Matt Hardy Thinks MJF’s Character Is Going To Benefit From Betrayal Angle With Adam Cole

Matt Hardy was a big fan of the main event bout at Worlds End.

The pay-per-view, which took place on Saturday, December 30, was headlined by an AEW World Championship bout between MJF and Samoa Joe.

Joe was able to score a big upset, taking the AEW World Championship away from MJF and ending his 406 day reign with the belt.

While speaking on the latest episode of The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, Hardy highlighted some of the things in the match that he was a fan of.

“I dug it. I think MJF did a phenomenal job as champion, I thought he turned in a solid performance. Who knows truly how much he was hurt, he seems to be a little injured. They had a great match, he ends up losing the title to Samoa Joe. One thing that I did like a lot is that Samoa Joe got the title, exited, and then the angle happened afterward so he wasn’t wrapped up in that. I was a big fan of that specific booking. I love the fact that the guys show up and the whole way that they go into the Adam Cole thing, I thought it was very cool when they’re holding him and MJF still, until the very last moment before the reveal happens, he’s like, ‘Don’t you hit him, don’t you hit him you piece of shit, hit me, hit me.’ This guy has already lost everything and then he loses his best friend.”

Hardy then praised MJF for blurring the lines when it comes to his injury status before noting that the persona of MJF will only benefit from Cole’s betrayal.

“I did too. I thought the match told a great story. I think there was such a blurred line on how much is Max truly hurt, or he is truly hurt? Is he hurt, is he not hurt, I don’t know! I don’t think anyone knows and he does a really good job at blurring the lines when it comes to stuff like that in storyline aspects. That made me think about how the match was going to play out, and considering that we knew he was hurt, he was beat down from having all of these championship defenses, I love the fact that the majority of the match was Joe and it was him dominating and it showed him fighting from underneath like a baby face the whole while and he still gets to be MJF, he still gets to be a scumbag in many, many ways but he still has that sympathy because he’s fighting back from underneath. They go through the finish, they do the deal, choke out, Joe is out and then we go into the next thing. I think the betrayal of Adam Cole to MJF is going to do something amazing for his character. I’m very excited to see how he eventually plays off of that, that is if he returns to AEW. His contract came up, apparently they took him off the website, is that correct? Who knows, he might show up in MLW, he might show up in IMPACT.”

Elsewhere in the podcast, Hardy talked about Sting’s upcoming retirement bout. Fans can learn more here.

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