytes were beat up by Kane (i think) and one of them was tombstoned I think on the ring steps, so they came into the Hardys match banged up and the youngsters took advantage

 

when they lost the handicap match and the belts at Fully Loaded, they dumped Hayes for losing the match and joined the New Brood with Gangrel (Ironic considering it was Hayes feud with the original brood that made him bring in the Hardys)

 

Yeah, they actually taped the Sunday Night Heat with that segment at the same show. Funny to see one of the Acolytes out cold on the steel steps and a few minutes later in the back talking about how sore his neck is.

Right, remember when SNH was taped like 2 week sahead of time due to the fact that RAW aired live one week, then was taped the next day for the next monday

[landy1987]

I've just put this on Youtube - this was the Hardys first match as a tag team to air on WWF TV, against the New Rockers on Superstars 6-1-96. I've also put up a Bundy/Jeff Hardy squash from 12-11-94 if you look on my profile page.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ziqNNEUf8A

[MillenniumMan831]

Holy shit, that's you bringing all that awesome stuff on YouTube. Great work!!!

[JustJoe2k5]

I was at the Monday Night Raw, two weeks after King of the Ring '99, where the Hardy Boys won the tag titles from the Acolytes out of nowhere. That was a nice little moment to see the new guys win the tag titles in their homestate.

cool moment ruined by spoilers for me.

 

anyhow it was actually set up on Sunday Night Heat the night before when The Acolytes were beat up by Kane (i think) and one of them was tombstoned I think on the ring steps, so they came into the Hardys match banged up and the youngsters took advantage

 

when they lost the handicap match and the belts at Fully Loaded, they dumped Hayes for losing the match and joined the New Brood with Gangrel (Ironic considering it was Hayes feud with the original brood that made him bring in the Hardys)

 

Yeah, they actually taped the Sunday Night Heat with that segment at the same show. Funny to see one of the Acolytes out cold on the steel steps and a few minutes later in the back talking about how sore his neck is.

Right, remember when SNH was taped like 2 week sahead of time due to the fact that RAW aired live one week, then was taped the next day for the next monday

 

Yeah, taping schedules back in the day were confusing. Ross Report would always have the spoilers, which kind of ruined the whole week for hardcore fans.