Stephanie McMahon against Jeff Hardy being WWE Champion

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Earlier this evening, I read a report from the Wrestling Observer newsletter that shed some interesting light on the decision to give Jeff Hardy [pictured above] a run with the WWE Championship.

According to the report, Vince McMahon brought up the idea two weeks before the Armageddon pay-per-view during a creative team meeting, which took most of the creative team by surprise due to McMahon having stated the company could NEVER put a major title on someone who was at a high risk of being suspended, such as the case of Rob Van Dam's drug possession arrest in July 2006 when Van Dam held both the WWE and ECW Championships, because all of the major storyline plans would have to be overhauled and set a bad example.

During this same meeting, Vince's daughter, Stephanie, was the only person to challenge Vince's idea of putting the belt on Hardy, bringing up Vince's doctrine of a wrestler that is a high risk of getting suspended and receives a major belt would set a bad example to the rest of the talent.

Vince acknowledged the doctrine but stated that in the short-term, his plan could work if Hardy handled the opportunity properly. Should Hardy relapse before his title run comes to an end, Vince made it clear that Hardy would immediately drop the title as a failed drug test would mean termination of Hardy since it would be his third strike and Vince said that if Hardy would to be terminated while champion would send the ultimate message to the locker-room.

I side with Vince on this one because it appears he has truly thought everything out. Vince is no dummy. He knows that Hardy is the most over guy in the entire company, is a favorite of both male and female fans in all age demographics and is someone people have been wanting to be WWE Champion for close to a year now.

As for Stephanie, it sounds to me like someone was upset that her husband [Triple H] wasn't going to regain his title that he lost to Edge at the Survivor Series pay-per-view. Also, does anyone find it kind of odd that Hardy won the title at a minuscule pay-per-view event on the WWE calender in a triple threat match by pinning a guy [EDGE] who hadn't even held the title a full month and had nothing to do with the original feud between Hardy, Vladmir Koslov and Triple H that had been going on since Sept. of this year?

Vince's track record shows that if he thinks someone can draw money for WWE, he will give them a second or third chance and if Hardy has really gotten his head on straight for good this time, which I think he has since his home burned down and his dog was killed, I wish him all the luck in the world. Hardy is finally getting his chance to run with the ball and whether its a long or short run, Hardy's name will forever be in the record books as WWE Champion.