Two extremely popular former WWE Champions have teased their retirement.
In the pro-wrestling industry for nearly three decades, former WWE Champions, Jeff and Matt Hardy, recently teased hanging up their boots. Aged 47 and 50 years old, respectively, the Hardy Boyz are way past their prime. Scheduled to face their former arch-rivals, Team 3D, at the upcoming TNA Bound for Glory, Matt Hardy recently dropped a major, unfortunate update.
Recently speaking to TMZ’s “Inside the Ring” podcast, the brothers opened up about their possible retirement chances following this upcoming title defense match.
Matt Hardy: I mean, hypothetically, if that did happen, if we went to Bound for Glory and the Dudley’s won the TNA World Tag Team titles, I think we would have to take a long hard look in the mirror and just uh and kind of judge where we’re at and like, you know, is it time to ride off into the sunset and and do the TNA Hall of Fame, time to do the WWE Hall of Fame? You know, we’ll see. Right now, we’re feeling really good and we’re going to try and rock and roll like it’s 2001.”
While the former ECW Champion held a pessimistic view, his younger brother was much more optimistic.
Jeff Hardy: “I’ll be completely focused on our rematch for sure.”
Matt and Jeff, in their fourth reign as TNA World Tag Team Champions, are now set to face Team 3D(Bully Ray and D-Von Dudley) at Bound for Glory on October 12th, 2025.
Former WWE World Champion Jeff Hardy Has Detailed His Career’s Perfect Ending
“This world title run means everything to me because I came close to ending it all in the summer of 2022, which is in public, and people are aware of my issues throughout the years with drugs and alcohol. But coming out the other side of that, I’ve been saying a lot lately that all these failures man, they have led me to salvation.
To just be on the other side of that, I get goosebumps just even thinking about being 47 years old and a champion in TNA, back in TNA, where I’ve had a lot of amazing moments and memories that I’ve created. It just means everything to me and my family, the support of my family, my wife and my daughters.
Oh my god. If they would have gave up on me, I would have totally gave up on myself. So they are my world, I owe them everything. I owe so much to pro wrestling in general because it’s gave me such an amazing life. But overall, this championship run might end up being the most important championship run of my career, just because I have survived through all these struggles.
I’m so ashamed, and I still feel so much shame and guilt, but I gotta get past that and just believe in myself and continue to stay on the path that I’m on. Anything is possible for Jeff Hardy moving forward. Who knows? Hopefully, the perfect ending to my career would be to end up in the WWE Hall of Fame and go out on a high note instead of a depressing low, and I feel like that’s going to happen.”
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