Happy Diwali, India.
Everyone here at WWE India hopes that all of you are celebrating this
Festival of Lights safely and creating a lot of unforgettable memories.
Speaking of unforgettable memories, two super fans from our WWE Universe,
India had their mind blown recently,
when they got the surprise of a lifetime during a casual chat with us.
This is Gaelyn Mendonca, and you're watching WWE Now India.
Let's dive straight into it.
Right now I'm gonna throw the ball in your court, and
I'm gonna give you the opportunity to directly look into your camera and
address your favorite WWE superstar and
tell him anything you'd like to tell him or her, okay?
So if you, Abhiram, want to talk to Jeff Hardy right now,
imagine that he is right here in front of you.
You wanna say something to him.
What would you say to him?
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>> I wanna say that thank you for going to my life.
You changed my life in every way possible.
Like I said, if you never came to my life,
I think I'd never been such an artistic or creative.
I would be a very dumb boy.
I don't know what to do in life.
You changed my life, sir, and [LAUGH] I don't know what to say.
But like I said, you played a big part in my life and
without Jeff, I can't even imagine how my life would be.
And your face paint.
I think most of the people don't know, I'm little bad with selecting,
colors I hate coloring when I was a kid.
And instead, when I went to a party and try to do his face.
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>> My god.
My god.
Surprise, surprise.
Did we just tell you that this is Diwali surprise?
WWE Universe India, joining us right now is the one and only Jeff Hardy.
Hey Jeff.
>> Hello, good morning, here.
>> Good morning, happy Diwali.
>> Hey, happy Diwali.
Yes I'm so excited to be here virtually.
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>> We are so excited to have you here.
And this Diwali is so much more special for us in the WWE Universe in India.
Because right here, right now,
we're joined by two of your super fans from India.
One is of course an upcoming stand up comedian, Neville.
And the other one, who has his face all painted,
is Abhiram, and he is your biggest fan in India.
We have both of them here.
And this is a big Diwali surprise for them you joining us in this conversation.
So guys you guys look like a frozen, what's happened?
[LAUGH] >> This is what happens to the Internet.
>> [LAUGH]
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>> Magical moment.
>> Wow, wow, man.
>> So Jeff, before you came in here we were all in conversation about the many
things that both Neville and Abhiram really, really loved so much about you.
We were talking about all those things and
trust me when I say they couldn't stop talking.
But I think, for a good reason right now, they're both super stunned.
I don't think they saw this coming.
This was their Diwali surprise.
Abhiram, Is there anything you'd like to say to Jeff Hardy right here right now?
>> Just wanna say this is a magical moment for me sir.
Like I said, you changed my life in every way possible, sir.
You taught me how to be kind and humble human being, sir.
Yes sir, you doing your face paint,
your artwork, it's the most beautiful feeling in the world, sir.
Like I said, almost every fans want to know that what goes in the mind
of Jeff Hardy.
How's the creative world of Jeff Hardy really looks like?
I think doing your face paint is the best way to note, sir.
When I first learned your face paint, I was almost got a small glimpse of that
world and I was blown away by the fact that how creative and cool you are, sir.
I can only say that in the world I love someone the most is you sir.
My family, my parents, everyone asked me why you love Jeff Hardy so much, why?
Every time I say Jeff Hardy is an emotion for me.
When he is happy, I am happy.
When he's sad, I am sad.
When he's broken, I am broken.
So I always pray to God that sir, please, always keep Jeff happy, keep him smiling.
When he needs you, be there for him.
That's much I love you, sir.
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I'm going to cry, I.
>> I know.
I'm about to cry, I'm about to cry too, my friend.
When your eyes are closed, I see into your soul, with your eyes and
your eyelids, man.
And thank you so much for, man, I don't want to cry, but I'm about to.
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[LAUGH] My god this has turned into a super emotional Diwali special and
rightfully so.
Well, Abhiram has been has been facepainting as
a tribute to you since 2013.
He is absolutely and completely in love with you.
And we also have Neville here who's also a diehard Jeff Hardy fan.
So Neville, is there anything you'd like to say to Jeff?
>> Hi, it's a pleasure to talk to you.
It's a privilege and thank you so much for all the entertainment,
for all the fun you've given all these years and
all the times you've made us go [SOUND] did he jump?
I love the way you're a Daredevil.
It's the Daredevil the new inspires everyone is like,
well, he keeps on pushing his limits and that's great.
What was the one time you like, is this too high?
I mean, have you ever had that ever?
Or you're like, okay, this is just like a Monday night, this is it.
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>> Yeah that, I think,
it was 33 feet that this one time I hit on Randy Orton back in 09, I believe.
I was like, wow, am I really gonna do this?
But now it's like a moment that's immortalized in time.
But yeah, I remember I'll never forget like rehearsing that and going,
man this is what, should I really be doing this?
Yeah, but for now it's legendary and I love it.
>> Yeah, thank you so much.
It's an absolute pleasure and it's very surreal, it's very, very surreal.
>> Well it take Abhiram,
he said that it initially used to take him three hours to get the face paint on.
He does it himself.
But now it takes him about an hour and a half.
He's kind of mastered the art of the Jeff Hardy face.
How long does it take you, Jeff, to have the Jeff face on?
>> 30 minutes to an hour.
Yeah, when I am in a peaceful state of mind
an hour's a perfect time as far as before a match.
It's a stressful sensation when you don't have enough time to be in that
peaceful state of mind to paint your face and
do what you really wanna try to bring the image to life.
But yeah, most of the time, it's like 30 minutes to an hour.
Yeah, I can a lot done in 45 minutes is the perfect time.
>> Fab, fab, that's amazing.
Well, Jeff, we in India here are celebrating the Festival of Lights
which is called the Diwali.
It signifies the triumph of good over evil.
Is there anything you'd like to say to all your fans in India here
considering it's the festival of Diwali?
Anything you'd like to say to WWE Universe in India who follows you so ardently?
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>> Yeah, I think we as human beings, I think we create our demons.
And I'm an example of that,
like throughout my life has been a roller coaster ride of like good and bad.
The main thing as far as what's angelic about life of thing is like being
a good person each and every day.
And helping people and just being a good overall kind human being.
And that's what I strive to do every single day.
I sleep and I wake up and I wonder what can I do today to make somebody happy?
Other than what can I put in my body to kind of made me evil?
So just avoid the, altering the mind, I think, can get you in a dangerous place.
And me right now I'm so blessed to be alive each and every day.
I have family two healthy daughters, a healthy wife and I'm so
blessed to be alive and well every day and I wanna continue this as long as I can.
So I just strive to be good every day.
>> Absolutely.
You mentioned that you wonder every day how you could
put a smile on people's faces, and I can guarantee you one thing.
We have three very happy people here in India right now is smiling from ear to ear
that they are talking with Jeff Hardy.
So thank you very very much for that Jeff.
>> You're very welcome.
It's so cool to be here.
>> Jeff, it's time for us now to say goodbye to your two
huge super fans from the WWE Universe in India, Abihram and Neville.
Thank you so very much for joining us.
We hope we made your Diwali and
we hope we made a little bit of your dream come true, too.
We know that this is done over a virtual medium and
Abhiram I know your ultimate dream is to give Jeff a big fat hug.
So let's just virtually do it.
Yeah, let's give let's give each other a group hug.
There you go.
Amazing, amazing.
Thank you so much Neville.
Thanks Abiram, off you go.
Well as they say, dreams truly do come true.
On behalf of the entire WWE Now India team,
we would like to wish all of you a very happy and a very safe Diwali.
Until the next time, this is me Gaelyn signing off.
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