“I don’t know,” Matt Hardy makes a disappointing claim about Jeff Hardy’s wrestling return


“I don’t know,” Matt Hardy makes a disappointing claim about Jeff Hardy’s wrestling return

Jeff Hardy (on left) and Matt Hardy (on right) (Image Credits: WrestleTalk)

Jeff Hardy is currently serving his suspension with All Elite Wrestling. After getting sacked courtesy of a DUI arrest earlier this year, The Charismatic Enigma was sent to rehab. The condition for his return was related to the efficiency of completing the rehab period. It was said that Jeff will eventually end up returning soon enough, once he successfully completes the recuperation.

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His brother Matt, has now come up with an update on Jeff Hardy’s present condition. However, it’s not the best one yet and may dishearten everyone out there. Speaking on this weekend’s Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, he termed the DUI arrest of his brother as “unfortunate”. Matt continued saying that The Hardy Boyz were set to replicate all that great stuff they’ve done over the years in WWE. But, before their AEW run was able to get underway, catastrophe hit them.

More than Jeff’s wrestling return, Matt was more concerned for his supreme health. The latter hopes for his brother as a better-than-ever man in future. At last, Matt reflected what pro-wrestling is all about. As the saying, one has to adapt to the changes this industry has to offer and keep going.

“It’s just very unfortunate, the things that happened with Jeff. Hopefully it’s something that he is going to make into a positive and he’s going to turn everything around in his life, and he can come back and be better. We’ll see, I don’t know, I don’t know. Maybe he comes back, maybe he doesn’t, but we were scheduled to do all kinds of things during the summer and it really sent me down a big path of detour following that, but it is what it is. It’s pro wrestling where you have to adapt and change on the fly, and I’ve made the most of it and tried to do what I can.”

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What legacy does The Hardy Boyz hold in this business?

The Hardy Boyz on Raw after Wrestlemania 33
The Hardy Boyz on Raw after Wrestlemania 33 (Image Credits: Bleacher Report)

The professional wrestling industry has seen constant changes over the due course of time. One of the most important domain of this beloved sport remains classic Tag-Team wrestling. Although, this aspect of the game often gets neglected these days, it was a class act back then. What defined this was legendary teams like The Hardy’s, Edge and Christian and The Dudley’s.

If being called “Wrestling Soulmate” is an art, then they are Picassos of this. Back in late 90s and early 2000s, Tag-Team wrestling peaked in WWE (WWF then). At Wrestlemania 17, Edge and Christian defeated The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz to become the new WWF Tag-Team Champions. The spot which still remains rent-free in everyone’s heads was born during this very match. As per the stipulated Tables, Ladders and Chairs clash, there was carnage all around. One of the breathtaking moments saw Edge spearing Jeff Hardy from the top of the ladder, all way down.

This was exactly when the crowd went bananas. However, this wasn’t the first-ever TLC match. To kick-off this iconic concept, these three teams clashed at Summerslam 2000. The bar has to be set from here only and after the match concluded, that benchmark was thrown miles up. Many wrestling fans believe this as the real birth of TLC match. Numerous of TLC matches have played out after that, however no one came even close.

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At the present scenario, The Dudley Boyz are semi-retired while Hardy’s don’t have Jeff as an active competitor. Also, the only ones going are Edge and Christian who reunited once again in WWE, back at Royal Rumble 2021. In one of his interviews, Matt Hardy has admitted the desire to have that one last match against Edge & Christian. While the battle isn’t impossible, it would require a lot of variables to get right.

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