TNA tag team champions Matt and Jeff Hardy will not be re-signing with the company and are not expected to be present for this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings from Orlando, FL.
Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet dropped some exclusive details regarding their TNA departure, noting that Matt and Jeff ended negotiations with TNA after feeling disrespected. Matt reached an agreement with TNA back in December to re-sign for another year. Weeks passed and Matt was given the runaround when seeking to finalize their agreement. Satin writes:
Eventually Matt and Jeff’s lawyer told Impact Wrestling officials that they wanted a creative control clause in their new deals … which was shot down immediately. One source says their lawyer told Ed Nordholm there was interest from other companies and he responded by saying, “Well, tell them to go to WWE then.”
Sounds like a great idea.
Matt Hardy’s wife Reby commented on the reports that the Hardy Family is done with TNA. She cited “negative changes & straight f*ckery” as the reason for their departure.
John Pollock of the Fight Network (owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, parent company of TNA Wrestling), confirms that Matt and Jeff Hardy are done with TNA:
I can confirm the reports from Mike Johnson & Ryan Satin – The Hardys are not going to re-sign w/ TNA and not expected at tapings this week
— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) February 27, 2017
During an interview with Sportskeeda, Matt Hardy discussed his goal of “total domination” of tag team wrestling. When asked how it was going, Hardy responded,
“WONDERFULLY. I will DELETE the Bucks of Youth on April 1st at ROH, and all of MeekMahan’s tag teams will follow.”
One more bit of related news – Matt Hardy’s online store ShopMattHardy.com is closing after nearly 5 years of being in business.
We regret to post that after nearly 5yrs & 1000s of happy customers, https://t.co/8OFhB9oGRo is closing up shop. Stay tuned for BLOWOUT SALE
— Shop Matt Hardy (@ShopMattHardy) February 26, 2017
