Matt Hardy: It Is Very Important To Me That The Hardys Are Optimized And I Will Stand My Ground On That

Matt Hardy wants to see The Hardys be used better on TV.

Since coming to All Elite Wrestling, it’s been more cons than pros for the Hardys who have not been utilized as much as they want to be when it comes to their TV time and matches in the ring.

During a conversation with Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone, this is what Matt Hardy had to say about his run in AEW and what he feels is important for his and Jeff’s final years in the pro wrestling business.

“I haven’t left AEW, I’m still under contract. I love AEW. I think AEW is crucial. I think it is paramount for the health of the industry that AEW does well, and I want it to do well. I think for The Hardys do well…regardless of whether you love us or you hate us, once again, we’ve been very blessed to be looked upon as one of the greatest tag teams that have ever done it. We have done so many…the tag team ladder match, the tag team table match, the TLC stuff, we made that a staple of pro wrestling. We were involved in that. We were, Jeff more than me, the daredevils in those matches, and then we both had very good singles careers. We kept TNA alive whenever we did the whole Broken Universe and whatnot. We thrived in Ring of Honor. We’ve done a lot of different stuff. I think if you have a tag team of that magnitude, it’s very important to keep them in a position where they are relevant and they look strong. They need to always look strong. I think Tony Khan did a perfect job with Sting. The way he came in, he was put in situations to succeed over and over again. That never minimized Sting in any way. He was always optimized to the best of his ability in any degree. I think for us, it’s different because we can win a few matches, and then we can have a program with someone and they can beat us, and that doesn’t hurt us. It never has, and it never will. I don’t mind that. But if you take The Hardys, and The Hardys don’t win tag team match on TV for ten or eleven months, that is not a positive. I don’t think that is a positive. That is a strong stance I’ll take. Because still, to this day, whenever we do cons, whenever we do signings, we have one of the longest lines. We are popular. There’s a ton of value in us. We’re performers who are generational performers. We have people who aren’t fans anymore that know who we are, that would tune in to see us if we’re put in the right positions, and I will stand my ground on that. I will die on that hill. So what I want to do, I only have a couple years left to do this, I want to be optimized, wherever I’m at, and if I’m with Jeff, I want to be optimized as The Hardys. That is very, very important to me, and that is a fight I am willing to fight. If nothing else, I’ll just keep my ass at home. I don’t have to go back to work. I’ve worked really hard to put myself in this position,” Hardy said.

Hardy has gone on to state that he is not planning on retiring any time soon, and neither does Jeff. Both men are more than happy to keep working in the ring wherever it may be.

h/t from Fightful.

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