The Hardy Boyz have a point to prove since returning to TNA this year.
The brothers spoke to Steven Muelhausen for The Takedown on Sports Illustrated about their return to TNA. Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy made the jump back to the promotion after their AEW release earlier this year.
Matt Hardy spoke about how he didn’t want to have “all these intricate matches”, and was happy to have a tag team run with Jeff Hardy in the promotion.
“I certainly felt like I had things to prove,” Matt admits. “And I just felt like being put in a position to succeed is something that I needed. I love the fact that TNA, like, when I showed up at the end of Rebellion and dropped Moose with a Twist of Fate. That only happened two days out. I spoke with Tommy Dreamer. And I talked about what I wanted by by being there. I said, ‘I’m not worried about having all these intricate matches’.”
“I wanted to be involved in some story in which people can emotionally connect too. They can be emotionally invested in (it). I originally set and agreed to work with Moose until Against No Odds, and we would have a title match for the heavyweight title. And if that was the last thing I do, then we have the match and he beats me, and then I do whatever’s next. But then Jeff was saying right before that, like, ‘I see what you’re doing. I’m going to be free here shortly. ‘I think it’d be cool. I’d like to come do it, and we could do the whole tag team thing that we hope we would have done at AEW’.
The Hardy Boyz Are Inspired By TNA
Jeff Hardy spoke next about the Hardy Boyz return to TNA.
He revealed that he is super excited about the shows, including how they are shot and produced. The former WWE Champion added that he wants to have the biggest reinvention of his career, and do the best work he’s ever done in wrestling.
“I was healing from a broken nose at the time, so my deal was a little extended,” Jeff said. “It’s just the way these contract things end. (It) just still blows me away because the day my contract ended with AEW, the (Against All Odds) show was the next day. I was like, ‘How could that possibly be?’
“So naturally, it was like one of those things that we don’t know how that can be, but it must be just meant to be. I’ve created and had a lot of great moments and memories with TNA over the years. I don’t think I’d watched TNA until Matt popped up since I was still with WWE during the Thunderdome days. I saw what TNA was doing through the pandemic. But then, naturally, I started watching and sent Matt a text. I was like, ‘Oh man, that’s really cool. How did it feel out there?’
“Then we talked about it. It’s super exciting to see the way they shoot the shows now. And now that I’m starting to get comfortable and getting to know everybody in the locker room. I love watching the shows back. The way they produce some of the slow-motion stuff. I really get excited about that, and it inspires me to have one of the biggest reinventions of my career and do some of the best work I’ve ever done in pro wrestling.”
