The Hardy Boyz – Matt and Jeff – are together and talking to JR! Hear all about the ring in their backyard, the wrestling promotion that they started and ran, Jeff’s face painting inspiration & why it still means a lot to him today, their innovative use of tables, ladders & chairs in matches, why The Undertaker was one of Jeff’s favorite-ever opponents on RAW, living life clean & sober and the struggle to get there, and of course their thoughts on TNA Impact.
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Matt was recently interview by SportingNews.com about his post-WWE career.
Most wrestling fans know Matt Hardy as the man who helped put the tag-team division on the map along with his brother Jeff during the WWE’s Attitude Era in memorable matches filled with daredevil stunts. But that was a decade ago, and it’s been four years since he has last worked for the entertainment giant.
But that hasn’t slowed down Hardy, who is finding a second wind working for various promotions around the country.
“This is the most fun I’ve had in wrestling because there’s no pressure, there’s no stress,” said Hardy. “There’s people that contact me all the time with decent offers and I’ll go I’m not interested. I really am my own boss and it’s nice.”
Hardy understands the glitz and glamour of the WWE, having lived it for nearly 12 years of his life. He also understands there is much more to working for that company. Now at the age of 40, he says it’s not for him anymore.
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The Huffington Post recent interviewed Matt. In the interview, he discussed his return to TNA, the future of the company, working with his brother again, and more.
You’re back in TNA and working a programme with Team 3D (The Dudley Boyz). What’s it like being with them again?
Its good fun! It’s like a time warp. It’s so strange. We’ve been separated and we haven’t been in the ring with those guys for about 12 years. You know as soon as we start working with them, we start having memories of old matches we had in Peoria Illinois – random cities across the world, it’s a great dose of nostalgia. I think it’s cool because we’re all at a point where we can still go pretty strong in the ring and have a great match and not disappoint the people. We don’t just get dressed up and come out as the Dudleys and the Hardy boys and play around for a couple of minutes, we can actually get out there and do an older version of ourselves and still kick ass and that’s pretty cool.
You are back to being a tag-team with Jeff after a successful career as a singles wrestler. What’s the allure of tagging again?
Every time now – especially as we get older – that I team with Jeff, it’s truly magical. We grew up as legitimate blood brothers and it’s a magical moment because our whole dream was to one day be the tag-team champions of the world and we did that multiple times. So anytime someone asks me, even if I’m embarking on the greatest singles run of my career and no-one can touch me, I would always go and work with Jeff. For me that’s as good as it gets because that’s what we always wanted to do when we were children. Few people get to live that dream and so, well anytime I can go back and team with Jeff, I’m certainly up for it and gonna love it.
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Matt and Jeff aka The Hardy Boyz aka Team Xtreme are together in-person with Y2J! The real life brothers had their own trampoline ring in the backyard of their family’s 25-acre tobacco farm. They started their own wrestling promotion, sewed their own costumes, came up with some crazy gimmicks, made their way to the WWE, and once there, cemented their legacy with some killer TLC matches! Stories, stories, and more stories… and they share them all with Chris!
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Dan Lovranski, of the Live Audio Wrestling podcast, recently sat down with Jeff Hardy. Hardy discussed his reaction to TNA and the Spike TV issue, the introduction of the Willow character to TNA and the background of the character, the match last week with The Wolves from New York City, Matt Hardy being contacted for the tapings, and much more!
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