Ten minutes passed, and Hardy’s condition worsened. He vomited three times on his then-fiancee Reby Sky. He did become verbal but could do nothing more than lay on the ground.
Before the injury — and like hundreds of times before — Hardy had climbed the ropes. Hardy faced the crowd; his back was to the ring to set up a run-in by Luke Hawx.
Hardy torpedoed down, his head notably lower to the ground than the rest of his body. From the way he was launched, it was clear his head would hit the unforgiving concrete first.