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Jeff Hardy is known for blazing many trails; his style of high-energy, high-acrobatic wrestling, combined with his penchant for taking risks in the ring, cemented his star in the pro wrestling universe early on. His daring jump – as a hot WWE superstar rather than one past his prime – to TNA blazed a trail for other bankable names defecting. And his surprising return to WWE after such a stunning betrayal of the McMahon family was the icing on the cake.

Now, Jeff Hardy is fighting for his freedom and wouldn’t be able to get a decent insurance quote on anything, thanks to a September drug bust that may or may not be the result of a sting operation. Either way, not only is his eventual return to the ring in serious doubt, but so is his long-term freedom.

If Hardy pleads out or is found guilty on charges like these, it will mark an ignominious end to the career of one of pro wrestlings great risk takers, as well as an excellent in-ring storyteller.