Well, I'll be damned. I am rather surprised. This will be a good change of pace.

I can't believe Matt didn't come out there to celebrate with him. I guess I can see why, with the big ending on top of the stage, but I'm still surprised Matt wasn't there.

How long do you guys think he'll hold on to the belt? I'm guessing he'll drop it at, or by the next PPV.

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further proof that it was simply just trips who didnt wanna job to hardy. good match though.

I'm going to say Jeff holds onto it until No Way Out, successfully defending against Edge or H at RR while the other one probably wins the Rumble. Although if they do go with Triple H vs. Taker at the Wrestlemania, it wouldnt necessarily need the belt involved, leaving maybe a Jeff vs. Edge TLC?

Any combo of those top 4 guys on Smackdown is a solid matchup though

Congrats Jeff. Hope you don't up.

Originally Posted by cdubb1605 further proof that it was simply just trips who didnt wanna job to hardy. good match though.

"The best way to help develop new champions is for them to job to me." -- Triple H

Wha... I turned off the PPV after the Orton match only to miss out on Jeff Hardy winning the gold? Damn.

Originally Posted by pitfallharry219 I can't believe Matt didn't come out there to celebrate with him. I guess I can see why, with the big ending on top of the stage, but I'm still surprised Matt wasn't there.

Probably b/c it would've made it seem like he disposed of Kozlov, which probably wouldnt be good for their feud at this point. If he didnt come out during the match, then he would've been there for the celebration

Ha, I read the results and came in to mention the same thing that two others already have... that, while the 'big one' is exciting for Hardy, it really does seem like they put the belt on Edge just so HHH didn't have to lay down for Hardy.

Originally Posted by Chase "The best way to help develop new champions is for them to job to me." -- Triple H

i hope with all my being that is a joke not an exact quote....

Originally Posted by diddy310 Probably b/c it would've made it seem like he disposed of Kozlov, which probably wouldnt be good for their feud at this point. If he didnt come out during the match, then he would've been there for the celebration

From PWTorch.com:

Torch specialist Greg Parks was in Buffalo, N.Y. tonight for the Armageddon PPV featuring Jeff Hardy's first WWE Title victory. Parks reports that Jeff Hardy stayed out in front of the fans for about 15 minutes after the main event match ended. Approximately seven minutes was shown on the PPV, then Hardy stuck around another seven or eight minutes to celebrate with the fans. ECW champion Matt Hardy then came out and celebrated with him. Parks reports Triple H also stuck around and shook Jeff Hardy's hand in the ring.

Originally Posted by diddy310 I'm going to say Jeff holds onto it until No Way Out, successfully defending against Edge or H at RR while the other one probably wins the Rumble. Although if they do go with Triple H vs. Taker at the Wrestlemania, it wouldnt necessarily need the belt involved, leaving maybe a Jeff vs. Edge TLC? Any combo of those top 4 guys on Smackdown is a solid matchup though

Gah, I was on my way here to predict Triple H winning the Rumble.

I always miss the PPVs where unexpected people win titles.

I can't believe that they gave the belt to Jeff. That's so unbelievably awesome.

I hope if anything comes out of this, Jeff gets rid of the spinner. I don't care if he paints it or carries it around in a Hot Topic bag, every time someone new holds that belt I just get high hopes for it to change.

And risky - I wouldn't expect him to hold it past the Rumble, but kudos to WWE for finally pulling the trigger on him and making him an ever bigger star in the process.

Given Jeff's wellness issues, I'm somewhat surprised they gave him the belt at a PPV when the next one is over a month away. I'm glad to see them pull the trigger on him and get rid of the "choker" label they attached to him, as that really can nix a guy's drawing power if he loses the big one too many times.

Now that they've firmly established him as a top-tier guy after his big '08 push and title win, it's up to Jeff to stay clean and keep his momentum going, and if he screws up again, they'll have to hope he doesn't end up being a major draw for anyone else and have all the time they spent on him be wasted (ala Lashley last year). If nothing else, they turned what seemed like a missable show beforehand into a memorable one, and given people a compelling reason to order the replay.

Edit - An awesome Christian vs. Morrison SvR '09 match I had today.

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvGvKwH7vp8

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHVhtrjycaw

Part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xue9ITF8BJw

The lineup for Global Impact II has been announced -
http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/p...e1003884.shtml

Nothing on paper looks as great as Nagata vs. Angle, but I'm hoping that this still winds up being a fantastic TV special/DVD like last year's was.

Well, that's amazing. My former fav wrestler wins the WWE Championship in my Hometown. If this was 2002-03 I wouldve been way more excited. Still, it was an awesome show live, and beat the living snot outta GAB 05 (the last PPV we had, and my last WWE live event).

On a side note; kids ing love Cena. Like a lot.

Originally Posted by JaytheGamefan And risky - I wouldn't expect him to hold it past the Rumble, but kudos to WWE for finally pulling the trigger on him and making him an ever bigger star in the process.

Yep I got a feeling that Jeff is just a transistional champ on the way towards jobbing to Triple H at the Rumble to add to how many times Hunter has won the title. Either that or Jeff jobs it out at Mania after Triple H either wins the Rumble or wins some kind of number one contenders match.

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Hardy winning the title is a surprise. I'm at least shocked that they bothered to give the belt to Edge just to hotshot it to Hardy a month later. 'Course, if HHH is as high on Hardy as has been reported, I guess it's not too hard to believe - though I'm amused that HHH didn't take the pinfall.

Cena over Jericho is a joke, espescially since the Cena kicking out of the Codebreaker was treated as the spot of the night but Jericho kicking out after an FU is no big deal. Superman indeed.

Kinda bummed that Punk needed the angle of an "injured" Rey to win the IC belt.