About Jeff Hardy before Armageddon

He goes mad, beats Undertaker and Triple H just to fight for WWE belt at surivor series.
But Edge returns and hit Jeff in head in Hotel... ok. Let's move forward.

Jeff VS Chris Jericho before Armageddon. Jeff will fight agaisnt Edge and Triple H.
Edge that have an interrupetd match agaisnt John Cena. (What I call "protect" the fighters. Any winners or losers in this fight.)
But for Jeff Hardy is ok to lose for Chris Jericho. Now... How can we, Jeff fans, believe that he can beat Edge and Triple H after losing for the little rat Jericho?