Matt Hardy says his AEW run made him ask himself, “Why am I still doing this?”
While speaking on his podcast, Matt Hardy said the following in regards to him and brother Jeff’s transition from AEW to TNA Wrestling…
“Jeff is good. Jeff is locked in. He’s locked in. He’s hyperfocused. But it was still a new concept to him, like, say, a year and a half ago when he first came to TNA. He felt like he was part of the reason our downfall happened in AEW—and to a degree, he was. And you know, that is deserved to a degree. He made a mistake.
But it affects me—if you have a tag team partner in pro wrestling, it often affects you if your tag team partner makes a mistake. And Jeff felt really, really terrible about that. I mean, he had so much regret about it. To see him come to TNA and get an opportunity, being utilized to his utmost value, being put in a position to succeed, and then being able to succeed and be in this great place in life—he is just so happy, and he feels so rewarded.
He says this all the time. He says, ‘We are both exactly where we need to be.’ And that’s truly how he feels. And that makes me happy, because for the longest time he was so down on himself. So I’m glad he’s got that opportunity.
And it’s just one of those things, man. I don’t know, man. During those times in AEW, there were moments where both myself and Jeff—especially me, when I was there and not really doing anything—it just made me question, like, ‘Ah, why am I still doing this? Like, I love this, but this doesn’t feel like something I love right now.’
And I knew if we could get into a groove of doing something good and be where we need to be—and ultimately, what we needed to do was leave and go to TNA—then we’d find that again. And we did. I am as much in love with the business as I have ever been this year.”