Matt Hardy Explains ‘Conflicted’ Promo From June 27 Being The Elite, Talks His Next Steps In AEW

Matt Hardy is “conflicted” as he says The Hardy Boyz are “broken” in reality.

Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy were in the middle of their final run as a tag team when Jeff Hardy was arrested for a DUI just days before they were scheduled to compete for the AEW World Tag Team Championship in a Ladder Match at AEW Dynamite: Road Rager.

Our premium Fightful Select service reported that Matt and Jeff Hardy were scheduled to win the AEW Tag Team Championship Ladder Match but now, Jeff Hardy is indefinitely suspended and can only return upon passing a sobriety test and agreeing to seek treatment.

On the latest episode of Being The Elite that aired on Monday, June 27, Matt Hardy was seen in a monologue where he was very conflicted.

My brother and I won the TNA World Tag Team Titles. About a week later and broke his leg, while riding his motorbike a couple of years down the road. We won the WWE World Tag Team Titles and because of that exact same injury that happened on that day when he broke his leg, we had to relinquish the titles once again. You know, ever since I’ve come to AEW, I have gone on and on and on, probably ad nauseam for most folks, about cementing the legacy of The Hardys about cementing our legacy and proving that we are one of the greatest tag teams of all time. Maybe, maybe I have an obsession with it. Even when I look back on those situations, I was so down, and I was broken but in a fantasy world. Broken in a fun way, and I ended up finding success out of all that.

Then, we came to AEW together finally and we’re really set to submit our legacy as the greatest tag team of all time. We worked hard, we busted our ass for three months, and I kept preaching and saying it over and over and over again, this is all about us cementing our legacy, cementing our legacy, cementing our legacy. We finally earned a shot at the AEW World Tech. Hell, it was even our specialty match, a Ladder Match, where I feel pretty confident, If we would have went into that match, we would have won we would have become the AEW World Tag Team champs. But as you all know, it didn’t happen.

I don’t put that on Jeff. I don’t blame Jeff for that. I look in the mirror and go I’m the one that keeps bringing him back. I’m the one that is obsessed with this legacy of proving ourselves as one of the greatest tag teams ever. Maybe it’s taught me one thing I can say with clarity is that not winning the AEW World Tag Team Titles has left me broken. But Not Broken in the fun, fantastical way not at all, certainly. Broken in reality. So why do I give a shit about anything anymore?

Matt Hardy was “conflicted” on the latest BTE. Following this promo rooted in reality, Matt Hardy hinted at what’s next for him on @matthardypod pic.twitter.com/uVUr4QESg4

— Robert DeFelice (@dudefelice) July 1, 2022

Now, on the most recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy explains that monologue and hints at what may be next for him.

“No, I mean, it was very, very heartfelt. It was kind of based on a lot of reality. Then, you know, I tried to tow the line a little bit on it. But I have some different ideas about a new direction. Obviously, with Jeff being gone for who knows how long, I’m going to be here on my own. So I would like to go in a new direction. Start a new version of Matt Hardy and build it off of the real-life scenario, which there are a lot of things that I’m very upset and disappointed about that we didn’t have this run that I really wanted to have, and the take I tried to put on but by saying maybe it was on me because I’m the one so obsessed with cementing our legacy, maybe I’m here and I’m all in for it. But maybe Jeff isn’t. Maybe it’s my fault for bringing Jeff back into this. Maybe he’s not as committed as I am to becoming one of the greatest tag teams ever or really trying to cement that legacy. Maybe he’s kind of done. Maybe he’s checked out. So I think there’s a lot of different interesting directions I can go from this,” said Matt. “I figure a lot of people are going to watch that and they think I’m going to go on and I’m going to complain about Jeff, or be upset with, Jeff or disappointed with Jeff, and I tried to steer completely in a different direction.

“That was my whole mindset behind this because like, once again, we live in life and as I’ve said for the last couple of weeks here, I mean, at the end of the day, I just want my brother to be okay, I want him to be healthy. If he never wrestles again, that’s fine. I just wanted to be very healthy. I want to be able to take care of his family, his wife, and his daughters. So that is my main concern in the big scheme of things. Wrestling is a conversation that comes after he gets to that place. So for me to take this direction and this take on the whole story and the way things are going where, maybe, I’m even blaming myself a little bit for some of this. I think he could lead to some interesting things, maybe even a conflicted Matt Hardy.”

Jeff Hardy recently pled not guilty to the charges. Learn more about that at this link.

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