Back in March Matt Hardy’s WWE contract officially expired, and he went on to join All Elite Wrestling.
Matt’s AEW debut was highly anticipated, but unfortunately for him he debuted during AEW’s first empty arena event. The coronavirus pandemic had a big impact on Matt Hardy’s AEW debut, and in a recent YouTube video he explained why it didn’t meet his expectations.
“When I first made the decision to come to All Elite Wrestling, I was excited. I thought ‘the sky is the limit, no doubt.’ What I expected when I first debuted as Broken Matt Hardy was every single Wednesday on Dynamite; a sold out arena across America. I thought there would be thousands of people screaming at the top of their lungs ‘DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!’ That isn’t what happened. What I didn’t expect was that Broken Matt would debut in the first-ever AEW empty arena event. Broken Matt never performed in front of AEW fans and the passionate fanbase is one of the coolest things about AEW. If I came in and did Broken Matt, he’s such an interactive fan-friendly performer and character, I thought, ‘This will be a hit, this will be great, this is gonna be my greatest run yet.’ That’s not what happened and it was frustrating,” said Hardy in a YouTube video.
Matt then went on to say that he changed course and started a feud with Sammy Guevara, but then Sammy got suspended.
“So, I decided to change course, as any good professional does. I decided to do a highlight reel — The best of Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy’s best moments and personas wrapped all up in one and do a highlight reel, kind of like the opposite of what my brother has been asked to do somewhere else. We do The Best of Matt Hardy and I’m helping out young talent, which is something I legitimately do on-camera and off, Private Party, I mentor those guys. I started up a story with Sammy Guevara, but that doesn’t go too far because Sammy gets suspended. That’s frustrating.”
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