Matt and Jeff Hardy spoke with ESPN’s Extra Mustard blog this week to hype Sunday’s TNA Bound For Glory PPV. The “Boyz” from Cameron, North Carolina will face The Decay this weekend for the TNA Tag Team titles. Matt told ESPN that Decay “perpetrated blasphemy” when they visited his compound for the Delete or Decay spectacle. This Sunday, they’re out for revenge. “We are not only going to render Decay obsolete, we’re also going to delete them until their vessels have perished,” Matt said.
Whatever happens at Bound For Glory and whatever the future holds for TNA, a lot of fans want to see Matt and Jeff back in WWE. Their TNA contracts expire in February and Jeff says the possibility of him returning to WWE really depends on what happens between now and February with TNA.
“If it feels right and good, I don’t see anything wrong with staying,” said Jeff. “When you commit to a WWE contract, you’re committing to some serious time away from home. If it were under my terms, there might be a chance, but I’m really not sure. Of course it would be nice, but what we’re doing right now is so much fun. I don’t want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.”
“Broken” Matt has essentially been given complete creative freedom in TNA. The results speak for themselves. Matt’s Broken Brilliance, Senior Benjamin, Vanguard-1, Baby Maxel and the”DELETE!” phenomenon have caught on in the pro wrestling world unlike anything we’ve seen out of TNA in a long time. In WWE, he might not have that freedom.
“I am very content at Impact Wrestling,” said Matt. “I don’t know if I trust that Meekmahan, or if he’ll try to stifle my broken brilliance. I’m able to live in my broken universe here at Impact Wrestling to the fullest extent, and Impact Wrestling needs me as their savior, so I’ll do everything I can to help them grow. They’ve had many setbacks in the last few years, but things are changing. I don’t have an end game. Being a celestial being, I live for the moment to fight the Great War, and that is to light the darkness. Right now, I’m able to do that at Impact Wrestling.”
Other topics discussed include Matt Hardy’s rebirth as Broken Matt, Jeff Hardy’s time away after his dirt bike incident last year and the creativity behind the Broken Matt persona and the universe he’s created around it. Check it out at SI.com.
