Former WWE star and a former eleven times Tag Team champion in WWE Matt Hardy who is also a former two times TNA World Heavyweight Champion recently talked about the impact of his brother Jeff Hardy in the AEW locker room.
The Hardy Boyz is considered to be one of the best tag teams in the history of professional wrestling. It is the team of the two real life brothers Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy. Together they have won a total of 9 Tag Team Championship reigns only in WWE, which is a huge achievement.
Matt Hardy Discusses Jeff Hardy’s Impact On AEW Locker Room
They have won more tag team championships together outside of WWE as well. They started to work as a tag team for the first time in 1993 and that was on the independent circuit. They have also work in different promotions while working on the independent circuit including in WWE. But during this time they have mostly been treated as jobbers.
In 1998 they signed a professional contract with WWE. Instantly they have been started to be treated as a bug threat to the Tag Team division of WWE. In a very short amount of time they became really successful in the promotion and the fans just loved them. They have presented some of the best Tag Team matches of the Attitude Era.
They are not only legends of WWE but legends of professional wrestling, both as a team and singles competitors. Currently they are working on AEW, the team that is one of the biggest Rivals of WWE right now and there working as a team in AEW. Jeff Hardy was arrested last year but was released and returned to AEW again.
Matt Hardy who is also a former two times TNA World Heavyweight Champion recently spoke on his Extreme Life podcast where he talked about the impact of his brother Jeff Hardy in the AEW locker room. Here is what he had to say;
“This is the most work I’ve ever seen him do on himself. He had ten months. He seems different. He seems different. I don’t want to sit here and vouch for him, I don’t want you to take my word for it or take anyone else’s word for it. Watch him and follow his actions. He’ll make you a believer. I am confident that his actions, conduct, and behavior will make people a believer.
“He’s made me a believer. I’ve seen a lot of him and gotten to follow his journey and I know the work he’s put in and how dedicated he’s been to legitimately changing and trying to get his shit together once and for all. I’m so extraordinarily proud of him. He’s done great. Everyone was happy to see him. He’s happy to be there. It was so adorable, right before we went out, he was so nervous and so worried because he hasn’t been in a ring, at all.
“He came out to my house on Monday, got in the ring, ran the ropes, took a few bumps. He was worried how the people were going to react to him. Jeff is one of the few individuals who has ‘it’ and people are connected to him. When he came out and the people went nuts and were cheering and chanting, it was great, a magical moment. Really glad we got to this point and very excited to see where we go forward from here.”
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