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| Members | Jeff Hardy/Brother Nero[1] Matt Hardy/Broken Matt[2] |
| Name(s) | The Broken Hardys[3] The Hardys[2] The Hardy Boyz[1] Immortal[4] The Jinx Brothers[5] Los Conquistadores The New Brood[6] Team Xtreme[7] The Hardy Brothers |
| Billed heights | Jeff: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[7] Matt: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[8] |
| Combined billed weight | 451 lb (205 kg) |
| Billed from | Cameron, North Carolina[1] The Hardy Compound inCameron, North Carolina |
| Former member(s) | Michael Hayes (manager) Lita (valet) |
| Debut | July 6, 1995 |
| Years active | 1995–2002 2006–2009 2011−2019 2022–present |
The Hardys are an Americanprofessional wrestlingtag team consisting of brothersJeff Hardy andMatt Hardy. They are currently signed toTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where they are the currentTNA World Tag Team Champions in theirfourth reign.
The Hardy brothers began teaming together in 1995 on theindependent circuit, where they won the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship and foundedOMEGA Championship Wrestling, capturing the promotion’s tag titles. In 1997, they signed with theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). In 2000, they were joined byLita to form the popular trio known asTeam Xtreme. They are the only tag team in history to have held theWWE World Tag Team Championship,WCW Tag Team Championship (in WWE),TNA World Tag Team Championship,ROH World Tag Team Championship, and theRaw,SmackDown, andNXT Tag Team Championships. After disbanding in 2002, the brothers reunited in 2006 and teamed intermittently thereafter. They had a brief reunion in 2011 inImpact Wrestling (then known as TNA) as part ofImmortal, and resumed regular tag team activity between 2014 and 2017. Following their departure from Impact in 2017, they returned to WWE, capturing theRaw Tag Team Championship atWrestleMania 33. They later won theSmackDown Tag Team Championship the night afterWrestleMania 35 in 2019. Matt’s WWE contract expired in March 2020, marking the end of that run, and he subsequently signed withAll Elite Wrestling (AEW). Jeff would also depart WWE in 2021 and joined Matt in AEW in 2022, before both brothers returned to TNA in 2024.
Recognized as one of the greatest and most decorated tag teams in professional wrestling, both brothers have also found success in singles competition, with each becoming a multi-timeworld champion. In 2017, they held seven different tag team titles from seven companies simultaneously—including theROH World Tag Team Championship andImpact World Tag Team Championship—a feat unmatched in wrestling history. The Hardy Boyz are especially noted for their high-risk, innovative performances inladder matches andTables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. They are widely credited with helping to revitalize tag team wrestling during theAttitude Era.[9] In 2012, WWE ranked them number two in its list of the greatest tag teams in history.[10] Collectively, they are 14-timeworld tag team champions between WWE, TNA, and ROH.
The brothers formed a tag team in 1995 after Jeff's debut in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation (TWF). The promotion went by several names, and it was modernized in 1997 as theOrganization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA).[1] The duo worked in severalindependent promotions throughoutNorth Carolina, holding the OMEGA Tag Team Championship and NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship.[11] They had their first record tag team forSmoky Mountain Wrestling in July 1995.
Their first match as a team in the WWF was againstThe New Rockers on May 28, 1996 for the June 15 episode of WWF Superstars. Later on they wrestled againstSmoking Gunns,Harris Twins,The Headbangers, andKurrgan in a handicap match.[1][11]
After being signed to a contract in 1998, they were trained byDory Funk, Jr. in his Funkin' Dojo.[1][12]
The Hardy Boyz started their run as a popular tag team with a win overKaientai (Men's Teioh andShoichi Funaki) on the September 27 episode ofSunday Night Heat.[13] Soon after theirSunday Night Heat win, they built up a fan base following through their high-flying tag team tactics. They started to become serious contenders for the Tag Team Championship after they becamemanaged byMichael Hayes, formerly a member ofThe Fabulous Freebirds.[14] On the July 5, 1999 episode ofRaw Is War, they defeatedThe Acolytes (Faarooq andBradshaw) to win their firstWWF Tag Team Championship,[15][16] but they re-lost the title to The Acolytes a little less than a month later atFully Loaded on July 25.[17]
They eventually dumped Hayes as their manager in August, becomingvillains and briefly associating themselves withGangrel as part ofThe New Brood.[6] After winning a series of matches against the team ofEdge and Christian—dubbed the Terri Invitational Tournament—they won the services ofTerri Runnels as their manager by winning the first ever tag team ladder match atNo Mercy on October 17, and then dumped Gangrel the next night becoming faces.[1][18] The fans also gave both teams a standing ovation the next night onRaw Is War.[19] This began an over two year rivalry between the Hardy Boyz and the team of Edge and Christian. During this time, they also gained notoriety as a faction withLita.[1]
With the addition of Lita, Matt and Jeff comprised the trio dubbed Team Xtreme, their name serving as a reflection of their "extreme" high-flying moves.[20] In 2000, they were involved in feuds with Edge and Christian andThe Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley andD-Von Dudley) in many ladder matches and TLC matches.[21]
They faced Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz atWrestleMania 2000 on April 2 in a triple threat tag team ladder match.[22] The Dudley Boyz started the match as the champions and Edge and Christian won the title.[22][23] The Hardyz faced Edge and Christian for the titles atInsurrextion on May 6 and defeated them by disqualification, which meant that Edge and Christian retained the title.[11] AtKing of the Ring on June 25, the Hardy Boyz squared off in aFour Corners Elimination match for the Tag Team Championship which included the championsToo Cool (Grandmaster Sexay andScotty 2 Hotty),T & A (Test andAlbert) and Edge and Christian.[24] The Hardyz were able to eliminate T & A before getting eliminated themselves by Edge and Christian.[24]
AtSummerSlam on August 27, the Hardy Boyz were defeated in the first ever TLC match for the titles, which Edge and Christian won, and in which the Dudley Boyz also competed.[25][26] AtUnforgiven on September 24, the Hardy Boyz defeated Edge and Christian in asteel cage match to win the titles for a second time.[27][28] They re-lost the titles to Edge and Christian (who were dressed asLos Conquistadores) atNo Mercy on October 22,[29] but they won them back the next night onRaw Is War for a third time.[30][31] During the match, the Hardy Boyz were dressed as Los Conquistadores, but tore off their masks after the match, revealing themselves.[30][31] The team lost the titles less than a month later toRight to Censor (Bull Buchanan andThe Goodfather) on the November 6 episode ofRaw Is War, when Edge and Christian came out and assaulted the Hardyz, allowing Right to Censor to pick up the win and the title.[32]
The Hardyz became involved in a feud with both Edge and Christian and Right to Censor. AtSurvivor Series on November 19, the Hardyz along with the Dudleyz defeated Edge and Christian and Right to Censor in a Survivor Series elimination match.[33] AtRebellion on December 2, the Hardy Boyz faced Right to Censor in a rematch for the titles but were unable to win the titles whenVal Venis interfered.[11][34] On the December 4 episode ofRaw Is War,Dean Malenko defeated the Hardy Boyz'valet Lita to retain theLight Heavyweight Championship and earn himself a date with her three days later onSmackDown!, when Malenko took Lita on a date and received a beating from the Hardyz.[11] The Hardyz began feuding with Malenko and his friends,The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero,Chris Benoit, Malenko andPerry Saturn).[35] The two teams faced each other in several tag team and singles matches onRaw Is War andSmackDown!.[11] The two teams also squared off against each other atArmageddon on December 10 with Guerrero, Malenko and Saturn taking on the Hardyz and Lita. The Radicalz won the match.[36]
On the March 5, 2001 episode ofRaw Is War, the Hardy Boyz captured their fourth WWF Tag Team Championship when they defeated The Dudley Boyz, after interference fromChristian,[37][38] only to lose the title to Edge and Christian two weeks later onRaw.[38] The next month atWrestleMania X-Seven on April 1, the Hardy Boyz competed in another TLC match against Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz.[39] Just as in the first TLC match, Edge and Christian were victorious thanks to help fromRhyno.[39][40]
On the October 8 episode ofRaw, the Hardy Boyz won theWCW Tag Team Championship fromBooker T and Test.[41][42] They lost the title to the Dudley Boyz two weeks later onSmackDown!.[43] On the November 12 episode ofRaw, they beat Booker T and Test again, but this time for the WWF Tag Team Championship.[43][44] AtSurvivor Series on November 18, they lost the title to the Dudleys in a steel cagetitle unification match.[45] This defeat led to a break up storyline that resulted in a match between the brothers atVengeance on December 9. Jeff would emerge victorious afterLita, who was the special referee, failed to see Matt's foot on the rope. The storyline was dropped in January 2002 and they reunited.
AtNo Way Out on February 17, the Hardy Boyz participated in atag team turmoil match which was won by the APA.[46] AtWrestleMania X8 on March 17, along with the APA and the Dudley Boyz, the Hardyz challengedBilly and Chuck for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a four corners elimination match. The APA were eliminated by the Dudleyz, whom the Hardy Boyz managed to eliminate. In the end, they were pinned by the champions, therefore losing the opportunity.[47] They then began a feud with the newcomerBrock Lesnar and his managerPaul Heyman.[48] AtJudgment Day on May 19, the Hardy Boyz lost to Lesnar and Heyman in a tag team match.[49]
The duo split up afterward as Jeff began a storyline withThe Undertaker, while Matt was relegated to working onHeat.[50] In the storyline, Matt then attacked Jeff due to jealousy of Jeff getting opportunities, including a match for theIntercontinental Championship.[51] Matt was then moved to theSmackDown!brand, where he dubbed himself "Matt Hardy Version 1" and the "Sensei of Mattitude" and picked up real-life friendShannon Moore and brieflyCrash Holly as followers. He later won theCruiserweight Championship fromBilly Kidman atNo Way Out on February 23, 2003. Jeff was released from WWE on April 22 for erratic behavior, drug use, refusal to go to rehab and deteriorating ring performance as well as constant tardiness andno-showing events.[52][53]
Following his release from WWE, Jeff debuted inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in mid-2004. After no-showing several events, he was suspended in 2006 before leaving the company soon afterward.[52] Meanwhile, in April 2005, Matt was released from WWE due to unprofessional conduct with social media after discovering Lita had a real-life affair with Edge.[8] He was rehired just a few months later, feuded with Edge, and was eventually sent to theSmackDown! brand.[8]
On August 4, 2006, Jeff rejoined WWE on its Raw brand.[52][54] In November, it was announced on WWE's official website that Matt and Jeff would team up for the first time together in over four years as members of TeamDX atSurvivor Series on November 26.[55] The Hardys, as they were now known, were first given a "warm up match" on the November 21 episode ofECW on Sci Fi, defeatingThe Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido Maritato andTony Mamaluke).[11][56] At Survivor Series, Team DX defeated TeamRated-RKO in a clean sweep.[11][57]
On the November 27 episode ofRaw, The Hardys had their first shot at Tag Team gold in five years. They took on World Tag Team Champions Rated-RKO (Edge andRandy Orton), but came up short when Edge hit Jeff in the back with a belt to get himself and Orton deliberately disqualified to retain the title.[11][58] That same day, The Hardys posed an open challenge to any team forECW brand'sDecember to Dismember on December 3 which was immediately accepted by a reunitingMNM (Johnny Nitro andJoey Mercury).[58] After a run in on the interveningECW on Sci Fi,[11][59] The Hardys defeated MNM at the event,[11][60] starting afeud between all four men that spanned both brands. The Hardys got their first chance to gain theWWE Tag Team Championship atArmageddon on December 17, where the original tag team match was changed to a four team ladder match involving The Hardys, MNM,Dave Taylor and William Regal, andPaul London and Brian Kendrick.[11][61] Despite coming up short, The Hardys sparked another feud with MNM when Mercury waslegitimately injured.[11][61][62] While Jeff and Nitro continued battling over the Intercontinental Championship onRaw, Matt and Mercury feuded onSmackDown!. Mercury and Nitro tried injuring both Hardys' faces as payback for what happened at Armageddon, claiming that The Hardys had ruined Mercury's 'Hollywood good looks'. The Hardys settled their feud with MNM at theRoyal Rumble on January 28, 2007 when they defeated them for the second time.[11][63] Matt and Mercury continued feuding, however, which was finally settled atNo Way Out on February 18, in which the Hardys teamed withChris Benoit to defeat MNM andMontel Vontavious Porter (MVP).[64]
On the April 2 episode ofRaw, the Hardys won the World Tag Team Championship for the sixth time in their career after winning a ten teambattle royal.[65][66] After losing singles bouts to bothLance Cade and Trevor Murdoch,[11][67] The Hardys retained their World Tag Team Championship at bothBacklash on April 29 andJudgment Day on May 20 against the team of Cade and Murdoch.[11][68] AtOne Night Stand on June 3, the Hardys retained the titles againstThe World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas andShelton Benjamin) in a ladder match.[69] The next night onRaw, however, the Hardys lost their championship to Cade and Murdoch, when Jeff missed a Swanton Bomb and was pinned by Cade after Murdoch pushed his foot off of the bottom rope of the ring. Cade and Murdoch attacked the Hardys with the championship belts after the match.[11][70] The Hardys got a rematch atVengeance on June 24, but was unsuccessful after Jeff was hit with asitout spinebuster from Cade.[11][71]
The Hardys once again returned to WWE on the November 13 episode ofECW to faceMontel Vontavious Porter (MVP) andMr. Kennedy, a match that was originally scheduled for the November 16 episode ofSmackDown!. The Hardys were unsuccessful in their return as MVP pinned Jeff for the win.[72] The Hardys, announced and referred to once again as the Hardy Boyz, reunited once again in 2008, on the June 23 episode ofRaw in a losing effort toJohn Morrison and The Miz. The match occurred after Jeff wasdrafted to the SmackDown brand (the same brand as Matt). This loss, however, caused Matt to be drafted to theECW brand.[73] On the July 15 episode ofECW, The Hardys reunited in their home state of North Carolina, defeating Morrison and Miz.[74] The Hardys then teamed up on the October 31 episode ofSmackDown and on November 3 onRaw, winning both matches.[75][76]
The Hardy Boyz kickstarted 2009 with a win over Edge and Big Show on the January 2 episode ofSmackDown.[77] This was the last match for the then WWE Champion and ECW Champion as a team as Matt would lose the ECW championship to Jack Swagger on the January 13 episode of ECW.[78] Heading into theRoyal Rumble on January 25, Matt was attempting to regain theECW Championship fromJack Swagger while Jeff held theWWE Championship. After Matt lost to Swagger, he interfered in Jeff's match with Edge, hitting Jeff with asteel chair and allowing Edge to win the WWE Championship.[79] On the January 30 episode ofSmackDown, Matt announced the permanent disbandment of the tag team due to the events at the Royal Rumble and that he no longer considered Jeff as his partner or brother. Matt moved to the SmackDown brand and began a scripted rivalry with Jeff. The pair faced each other in an Extreme Rules match atWrestleMania 25 on April 5, which Matt won.[80] They later faced each other in astretcher match on the April 10 episode ofSmackDown, in which Matt gained his second win over Jeff.[81] As part of the2009 WWE draft, Matt was drafted to the Raw brand on the April 13 episode ofRaw.[82] Despite this, the brothers faced each other in an"I Quit" match atBacklash on April 26, which Jeff won.[83] Matt also interfered in Jeff'sWorld Heavyweight Championship match against Edge atJudgment Day on May 17, preventing him from winning the championship.[84]
On the August 21 episode ofSmackDown, Jeff (then the World Heavyweight Champion) and Matt reunited as the Hardys and teamed withJohn Morrison in a six-man tag team match to defeatCM Punk andThe Hart Dynasty.[85] The following week, Jeff lost a "Loser Leaves the WWE" steel cage match to CM Punk, resulting in him leaving the company.[86] Over a year later, on October 15, 2010, Matt requested and was granted his release from his contract with WWE.[87][88]
Jeff made his TNA return on the January 4, 2010 episode ofImpact!, and went on to win theTNA World Heavyweight Championship atBound for Glory on October 10 with help fromHulk Hogan andEric Bischoff, revealing that they and others had formed theImmortal faction.[89][90] On January 9, 2011, at TNA's pay-per-viewGenesis, Matt made his TNA debut as a surprise member of Immortal, and defeatedRob Van Dam. Jeff went on to lose the TNA World Heavyweight Championship toMr. Anderson later that night.[91] On the January 13 episode ofImpact! the Hardy Brothers reunited, as heels for the first time since 1999, and defeated Van Dam and Anderson.[92] Following theVictory Road pay-per-view on March 13, Immortal severed their ties with Jeff.[93] On August 20, Matt was released from TNA after being arrested fordriving while intoxicated.[94]
Matt returned to TNA in mid-2014. On June 26, atDestination X The Hardys unsuccessfully challengedThe Wolves (Davey Richards andEddie Edwards) for theTNA World Tag Team Championship.[95] On the August 14 episode ofImpact Wrestling, The Hardys were defeated by Team 3D (the former Dudley Boyz). At theHardcore Justice edition of Impact Wrestling, The Hardys and Team 3D challenged The Wolves to a three-way for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, to which they agreed. Kurt Angle later announced that all three teams would compete in a best of three series for the title with the winners of the first match being able to choose the stipulation of the next one. Team 3D won the first match and chose a Tables match, The Hardys won the second match and chose a ladder match, and The Wolves won the third match on theNo Surrender episode of Impact Wrestling, tying them all at one win each. A final match to decide the series took place, and was won by The Wolves. In October, The Hardys participated in a tournament to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Tag Team Championship; they defeatedThe BroMans (Jessie Godderz andDJ Z),Ethan Carter III andTyrus, andSamoa Joe andLow Ki to win the tournament.[96] On February 6, 2015, atLockdown, The Hardys unsuccessfully challengedThe Revolution for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in aSix Sides of Steel match.
After The Wolves vacated the tag team championship due to an injury to Eddie Edwards, anUltimate X match was held for the title at the March 16Impact Wrestling tapings. The Hardys defeatedKenny King andLow Ki,Ethan Carter III andBram, andRockstar Spud andMr. Anderson to win the match and the title.[97] However, The Hardys vacated the titles due to Jeff's broken tibia.
On the August 4 episode ofImpact Wrestling, after a lengthy feud involving the "Deletion" of Jeff Hardy, Broken Matt sent Jeff, (at the time referred to as Brother Nero), on a quest to procure theImpact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship for him. On the August 18 episode ofImpact Wrestling, Broken Matt and Brother Nero defeatedThe BroMans,The Tribunal, andThe Helms Dynasty in an "Ascension to Hell" fatal four-way number one contender's ladder match for an opportunity to challengeDecay for the TNA World Tag Team Championships atBound for Glory. Broken Matt climbed the ladder and grabbed the contract, following Nero sacrificing himself by jumping off the ladder and onto Trevor Lee. On the September 1 episode ofImpact Wrestling, the Hardys invited Decay to come to their hometown compound, plotting for a sequel to "The Final Deletion" (dubbed as "Delete or Decay"). Broken Matt turned babyface during this encounter when King Maxel was almost kidnapped by Decay and when Brother Nero took a hit from Abyss' spiked bat, and Broken Matt healed him via the Lake of Restoration.
On October 2 at TNABound for Glory they defeated Decay to become two time TNA World Tag Team Champions. On the October 6 episode ofImpact Wrestling, they retained their titles against Decay in a Wolf Creek match. On the October 13 episode ofImpact Wrestling, they were attacked by The Tribunal. The Hardys would then face The Tribunal one week later, on October 20's broadcast where they were able to successfully defend their titles. However, after the match as they returned to the dressing rooms, the arena went dark, signalling the arrival of a new faction, dubbed theDCC. The DCC would use the darkness to attack and layout The Tribunal as The Hardys looked on from the ramp, thus potentially building an upcoming rivalry in weeks to comes. On February 27, 2017, The Hardys announced their departure from TNA after negotiations of a new contract fell through. Though they offered to return to drop the belts at the next tapings, TNA’s parent company Anthem declined.[98][99]
The Hardy brothers reunited for the first time in three years at OMEGA Chaos in Cameron on April 26, 2014,[100] defeating theBriscoe Brothers in a highly-rated first time ever match between the teams.[101] They also had a critically acclaimed trilogy withThe Young Bucks in 2014; the Hardys won the first two matchups at Northeast Wrestling (NEW), while The Young Bucks won the third match atHouse of HardcoreVII. They continued to team sporadically on the independent circuit.
In late 2016 and early 2017, while still carrying the TNA World Tag Team Championship, they embarked on their so-calledExpedition of Gold—a self-styled tour across independent and international promotions, showcased onImpact Wrestling. Matt and Jeff sought to win additional tag belts to establish themselves as "the greatest tag team in all of space and time."[102] During this phase they captured tag titles in multiple promotions: Mexico’s The Crash, West Virginia’s All Star Wrestling, Maryland’s MCW Pro Wrestling, their own OMEGA Championship Wrestling, and Chile’s Wrestling Superstar, with some title victories even aired onImpact Wrestling broadcasts.[103][104][105][106]
Their TNA contracts officially expired on February 27, 2017. However, since television had been pre-taped, they continued to be recognized onImpact as TNA Tag Team Champions. They offered to drop the belts at the next tapings, but TNA’s parent company Anthem declined.[107][108] On the March 3 taping (aired March 16),Impact Wrestling formally vacated the tag titles.
On March 4, 2017, the Hardys debuted forRing of Honor (ROH) atManhattan Mayhem VI, defeatingThe Young Bucks to win theROH World Tag Team Championship.[109] SinceImpact had not yet aired the storyline of vacating the TNA titles, they were at that moment recognized simultaneously asTNA andROH champions—a unique occurrence in tag team history. They lost the ROH belts back to The Young Bucks in a ladder match atSupercard of Honor XI on April 1, 2017.[110] Following the loss, it was announced that their ROH contracts had also expired.
On April 2 at,WrestleMania 33, The Hardy Boyz made an unannounced return to WWE, after hostsThe New Day (Big E,Kofi Kingston andXavier Woods) announced that the triple threat ladder match for theRaw Tag Team Championship which had been set by WWE before the event was now going to be a Fatal four-way match. They then began jokingly questioning the arena about who the mystery team could be, before the Hardy Boyz's made their entrance to the stage to a massive ovation from the crowd.[111] At the event, The Hardy Boyz won the Raw Tag Team Championship, defeating the teams ofEnzo AmoreandBig Cass,Cesaro and Sheamus, and then-reigning championsLuke GallowsandKarl Anderson.[112] The night after WrestleMania onRaw, they successfully defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Afterwards onRaw Talk, Matt mentioned that the Hardy Boyz had successfully completed the Expedition of Gold after winning the Raw Tag Team Championship.[113] They would retain the titles atPayback against Sheamus and Cesaro, but lost them atExtreme Rules in a steel cage match,[114] and failed to regain it at theinauguralGreat Balls of Fire event.
In September, Jeff suffered a torn rotator cuff and would be out of action for four to six months, leaving Matt to begin a run as a singles competitor. However, two years later, on the February 26, 2019 episode ofSmackDown Live, the Hardy Boyz reunited and, on the April 9 episode ofSmackDown, defeatedThe Usos to win theSmackDown Tag Team Championships. With this, they became the first team to win all three of WWE's world tag team championships (World, Raw, and SmackDown). However, they vacated the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships due to Jeff suffering a leg injury from Lars Sullivan.[115] While Jeff was recovering, Matt was featured less on WWE television[116] until he left WWE on March 2, 2020.[117] and he went on to sign withAll Elite Wrestling.[118] Jeff went on to become a singles competitor before being released from the WWE on December 9, 2021.[119]
Matt announced on Twitter that he and Jeff would be reuniting for their 'Final Run' and wrestling a match in Big Time Wrestling (BTW). They will be facing the winner of a match betweenThe Briscoes andThe S.A.T.[120]
Jeff debuted for AEW on the March 9, 2022 episode ofAEW Dynamite, reuniting the brothers for the first time in over two years.[121] On the March 16, 2022 episode ofDynamite, Matt and Jeff, billed as "The Hardys", wrestled in their first ever AEW match, defeatingPrivate Party.[122]
On April 30, 2022 in Rostraver, PA, the brothers wrestled against The Mane Event (TME) for the IWC Tag Team Championship, and successfully captured their first tag team titles in three years.
On May 29, 2022, during a successful bout the Hardys had at the AEWDouble or Nothing PPV againstThe Young Bucks, Jeff Hardy suffered a "terrible" concussion-like injury which, according to Matt Hardy, left him "almost knocked out."[123][124] On June 14, 2022, AEW owner Tony Khan would suspend Jeff Hardy indefinitely from AEW the day following his arrest for DUI, driving with a suspended license and violating a restriction that required him to keep anIgnition Interlock Device — a handheld breathalyzer that prevents users from starting their vehicle after drinking alcohol — in his car.[125][126] Khan also announced that Jeff's AEW suspension would only be lifted "upon successfully completing treatment and maintaining his sobriety.”[125][126] During the April 12, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Jeff Hardy returned to assist his brother during an assault thus reuniting the team.[127] On April 8, 2024, it was reported that Matt's contract had expired and decided not to renew, effectively disbanding the team.[128] Two months later, Jeff also departed from AEW after his contract expired.[129]
Matt made his surprise return to TNA on April 20, 2024 atRebellion, reverting back to his "Broken" gimmick and attackingTNA World ChampionMoose.[130] On June 14 atAgainst All Odds, Matt unsuccessfully challenged Moose for the championship. After the match, Jeff made his surprise return to TNA to come to Matt's aid from a post-match attack from Moose.[131] On October 26, 2024, the Hardys won their third TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating previous championsThe System (Eddie Edwards andBrian Myers), andABC (Ace Austin andChris Bey) atBound for Glory in aFull Metal Mayhem match to win the titles.[132]
The Hardys would later lose their TNA World Tag Team Championships to the Nemeths the following year atRebellion, only to regain them atSlammiversary in a four-way tag team ladder match also involvingthe Rascalz andFir$t Cla$$. AtBound for Glory on October 12, Hardys retained the TNA and NXT Tag Team titles againstTeam 3D (Bully Ray andDevon) in a tables match, where it was a retirement match for Team 3D.[133]
While still contracted to TNA, the Hardy Boyz made a return appearance with WWE during the February 25, 2025, episode ofNXT. AtNXT: Roadblock on March 11, The Hardy Boyz successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship againstNXT Tag Team ChampionsNathan FrazerandAxiom.[134] AtNXT vs. TNA Showdown on October 7, the Hardy Boyz defeatedDarkState (Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin) in aWinners Take All match to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.[135] As such, the Hardy Boyz achieved several records, becoming the first contracted TNA wrestlers to win a WWE title, the fourth team to complete theWWE Tag Team Triple Crown, and the first team to complete the WWE Tag Team Triple Crown while not being under contract with WWE, as well as being the only tag team to win a WWE tag team championship in four different decades. AtHalloween Havoc on October 25, the Hardys, competing under their "Broken" gimmicks, lost the NXT Tag Team Championship back to DarkState in aBroken Rules match, ending their reign at 18 days.[136]
The Hardys appeared on the February 7, 1999 episode ofThat '70s Show entitled "That Wrestling Show", as uncredited wrestlers.[137] Jeff and Matt, along with Lita, also appeared onTough Enough in early 2001, talking and wrestling with the contestants.[138] They both appeared on the February 25, 2002 episode ofFear Factor competing against four other WWF wrestlers.[139] Jeff was eliminated in the first round, but Matt became the eventual winner, winning$50,000 for theAmerican Cancer Society.[139]
In 2001, the Hardys and Lita appeared inRolling Stone magazine's 2001 Sports Hall of Fame issue.[140] In 2003, Jeff and Matt, with the help of Michael Krugman, wrote and published their autobiographyThe Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire.[141] As part of WWE, the Hardys appeared in the DVD,The Hardy Boyz: Leap of Faith in 2001.[142] On April 29, 2008, WWE releasedTwist of Fate: The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story.[143] The DVD features footage of the brothers in OMEGA and WWE, and it also briefly mentions Jeff's initial stint in TNA.[143] The brothers also appear onThe Hardy Show, an internet web show which features the Hardys,Shannon Moore, and many of their friends.[144]
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