Jeff Hardy was suspended without pay following his DUI arrest on Monday. Many have speculated whether AEW had Jeff and Matt Hardy removed from the Ladder Match on AEW Dynamite because of Jeff’s situation. According to a report from Bryan Alvarez, All Elite Wrestling pulled the Hardy’s from the match before the arrest occurred.

There were concerns about Jeff’s well-being after the match against The Young Bucks at AEW Double or Nothing 2022. Alvarez said,

“The idea was the Hardys were going to win the tag titles in this ladder match, that was the plan for awhile. Apparently, at the pay-per-view when the Hardys and the Bucks had their match, Jeff was not looking good. Apparently, they examined him afterwards and he was all beat up and he didn’t remember the match. Remember when Jeff got pulled over and said he was on his way to a brain scan? He was on his way to a brain scan. So, his idea was to drink whatever he drank and then drive to his brain scan. They had advertised the ladder match. He was never actually going to be in the ladder match. They were going to do the angle where he and Matt were going to be coming out for the ladder match, they were going to be jumped on the ramp and they were going to be carted off and they weren’t actually going to do the match. So, whether he had his DUI or not, Jeff was never going to do that ladder match. It was always going to be Jurassic Express vs. the Young Bucks for the tag team titles with the Young Bucks winning. The Hardys were going to be in the ladder match but then after they scheduled him for the brain scan, he wasn’t going to be in the ladder match.“

The Young Bucks won the AEW Tag Team Championships this past week on AEW Dynamite.

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