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The Dudley Boyz Hand Over Boots As They Call Time On Careers

By Lyle Kilbane • Published Oct 13, 2025 04:39 EDT
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It looks like that’s all she wrote for The Dudley Boyz as they handed over their boots following one last match at TNA Bound For Glory.

At Slammiversary, The Hardys rolled back the years one more time to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a wild Ladder Match. However, the nostalgia wasn’t done there.

After the match, the pair were confronted by Bully Ray, better known as Bubba Ray Dudley. He began by congratulating the new champions before challenging them to one more match at Bound For Glory. As was appropriate, that match became a table match as fans got to relive some of the wild action from decades ago that made both teams, along with Edge and Christian, household names.

The announcement was especially surprising as, in recent years, D-Von Dudley has suffered a stroke and undergone major spinal surgery, after which he was told he’d never wrestle again.

The match took on added interest after The Hardys claimed the NXT Tag Team Championship at the recent Showdown event, pitting TNA and NXT stars against one another.

The Dudley Boyz Hand Over Their Boots

At Bound For Glory, both teams rolled back the years in a match dubbed One Final Table. The Dudley Boyz were referred to by both their WWE and TNA names and were also accompanied to the ring by Spike Dudley, also known in TNA as Brother Runt.

Jeff Hardy was the first man eliminated when he received a 3D through a table. He recovered and retaliated when he delivered a Swanton Bomb to put D-Von through another table. With The Hardys in the ascendancy, they finished off the Dudley Boyz when Bubba Ray gave up fighting back and allowed Matt and Jeff to put him through a table for the win.

TNA president Carlos Silva appeared to hand over the TNA and NXT Tag Team Titles to The Hardys, but more was to come. As the WWE Hall of Famers went to leave, they stopped and returned to take off their boots and present them to the Hardys as a sign that they were now retired. The two teams embraced in a hugely emotional moment as it marked the true end of a wrestling era.