When I was a kid in the 80’s I watched wrestling religiously. In high school I grew away from it. One night however in the late 90’s I landed on the station playing RAW and I saw these two guys wearing baggy cargo pants and that initial image made me stop and watch. They were different. Of course we are talking about Matt and Jeff Hardy.
The Hardy’s drew tons of money in the 2000’s and were over like Austin and Rock. I have always been a wrestling fan and always pretended to wrestle on my trampoline as a kid but the Hardy’s made me want get into the business for real. They were from North Carolina like me, and they were about my size, so I said if they can do it then so could I. Call me a mark if you must. I tried out for the first season of Tough Enough and as luck would have it I was selected as one of the cast members. We met a lot of the big names during that experience. We walked in one day and saw 2 ladders standing on the ring and on the ladders were Jeff, Matt, and Lita. When I told them I was from NC, Matt called me “Carolina Blood” and that felt pretty cool to have something in common with those guys that nobody else in the room could claim.
