Matt Hardy comments on Jeff Hardy paying tribute to Bray Wyatt with his face paint on the September 19 episode of TNA iMPACT!
Jeff Hardy never got to wrestle Bray Wyatt. However, he still thought enough of the man behind the character and the creativity in the character to pay tribute to Bray Wyatt as only he could with his face paint on the September 19 episode of TNA iMPACT! Jeff specifically chose to pay tribute to "The Fiend" iteration of Bray Wyatt.
Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy said he thought it was a really cool moment for Jeff to be able to pay tribute to Windham Rotunda.
“Yes, it was 100% inspired from The Fiend mask. Jeff looked and was like, ‘Hey, do you think this would be cool like kind of a tribute?’ I said, ‘Yeah man, it’d be awesome.’ He’s done some stuff that was very Skelton-like as we approach the Halloween season. It was identical. The image that he used to do his face paint, and he does it all himself as you know, it was absolutely identical and unbelievably great. It’s very cool that Jeff was able to pay his respects and honor The Fiend on TNA iMPACT!”
When speaking about Jeff Hardy's not getting to work with Bray Wyatt, Matt Hardy would say that it was one of Jeff's biggest regrets that he did not get to work with Wyatt when they were all in WWE together.
“That was one of his biggest regrets. The whole time that I was working together with Bray until he turned and we went to tag team, Jeff was out. That’s kind of what started that, Jeff was injured, I was doing singles stuff and we ended up doing an angle where I fought against Bray and after going to the lake of reincarnation, he changed his ways and we joined forces and whatnot. Jeff really does wish he got the chance to interact, he would’ve loved to done Broken Matt, Fiend, and Willow.”
Speaking of Willow, Matt Hardy says Jeff Hardy desires to bring back the character sooner rather than later. Learn more here.
Matt Hardy has also recently stated that he and Jeff Hardy have creative plans in TNA through the rest of 2024. Learn more here.
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