The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian are two of the most respected teams in tag team wrestling, and during the Attitude Era they took the division to new heights with their groundbreaking ladder matches.
Matt Hardy discussed the tag team ladder match from the 1999 No Mercy pay-per-view on a recent episode of The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, and he also talked about what happened after. The former WWE Tag Team Champion said that he thought both teams showing each other respect the next night on Raw was the right call, and he also noted that he pitched an idea for the two teams to come together to form a stable.
“Going forward, I actually pitched, initially, my idea was to have us together as a group and work against DX. I wanted our group to be Version 1 of the Hardyz and Edge & Christian. That’s initially where I came up with the Version 1 concept. We were like the version one of the prototypes of wrestlers that you would see in the future. That didn’t end up happening, what ended up happening obviously, Edge & Christian would turn heel and we would continue our feud and go onto TLCs and whatnot.
As far as that night goes and having that mutual respect, it was the right call. There is a look on my face where you see my eyes come up and they are opening wide, I was overwhelmed that the crowd gave us that big of a standing ovation 24 hours after our match. I was emotional. That look you see wasn’t working or manufactured. I couldn’t believe the people were applauding us to that level and so appreciative of our hard work and us busting our ass for them the night before.”
H/T Fightful
