Jeff Hardy was understandably nervous to make his All Elite Wrestling debut, and it resulted in a meme-worthy moment.
Jeff Hardy made his AEW debut on the March 9 episode of Dynamite and his arrival was met with great fanfare, but fans also had a good laugh because of Jeff “dancing” on the way to the ring. Hardy was doing his trademark entrance gestures, but he did it fast enough to still get to the ring to save his brother Matt from an attack. Fans ultimately meme’d the entrance, and now both Hardys have cleared the air as to why things happened the way that they did.
Matt and Jeff Hardy joined co-host Jon Alba on the latest Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast and explained how he was feeling before he appeared on TV. Jeff said that Matt wanted him to have a grand entrance that he deserved, but he thought he should focus on getting to the ring to save his brother from the AFO.
“The reaction was the best form of adrenaline and energy from the wrestling fans, just that pop as we call it. Then I just had to let out that nervous energy with that yell, and I was so torn because I am saving my brother and one of my biggest heroes is in the ring, Sting, and this new guy, his name is Darby Allin and I just met him for the first time that day,” Jeff explained. “I’m like, ‘This is really happening, ‘I’m debuting for AEW.’
“So the question for me was — and Matt is saying like, ‘Take your time, go through the juke’ [Hardy’s entrance gestures]. And I’m like, ‘I can’t do that, I’m saving my brother!’ So, I tried to juke and run at the same time, but I think it worked out pretty perfectly. It was just overwhelming,” Jeff noted, “but I’ll be glad when I get a very ‘patient’ entrance where I can absorb all of that energy from all of the AEW universe.”
Matt then added to Jeff’s thoughts and explained why he thought Jeff could get a longer entrance.
“Doing the juke on the run, I think that was a compromise because I’m the one getting beat down,” Matt said. “I just want the guys to stop because it’s going to be such a big moment and people are going to be shocked, they’re going to be out of their minds, I just want [Jeff] to come out and do the juke. You’re a big star, do your thing and get a full entrance even though they’re beating me up, just let them stop. But they stayed out top of me and still whipped my ass, but [Jeff] went ahead and came to the ring.
“All of the memes that had been out there are very funny, very entertaining, but I love it. It wasn’t on him; if it was up to [Jeff] he would’ve just run straight in. This was on me, dammit! He’s a big star,” Matt added. “He’s going to get a big star entrance.”
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His brother getting beaten up and Jeff Hardy comes out dancing, LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I love this guy pic.twitter.com/n1QrKdq6ys
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) March 10, 2022
Matt Hardy waiting for Jeff to stop dancing and save his ass pic.twitter.com/5oU0Y18kuj
— ?Heels Pops Chairshots? (@HPCBadGuys) March 10, 2022
Jeff Hardy speed dancing down the ramp as Matt is getting beat up might be one of the great moments in the history of our sport. #AEWDynamite #AEW pic.twitter.com/eMNS64R3Kt
— Joseph Staszewski (@Joe_Staszewski) March 10, 2022
