Matt Hardy has opened up about the upcoming WWE return and his belief that Jeff’s status may have been why the trigger wasn’t pulled sooner.
The Hardy Boyz are returning to WWE on February 25, 2025, for the first time in five years as a tag team, stepping into the NXT ring.
As can be seen below this news story, Matt & Jeff Hardy addressed the situation between No Quarter Catch Crew and Fraxiom, confirming that they’d be on the show next week to face NQCC.
Matt Hardy has now revealed how things came together for the return to WWE in a recent episode of his podcast.
Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the TNA World Tag Team Champion revealed that it was a ‘last-minute thing’, saying:
“This was a very last-minute thing I think (The Hardys vs. N.Q.C.C. match). It’s cool because everyone knows that TNA and NXT have this partnership right now — TNA and WWE.
“I think it’s gonna continue to expand a little bit but, it has been so beneficial to TNA. It has also been very beneficial to NXT and I feel like just over the last little bit, probably after Fraxiom showed up and they watched us defend the titles against The Rascalz, I would imagine, probably, the wheels started turning, from the powers that be and again, I don’t know all the details on all these things.
“I’m still talent, brother. Washing my hands of that. I’m not booking, I’m talent. But I think there was some interest there… So the fact that we are able to step out and get in the ring with other teams and kind of give them a little bit of our rub that we have and they kind of help us because they’re a younger team and they kind of keep us relevant in 2025, it’s a win-win so, really excited about this, and I’ll tell ya, I am training for a fight this week too because in facing the two guys that we’re facing, they’re both legit bad-asses so we’re gonna have to be ready to rock and roll whenever we step into the ring in Cincinnati.”
Hardy would go on to reveal that even the video in which he appeared with Jeff was a late decision, noting:
“Even when that happened on Tuesday night, that little video of Jeff and I that was on NXT, that had only existed about an hour, 45 minutes before that. It hadn’t been long. This is not something that had been long-term planned out.
“I mean, it was very spur of the moment and that kind of makes you feel alive. It reminds you that you’re alive. It kind of gets the adrenaline flowing and pumping a little bit and it’s been fun thus far and I’m excited to see where we end up going with all of this.”
Matt would open up about how Jeff feels about a WWE return, noting that the star wants to “leave on a good note” after past issues, explaining:
“He’s (Jeff Hardy) very happy to be going back (to WWE) and I feel like he wants to right the wrongs, he wants to leave on a good note. No more erratic behavior (Matt smiled).
“He wants to go back and show them who he is and I think one of the reasons, even with this whole exchange going on, I think one of the reasons they probably waited a little while to pull the trigger and do something with Jeff and I was just to kind of see where Jeff was.
“Just make sure Jeff is good and anybody who’s been here with TNA is just… they can’t go without talking about how incredible and professional a performer Jeff has been.”
The partnership between TNA Wrestling and WWE was recently revealed to be a three-year deal according to JDC, formerly Fandango.
Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) defended the NXT Tag Team Championship at TNA iMPACT in January 2025.
Their January 23 match saw them victorious against The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz) with a February 6 match against Nic & Ryan Nemeth also seeing the WWE stars retain.
With Fandango having recently appeared in NXT, Nathan Frazer has called for a Tyler Breeze return to unite with his Breezango teammate.
Transcript from Post Wrestling.
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