{"id":13543,"date":"2016-03-17T14:39:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T19:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=13543"},"modified":"2016-03-17T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T21:56:45","slug":"jeff-hardy-explains-hes-wrestling-damaged-knee-talks-upcoming-knee-procedure-concussions-re-signing-tna-future-2016-matt-hardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/17\/jeff-hardy-explains-hes-wrestling-damaged-knee-talks-upcoming-knee-procedure-concussions-re-signing-tna-future-2016-matt-hardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Hardy explains how he&#8217;s wrestling with damaged knee, talks upcoming procedure, concussions, re-signing with TNA, future after 2016, Matt Hardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3198102889\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Jeff Hardy was reportedly going to be out of action for most of 2016 from the lingering effects of his 2015 dirt bike\u00a0crash.\u00a0Then, he\u00a0returned to the ring for a brief match at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview, Hardy explained how he&#8217;s been able to get back in the ring little by little despite his bum leg.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been wrestling now for about seven matches, and in each match, I do a little bit more than before. I have a torn PCL, but I have a really good brace and I feel real safe in the ring. After each match, I do a little bit more than before,&#8221; Hardy told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/ringrustradio\/2016\/03\/15\/ring-rust-radio--mar-15-w-wwe-roadblock-review-jeff-hardy--part-1\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Wood of Ring Rust Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy added that the\u00a0kneebrace will help him prolong his career because he is trying to avoid another knee surgery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;End of April this year I\u2019m going to get the rod out of my tibia and hopefully it\u2019s going to help with some of the pain that\u2019s going on in my knee because it\u2019s starting to come out a little bit. Once I get that taken out, I\u2019m going to leave my PCL alone and just continue to work with brace as long as I can,&#8221; Hardy said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now it\u2019s still good and holding up. If I could show you how my knee looks now and how it moves you would think, &#8216;Wow, how are you even walking?&#8217; It\u2019s crazy how stable it is but the brace is really good and I\u2019m going to wrestle with that as long as I can. Having that PCL surgery is just like the ACL surgery, where it is 6 to 9 months I\u2019ll be out of action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If Hardy&#8217;s knee is the short-term concern, then concussions are the long-term concern. Hardy said he feels fortunate to have only suffered a few documented concussions during his career after chair shots to the head and wild stunt bumps were customary in the Attitude Era. Hardy also said he plans to donate his brain posthumously to CTE research.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a huge serious issue in wrestling. I\u2019ve rung my bell so many times especially back in the day when chair shots to the head were legal. My goodness, I took so many of those,&#8221; Hardy said.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3155207872\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Luckily, I\u2019m only aware of about two or three concussions that I have had but there\u2019s really no way of telling how many overall. When (Kevin) Nash announced he was doing that I was on board and I didn\u2019t know that RVD did as well. 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