10 Best WWE Matches of the Year 2006

#8 Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro, RAW November 13

Underrated match-up

Jeff Hardy made his triumphant return to WWE after SummerSlam 2006 following a 3 and a half year hiatus from the company. He immediately set his eyes on Johnny Nitro (Morrison/Mundo) Intercontinental Championship. The two had a series of matches on both RAW and pay-per-view, with their best coming here in this ladder match.

Jeff and Nitro started off with traditional wrestling and went back and forth for a little while. Ladders eventually came into play and we had a lot of use out of them. Jeff dropkicked a ladder which folded up Nitro, hit him with a beautiful sunset flip powerbomb and classic Jeff Hardy leg drop over the ladder to him below.

Nitro baseball slid the ladder which ricocheted into Hardy’s face in a rather painful looking spot. The two used it as a weapon plenty of times and both came flying off the top on several occasions. Jeff may have been the ladder match veteran here, but Johnny deserves a lot of credit for giving such a great performance in his ladder debut. The end came when Jeff trapped Johnny under the ladder and retrieved the title.