Matt Hardy recently spoke with Nick Piccone for Philly Voice ahead of tomorrow’s WWE live event in Philadelphia; you can read a few highlights below:
Matt Hardy on being teamed with Bray Wyatt, their social media feud before Hardy returned to WWE:
“Long-term booking, my friend. I think Bray is an extremely talented competitor and performer. I’m a big fan of his work. I’m glad I was able to cure him of Sister Abigail and now we’re teaming up. I think there’s still a much bigger potential with the two of us if we get the opportunity to explore that role, which is something we’re working on right now and it’ll happen eventually.”
Hardy comments on his brother Jeff being sent to Smackdown:
“I didn’t know. Those types of things are obviously over my head. I would love to have Jeff involved. Jeff is totally fine being on his own as the ‘Charismatic Enigma’ Jeff Hardy. He’s totally fine being Brother Nero. I think Brother Nero would be good for him for career longevity, but I think Jeff can go to SmackDown and be amazing and be the “Charismatic Enigma” and he can do everything he can do in that persona, and if we need to utilize him as Brother Nero, we can do that whenever.”
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Matt comments on The Hardys’ WWE 24 special:
“I did see it before, and I was very hands-on working with the WWE Network people. I think they did an amazing job. There was actually talk of making it 90 minutes because you were telling two stories as opposed to just one with both myself and Jeff. The decision was made to keep it in the same format of around an hour time, so they really packed a lot through that hour. I made this pact with my brother back in 2013, I said if we’re going to tell this story, we need to wait for the WWE platform. Fortunately, things worked out. I wanted it to be raw, I wanted it to be real, I wanted it to be a little dark, because there were times that were dark. I think it was a good story to show people that even if you do end up at a bad place in your life at some point, it’s never too late to change. It’s never too late to come back. You just have to put your mind to it and be disciplined.
“I just spoke to the people at the Network today, and of all the superstar 24’s they’ve had, ours was the most-watched within 10 days. I appreciate all of the fans who are taking the time out to spend an hour and are see our story and watch our journey.
“I’m very proud of what they did. The Network was very proud of myself and Jeff for partaking in it and displaying such honesty. I’m really proud of the project.”
Matt says he’s a fan of The Revival; has he given them any advice?
“I certainly try to. I feel like that’s almost part of my duty. The wrestling business and industry has given me so much, I feel like it’s my job to help out people if I can. The Revival is a tag team that really thrived down there, and you know, once you come up here to television, the formats change. The kind of common goal they’re looking to get out of performers on a television product changes from NXT. I’m very high on The Revival. I think those guys are extremely, extremely good. I would love to have a long program with myself and Bray facing them. There have definitely been times where I’ve reached out to them and gave them maybe a tip or two that would help them, and just tell them you’ll have to bide your time and wait it out here because you don’t get things immediately. But I am a fan of those guys.
