Why Jeff Hardy, Why?

Reports are coming out today that Jeff Hardy has been suspended by the WWE for 60 days for violating the company's drug wellness policy. This comes as a shocking surprise as the rainbow-haired warrior was enjoying a big push by the WWE. Hardy was doing everything right in breaking out as a mid-card wrestler and becoming main-event worthy.
He enjoyed a huge push for the No Way Out pay-per-view for challenging Randy Orton for the title in the main event. His Swanton Bomb off the scaffolding on RAW will be on the 2008 highlight reel. He was doing everything right.
That's why his loss of the Intercontinental Title to Chris Jericho on the 3/10 episode of RAW was such a shock. It makes sense now, Jeff will be off the air for two months. And it couldn't have come at a worse time for him. He was to have competed in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania XXIV... say goodbye to that payday and to a match at the Backlash PPV. I was really pushing for Jeff to win this year's MitB match and get another shot at the title. Meanwhile, the company is less likely to push you upon your return, if you return at all.
On the positive side, Hardy has two months to sit at home and heal up and then explode on his return to the WWE. On the negative side, he has 60 days to loose his fire and realize there is life outside of wrestling. I am hoping for the former.

What's Our Theme Music Again?

One thing the WWE has been able to do is able to do is find great PPV theme music. Take the past few WrestleMania shows. Shinedown's "I Dare You", Saliva's "Ladies & Gentlemen" and even Peter Gabriel's "Big Time" all worked for promoting the shows. That's why I was a little worried when the WWE announced that the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Snow (Hey Oh)" was the official theme song of WrestleMania XXIV. As much as I love the Chili Peppers, I'm just not seeing Jeff Hardy jumping off the top of a ladder while "Snow" is playing. It just lacks the edge of past songs. Unless the WWE has the Chili Peppers playing live at WM24, they should just drop the song. Besides, there are other Chili Peppers songs that would work.

Thankfully, somebody at corporate saw the problem. Now, Rev Theory's "Light it Up" has been added as "one of WM24's theme songs". This song is the "edge" song that is befitting of the Granddaddy of Shows. "Light it Up" has been getting lots of spins during RAW/ECW/Smackdown broadcasts and "Snow" has been pushed to the background.