Matt Hardy Details “Very Last Minute” WWE Return
Matt Hardy is going back to WWE.
On February 18 it was announced that Matt and Jeff Hardy would face No Quarter Catch Crew’s Tavion Heights and Myles Borne in NXT. The match on February 25, will be The Hardys first in a WWE ring since April 2019.
On the same show, Moose confronted NXT Champion Oba Femi, hinting that a showdown between the pair isn’t too far away.
The moves represent the latest crossover between NXT and TNA as the relationship between the two brands becomes closer than ever.
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Speaking on his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, the tag team veteran explained that he and Jeff’s NXT appearance came together very late in the day. He went on to break down how The Hardys have continued to remain popular for so long, and what they can bring to an NXT roster stacked with young talent.
“This was, you know, a very last minute thing. It’s very cool because everyone knows that TNA and NXT have this partnership right now, I think it’s going to continue to expand a little bit. It has been so beneficial for TNA, it has also been very beneficial for NXT.
I feel like just over the last little bit, probably after Fraxiom shows up and they watched us defend the titles against The Rascalz, I would imagine that wheels started turning from the powers that be. I don’t know all of the details on all these things, I’m still talent brother, I’m not booking, I’m talent. I think there was some interest there.
They’ve seen these post show meet and greets we’ve been doing, everyone knows of these legendary meet and greets where we’re there until 1 o’clock, 1:30 in the morning signing for three hours after a four hour TV taping. Our popularity is great right now, it’s been off the charts, it’s been really really strong and if you put us in a position to succeed and you let us do what we’re strong at and what we’re good at, the people have a connection with us and that connection is very strong and it hasn’t faded away.
It’s better than ever because we won these TNA Tag Team Titles, it was done right, we didn’t rush it. It felt organic in many ways and now that we’re at that point, I think there are some people that we can work with in NXT, especially on the WWE front, we are a WWE legacy tag team. We’ve been literally together for over 25 years working pretty much on top of the tag team division in some capacity.
The fact that we are able to step out and get in the ring with other teams and kind of give them a little bit of our rub that we have and they kind of help us because they’re younger teams and kind of keep us relevant in 2025, it’s a win win. Really excited about this man and I’ll tell you, I am training for a fight this week too because the two guys that we are facing, they’re both legit badasses.”
Meanwhile, it’s been announced that Matt and Jeff Hardy will team with Oba Femi to face Moose, Eddie Edwards, and Brian Myers on the February 27 edition of Impact. The Hardys and Oba Femi came to the aid of Leon Slater on February 20 when he was about to be attacked by The System.
H/t to Fightful