The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) remain the TNA World Tag Team Champions after defending their titles in a grueling Tables Match with The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) on Thursday’s episode of “TNA iMPACT.”
The principles for this match were easy: Send each opponents crashing through two separate tables, and also you win. It was a nail-biter, as Dutch and Matt were the primary to undergo tables. However it was the godfathers who invented this stylized match, who made short work of their former frenemies of their 15-minute contest (Jeff concluded it with a Swanton Bomb on Vincent). TNA President Carlos Silva got here in after the match handy the Hardys their titles after their hard fought victory.
Joining the tag team ranks this past January, the Righteous first walked into TNA because the Hardy’s enemies. Recognizing their shortfall when their efforts to challenge for the titles were unsuccessful at Genesis in January, Vincent and Dutch decided to follow the proverb, “keep your folks close, but your enemies closer.” It worked briefly, however the Righteous returned to their wicked ways on the fittingly named pay-per-view event, Sacrifice, in late March.
In lower than 48 hours, the Hardys will head to Cleveland, Ohio, and defend their championships again against The System’s Bear Bronson and Brian Myers at Rebel on Saturday. Bronson and Myers earned their tag team title shot after defeating the teams of BDE and Wealthy Swann, Sinner & Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams), and The Righteous in four-way primary contenders match on March 5.