Jeff Hardy returns and defeats King Corbin; shows off new back tattoo on Smackdown live

After being out of ring for almost a year, Jeff Hardy made his much-awaited return on WWE SmackDown. In April 2018, former WWE Champion suffered a brutal ankle injury during a live event and was rushed to hospital. He was training for past few months at WWE Performance Centre and at this week’s WWE Backst, Jeff Hardy revealed that he will be appearing on WWE SmackDown.

On this week’s WWE SmackDown, Jeff Hardy was interviewed by a WWE host where he made his return official. King Corbin appeared in between interview and joked about Jeff Hardy’s past alcohol addiction. Hardy didn’t like Corbin’s words and challenged him for a match. Corbin accepted match and two wrestlers faced each or later on WWE SmackDown.

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WWE SmackDown: Jeff Hardy defeats King Corbin

Before match could start, Elias entered ring and joined commentary team. He said he has to watch this match because he wants to see Jeff Hardy defeat King Corbin. From start of match, Jeff Hardy dominated and kept pressure on King Corbin. As King Corbin was on verge of gaining upper hand, Elias came in and distracted referee. Charismatic Enigma took advant of situation and delivered a Twist of Fate followed by a Swanton Bomb for victory.

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WWE SmackDown: Jeff Hardy talks coronavirus and shows his new tattoo

After match, Jeff Hardy was interviewed by WWE host where he was asked to talk about show which was held without any spectators because of Coronavirus outbreak. Jeff Hardy said that he feels like he was a part of ' first-ever SmackDown Twilight Zone’. However, Jeff Hardy said that he completely supports steps WWE took. Jeff Hardy n showed off his new back tattoo and said that he wanted a big back tattoo for quite a while. He said it hurt a lot, but he is really happy that he got one.

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