#2 Jeff Hardy beats Triple H for the Intercontinental title – 10th April 2001
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The year was 2001 and the Two men power trip were running wild.
Comprising of the WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Intercontinental Champion Triple H, the new alliance had come to dominate the WWF since Austin turned heel at Wrestlemania 17 and former rival Triple H joined him soon after.
The Powertrip would go on to have a feud with the Brothers of Destruction – but before that, the all powerful duo faced some backlash from one charismatic enigma. The Hardy Boyz had done everything possible in the tag team division and Jeff Hardy was itching to make an impact on a grander scale.
So on a SmackDown taping which started with Austin and Triple H dissing the roster, Jeff Hardy ran down to the ring with a steel chair knocking out both Triple H and Stone Cold before delivering a Twist of fate to Stephanie.
This resulted in an IC title match between HHH and Hardy for the main event of the SmackDown tapings. Despite being dominated by Triple H, Hardy stayed in the match.
After HHH suffered another steel chair shot – this time courtesy of Jeff’s brother, Matt, the younger Hardy delivered a Swanton Bomb on him to pick up the unexpected victory and to win his first Intercontinental title.
