Jeff Hardy considered staying in AEW.
2024 was an eventful year for The Hardys, as both Matt and Jeff turned back up in TNA after leaving AEW. The duo have built back up a great reputation with fans during their current run in TNA, even recently winning the TNA World Tag Team Championships for the third time.
As with any departure from a major promotion, there was a lot of conversation surrounding both Matt and Jeff's departure from AEW. Many fans believed that the run didn't fully work out because of Jeff's DUI arrest in June 2022.
While chatting with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Jeff Hardy was asked about the possibility of appearing in WWE given the company's working relationship with TNA. After agreeing that it could happen, Hardy talked about the heel run that he and Matt almost had in AEW.
“Yeah, yeah, for sure. There’s never been a real heel Hardy run and I was so excited about that in AEW, but I know, I own what I’ve done. It was my fault, I really let Matt down with the whole AEW thing. I think AEW man, before I broke my nose wrestling Sammy Guevara, my thinking was like, ‘Man, we’re not being used. What if I can be a heel on social media and send out some tweets.’ It evidently wasn’t professional, but again, it’s not like I was being serious, I just said something like Collision was designed for Punks. I ended up getting three matches out of that with Swerve Strickland, Jon Moxley, and then Sammy. In all those matches, I had that passion, I could feel it again within myself. Then naturally, injury happens and my nose is broken, that’s gonna take a while to heal. Things just worked out the way they worked out and I am so glad to be back in TNA. Super excited, TNA has been there for me in dark times, man."
Then, Hardy went on to talk about how he considered staying in AEW when he learned of Matt Hardy's return to TNA in April 2024.
“There was even one moment where I found out Matt went back to TNA, I watched the footage, I was like, ‘Oh, maybe I need to stay with AEW and continue to prove myself and have some killer matches with these guys who are on a different level.’ Then I was like, I had such a good run in TNA last time. The merchandise they came out with was so cool, I started doing the eyelid paint and everything was so good the last time in TNA. There was so many innovative bumps I did throughout that run. I said, ‘No, this is exactly the way it’s supposed to be.’ I called Matt and agreed to show up. This time, I’m glad I didn’t try to run and do the juke at the same time. Still to this day, why would I try to juke and run to save my brother my first time in AEW? So bizarre. I’ve even practiced it since to see if it was possible.”
In a seperate recent interview, Hardy stated that an induction into the WWE Hall Of Fame would be the perfect end to his career. Learn more about those comments by clicking here.
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