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The WWE Universe has seen some incredible, death-defying moments during Jeff Hardy's WWE career. With many of those moments involving a ladder, the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion has wowed audiences around the world time and time again.
Jeff Hardy is one of the pioneers of the ladder match in WWE history. Teaming up with his brother Matt, Jeff Hardy has competed in some of the greatest ladder matches ever against the likes of Edge and Christian and The Dudley Boyz.
The Charismatic Enigma has also competed in high-profile singles ladder matches. Jeff Hardy has both won and lost world championships by putting his body on the line in iconic ladder matches.
Take a closer look at Jeff Hardy's five most memorable WWE ladder spots.
#5 Jeff Hardy's SummerSlam Swanton Bomb onto CM Punk (WWE SummerSlam 2009)
Jeff Hardy's feud with CM Punk on Friday Night SmackDown was a major highlight of WWE television throughout the spring and summer of 2009.
Jeff Hardy once again became the WWE World Heavyweight Champion after defeating Edge for the title in a ladder match at Extreme Rules. However, once the match was over, CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to become world champion for the second time in his WWE career.
This began a long feud between Punk and Hardy, focusing on CM Punk's straight-edge lifestyle and Hardy's past issues with addiction and substance abuse.
After Jeff Hardy reclaimed the World Heavyweight Championship at Night of Champions, a rematch was set for SummerSlam. However, this time the match would be a Tables, Ladders and Chairs clash.
At one point in the match Jeff Hardy set up CM Punk on an announce table at ringside. The World Heavyweight Champion then proceeded to climb a 20 foot ladder and hit CM Punk with an incredible Swanton Bomb through the table.
Unfortunately for Jeff Hardy, CM Punk was able to leave SummerSlam victorious as the new World Heavyweight Champion. However, the sight of Hardy standing 20 feet in the air before hitting his signature move was incredible.
#4 Jeff Hardy destroys Joey Mercury's face (WWE Armageddon 2006)
The WWE Tag Team Championship match at Armageddon 2006 is often discussed for the infamous injury that occurred during it.
The pay-per-view was originally scheduled to have WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick defending the titles against William Regal and Dave Taylor. However, before the match could begin, SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long announced some changes.
Long announced the match would now be a Fatal Four-Way ladder match for the WWE Tag Team Championships. He also revealed the remaining two teams to be added to the match would be The Hardy Boyz and MnM.
After a fast-paced start to the match, The Hardy Boyz set up their traditional seesaw ladder spot. Matt Hardy held Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury's faces above the ladder, which was violently seesawed by Jeff Hardy.
The ladders smashed into the faces of both Mercury and Nitro, causing a legitimate broken nose and orbital bone for the former. He was forced to immediately leave the match and be rushed to the nearest emergency room. The injury was so severe that Mercury was forced to receive more than 30 stitches.
#3 Jeff Hardy's Swanton Bomb WrestleMania return (WWE WrestleMania 33)
WWE WrestleMania 33 saw The Hardy Boyz make a triumphant return to WWE television after close to seven years away from the company.
Matt and Jeff Hardy were announced by WrestleMania hosts The New Day as surprise entrants into a ladder match for the RAW Tag Team Championships. The match initially was a triple threat tag team ladder match pitting Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson against Enzo Amore and Big Cass and Sheamus and Cesaro.
However, with The Hardy Boyz's involvement, the match was changed into a Fatal Four-Way ladder match for the RAW Tag Team Championships.
During the closing moments of the match, Jeff Hardy scaled a 20 foot ladder on the outside of the ring while Sheamus and Cesaro were laid out across two ladders perched across the ring apron and ring barricade.
Hardy completed a death defying Swanton Bomb, crashing through Sheamus and Cesaro and sending the tag team through the prone ladders in the process.
This allowed Matt Hardy the opportunity to scale a ladder in the ring and claim the RAW Tag Team Championships, sealing The Hardy Boyz's emphatic return to WWE and WrestleMania.
#2 Jeff Hardy sends Edge through a ladder (WWE WrestleMania 23)
WWE WrestleMania 23 saw Jeff Hardy make his first WrestleMania appearance in five years as he competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match.
Other participants in the match included Mr. Kennedy, CM Punk, Edge, Finlay, King Booker, Matt Hardy, and Randy Orton. They were all vying to retrieve the briefcase suspended above the ring that contained a world championship opportunity, guaranteed for the next 12 months.
After a fast-paced start to the match, Matt and Jeff Hardy began attacking their long-term rival Edge. A ladder was balanced between the ring apron and the barricade surrounding the ringside area. Matt Hardy carefully placed the Rated-R Superstar onto the ladder and then encouraged his brother to jump from a ladder inside the ring.
Jeff Hardy then jumped close to 25 feet from the ladder inside the ring, hitting Edge with a leg drop and driving the Rated-R Superstar through the steel ladder. The audience inside the stadium and watching at home were shocked at what they had just witnessed.
Unfortunately for Jeff Hardy and Edge, the two superstars were unable to compete for the remainder of the match. Both WWE Superstars were taken to local medical facilities in what was an incredible WWE WrestleMania moment.
#1 Edge spears Jeff Hardy off a ladder (WWE WrestleMania X-Seven)
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven is arguably the greatest WrestleMania in the history of WWE. A major factor in the critically acclaimed success of the event was the Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWE World Tag Team Championships.
In a rematch from the first TLC match at SummerSlam the prior year, Edge and Christian, The Dudley Boyz, and The Hardy Boyz faced off once more for the WWE Tag Team titles.
The match featured amazing, death-defying spots with all three team members taking incredible risks and putting their bodies on the line.
Arguably the most memorable moment of the match saw Jeff Hardy being speared by Edge while he was hanging close to 20 feet in the air and holding onto the WWE Tag Team Championships.
Jeff Hardy climbed a ladder in an attempt to retrieve the World Tag Team Championships. But, Bubba Ray Dudley removed the ladder from beneath his feet, leaving the Charasmatic Enigma swinging while holding onto the gold.
At the same time Edge climbed a ladder across the ring and speared his opponent in mid-air, sending Hardy crashing to the canvas in a spectacular and iconic WrestleMaia moment.
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