>Hardy crashes out at a house show and completely walks away from the match to high five and take pictures with fans in the crowd before leaving the arena
>WWE offers Jeff rehab, Jeff refuses, WWE releases Jeff
>Meanwhile Matt is in AEW and the internet goes crazy with theories that Jeff is sober but did this on purpose to get out of his contract so he could reunite with his brother in AEW
>Between his release and signing with AEW Jeff does a few comedy/performance shows, a fan that went to one of the first ones and said it was awkward because Jeff was obviously drunk before he hit the stage and kept pulling Fireball whiskey minis out of his jacket and downing them through the night
His AEW run was doomed from the start because he was still an alcoholic the entire time. The internet was wrong.