The Hardy’s run in AEW was speculated to be generational, and the promotion where they’d have likely had their last hurrah and tackle Adam “Edge” Copeland and Christian Cage one last time, and/and even The Dudley Boyz. Unfortunately, not only wasn’t it Matt Hardy’s likelihood to finally be booked appropriately, Jeff Hardy had a really public relapse that just about resulted in felony charges and by June 2024, neither brother was signed to AEW.
Despite any criticisms or opinions fans could have, Jeff takes responsibility for the way in which their run led to AEW.
“He felt like he was a part of the explanation our downfall happened in AEW, and to a level he was,” Matt expressed during an episode of his “The Extreme Lifetime of Matt Hardy” podcast. “If you’ve a tag team partner in pro wrestling, it often affects you when your tag team partner makes a mistake, and Jeff felt really, really terrible about it.”
Matt then claimed that Jeff had numerous regret about how their run in AEW turned about, but further claimed that Jeff feels blissful and glad to be given recent opportunities in TNA. “That makes me blissful, because for the longest time, he was so down on himself,” Matt expressed. “During those times in AEW, there have been times where each myself and Jeff. Especially me once I was there and never doing anything…like, I like this, but form of this does not feel like something I like, at once.”
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