Matt Hardy: Trios Title Match On 2/3 AEW Rampage Wasn’t Planned, We Found Out At The Last Minute

Matt Hardy discusses the recent trios title match on AEW Rampage.

Matt Hardy discusses the recent trios title match on AEW Rampage.

On the February 3 episode of AEW Rampage, The Elite (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks) defended the AEW World Trios Championship against Matt Hardy, Ethan Page, and Isiah Kassidy. The match marked Omega’s return to the ring after he was reportedly sidelined by visa issues for a few weeks. The two trios set up the bout during a brief confrontation on the February 1 episode of AEW Dynamite, as Hardy, Page, and Kassidy challenged The Elite to a match while they werr

Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the veteran was asked about the trios title match. Hardy noted that he enjoyed it before he revealed that it wasn’t initially planned. Hardy recalled how they found out about the match shortly before the show started on February 1, so they didn’t have a lot time to put it together. However, he stated that they made it work, and he was happy with the storytelling they did. 

“I enjoyed it, and it was a match that wasn’t booked to happen initially. It changed later on that day, and we ended up doing that. We found out about it just a little bit before we were starting the show. So we didn’t have a ton of time to put together some classic masterpiece, but we made it work. We got in there and we did our thing. More than anything, I was really happy with the storytelling that we did, between myself and Ethan Page and Isiah. It really fit perfectly into what we’re doing currently,” Hardy said.

Hardy then detailed the process of putting the match together. He noted that the art of calling the action in the ring has been somewhat lost, but he noted that everyone involved in the title match was good enough to throw the bout together despite the lack of time they had to prepare. Hardy emphasized that, considering the circumstances, he’s proud of the way it turned out.

“That’s the art of being a pro wrestler. One thing that’s sad, I mean wrestling has got a lot more complicated as time as gone on because it’s more athletic-based and they’re looking for people that can do pretty amazing stuff. A lot of times, some of that stuff, not only is it high-risk, but it also takes everybody being on the same page at the time. So you kinda have to sit down and think it through, kind of have an outline of what you’re gonna do. But in the big scheme of things, pro wrestling is supposed to be two guys who can go in the ring and just call it and do it on the fly, and that is truly an art, and it’s lost a little bit in today’s pro wrestling. But the Bucks and Kenny, they’re definitely good enough under pressure. We can kind of throw something together quick, and we had enough on our team, there was enough experience and enough talent that we can go in there and do that with those guys. We did a hell of a deal. We had 14 minutes, and for a six-man that was put together kind of last minute, I was pretty proud of it,” Hardy said.

Hardy also noted that he would happily wrestle the Young Bucks every night of the week.

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