In The Spotlight Girls Love Hardy Boyz By Jaime Householder


(This Article is from the HardyGirlz mailing list Im on, from another List Subscriber)

Matt and Jeff Hardy are two of the young and attractive superstars of the World Wrestling Federation. In the May issue of Raw Magazine, they were compared to the Backstreet Boys in that their popularity is rising with female fans.

Matt told Raw Magazine, "I didn't really expect this kind of response from the female fans with the way our image was." He was speaking of their time with Michael Hayes when they were darker. "Our image is somewhat young and hip now. And the clothes we wear are considered pretty cool -- it's what all the young people wear out there," Jeff said.

It's not just where these boyz shop that attracts these fans. It's their whole persona -- from Jeff's multi-colored hair to the way Matt flashes their signature "gun" pose that makes the Hardys so irresistible to today's teens. They're not the wholesome All-American boys. They have an essence of excitement and danger that the boy-next-door type doesn't possess.

They talk about the reaction they get when female fans meet them. Many are crying and shaking nervously as they meet them. Matt said, "You just want to grab them and hug them to make them feel comfortable. But you know whenever that happens it's just amazing that somebody can be that dedicated to you without ever actually meeting you."

But both Matt and Jeff understand why their fans react like this. "It's still so hard to swallow when you take part in a scene like that," Jeff said. "I mean, I'll sit here and watch TV and look up to a certain rock 'n' roll star and I know that if I were to see them in real life I'd be freaking out and stuff, too. But then to think that people look at me in that light, it's just so strange and it all happened so fast. But hey, it's wonderful."

Both Matt and Jeff knew at a young age that they wanted to wrestle. They learned moves with their friends on their trampoline and competed for cardboard title belts. Their dream was to be tag team champions. They looked up to the legendary Fabulous Freebirds, especially (and ironically enough) Michael "P.S." Hayes. Now that they have accomplished that feat, their goal is to become the most over tag team in wrestling history. There is no doubt they'll be able to reach that status.

Before they got to the WWF, they were in an independent federation known as OMEGA. Many other OMEGAs' have broken into the business, including Joey Abs (WWF), Shannon Moore, Shane Helms (WCW), C.W. Anderson and ChamPain (ECW).

Though their wrestling styles contrast, they also complement each other. Twenty-two-year-old Jeff is more of a risk-taker, especially with his finishing maneuver, the Senton Bomb. Matt, 25, is the power wrestler of the two. He uses his strength and mat wrestling abilities to destroy his opponents, then finishes them off with the "Twist of Fate" (a swinging neckbreaker). When you put these two together they are a definite force to be reckoned with.

In 1999 they earned "Match of the Year," along with Edge and Christian, for their tag team ladder match at Wrestlemania. As it was the Terri Invitational Tournament, the Hardys won the managerial services of Terri Runnels and a cash prize.

They reached the top of their game on June 29, 1999, when they defeated Faarooq and Bradshaw, The Acolytes. Matt and Jeff became the federation's youngest tag team champions.

With Matt winning the Hardcore title a few months ago and Jeff being compared to a young Shawn Michaels, who knows what the future has in store for these two superstars.

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