WWE: More on Jeff Hardy’s House Show Incident, New Trademarks, Updated SD Ratings

WWE

Dec 7, 2021

More on Jeff Hardy’s House Show Incident This Past Weekend

As noted before, Jeff Hardy was sent home by WWE officials following an incident at this past Saturday’s house show event in Edinburg, Texas. Hardy competed in a Six-man tag team match with Drew McIntyre & Xavier Woods against Roman Reigns & The Usos at the event, which involved Hardy leaving mid-way due to him becoming “more sluggish as the match continued” and being sent home from the rest of WWE’s weekend house show tour afterwards as a result.

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported in Monday’s Daily Update that the cause of Hardy’s situation is currently not known due to WWE officials have not responded to any questions asked about the incident.

Matt Hardy recently held a gaming stream on Twitch and one of the topics discussed included the status of his brother Jeff following this past weekend’s incident.

“I did speak to Jeff for a little bit today. He’s okay. He’s good. I think he’ll be fine. once again, this isn’t my business. If he wants to go into it with more detail, he’ll do it himself. Jeff is okay. He is at home and okay. It’s not my business or story to tell or explain. Besides that, it’s not my story to tell because it’s not my perspective. I love my brother and I want him to be okay and healthy.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

WWE Files New Trademarks

WWE recently filed several new trademarks to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Trademarks for “Skull King”, “Jinny”, and “Xylon Quinn” were filed on December 1st for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

A trademark for “Next In Line” was also filed on December 1st for sports and entertainment-related purposes. This is the name of WWE’s new talent recruitment program that focuses around collegiate athletes interested in a potential career in wrestling.

Updated WWE Friday Night SmackDown Ratings

This past Friday’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew a final viewership of 2,030,000 on FOX, according to ShowBuzz Daily. This was up compared to the initial overnight number of 1,966,000 viewers on the network.