Matt Hardy celebrated Cage and Cope’s AEW Double or Nothing win while teasing one final chapter between the legendary tag teams someday.
Hardy congratulated the new AEW Tag Team Champions with a throwback photo with them, himself and Jeff Hardy. He teased that they had ‘one more night of magic’ left in them potentially indicating a collision along the way.
“Congrats to @Christian4Peeps & @RatedRCope on becoming @AEW Tag Team Champs. Great stuff! Not sure where, not sure when.. But we’ve got ONE more night of magic left in us.”
The Hardy Boyz and Cage & Cope were instrumental to WWE’s tag team division in the Attitude Era. They modified the division with intense and chaotic TLC and ladder matches, becoming must-see attractions for tag team gold. And their rivalries remain some of the most influential feuds in wrestling history.
The Hardy Boyz were reunited in AEW from 2020 to 2024 before returning to TNA where they are active competitors.
At AEW Double or Nothing on May 24, Cage and Cope defeated FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) in a New York Street Fight ‘I Quit’ match to win the titles. Had they lost, they would have been forced to retire as a tag team.
Jeff Hardy’s Willow persona has finally returned to TNA Wrestling.
After weeks of teasing, Jeff Hardy has finally returned as Willow on TNA Impact. In the second match of the Thursday, May 21, 2026 episode of TNA Impact, fans saw Willow return.
As ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy, with Jeff Hardy in his corner, fought Vincent with Dutch, fans saw Willow come back and help Hardy defeat Vincent. The stipulation of the match saw both Hardy and Dutch handcuffed to the ring posts while the other two participants fought in the ring.
Toward the closing moments of the match, fans saw Vincent hold up the feather as the arena lights went off. Soon after, as the lights came back on, Jeff Hardy was no longer handcuffed to the ring post. Instead, Willow was back. He helped Matt Hardy by taking down Vincent and securing the win.
While Willow made his television return tonight, he was previously featured in a segment a few months ago. Willow’s last in-ring bout dates back to a 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling.
Following a successful and eventful April 2nd episode of TNA Impact, several new matches were announced for next week’s episode ahead of the upcoming TNA Rebellion event.
The next episode of TNA Wrestling’s Thursday Night Impact is set to air on April 9, 2026. It was recently announced that next week, Dani Luna will take on Jada Stone. Interestingly, Luna was recently granted her release by TNA after she had requested it.
The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) will also be putting the TNA World Tag Team titles on the line against The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch). BDE and Frankie Kazarian will also face each other in a singles match.
In a digital exclusive footage release on TNA’s social media, it was also announced that Elayna Black will take on Myla Grace next week on the April 9 episode of TNA Impact.
TNA Impact next week’s lineup
The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy) (c) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) in a tables match for the TNA World Tag Team titles
Matt Hardy, a veteran of the tag team division, reacted to The Vision’s victory over The Usos on Raw.
Hardy commented on Logan Paul and Austin Theory’s WWE Tag Team Title win while teasing a return for WrestleMania 42. He cited the fans would go wild if The Hardy Boyz targeted their titles at the Premium Live Event next month.
“It’s a travesty to watch the @WWEUsos get beaten by @LoganPaul & @_Theory1 for the @WWE Tag Team Titles on #WWERAW. I bet the@WrestleMania 42 crowd would go CRAZY if The Hardy Boyz beat their ass & brought the titles back home to our home, the WWE.” tweeted Matt Hardy.
Matt and Jeff Hardy’s surprise return at WrestleMania 33 is considered one of the best fan-favorite moments in WWE. They were a mystery tag team added at the last minute to the Raw Tag Team Championship ladder match.
The brothers competed on NXT last year amid the brand’s partnership with TNA. They are in their fourth reign as TNA World Tag Team Champions.
In WWE, The Vision were persistent in their pursuit of tag team gold backed by Paul Heyman. LA Knight was ringside at commentary during the Raw title match.
Chaos erupted when Logan Paul’s mother handed him brass knuckles to use in the match but Knight prompted to stop him. IShowSpeed got involved when he fell over the barricade and accidentally knocked out Knight with the brass knuckles. Paul used the weapon against The Usos. And ultimately leading Theory to pin Jimmy Uso.
It’s a travesty to watch the @WWEUsos get beaten by @LoganPaul & @_Theory1 for the @WWE Tag Team Titles on #WWERAW . I bet the @WrestleMania 42 crowd would go CRAZY if The Hardy Boyz beat their ass & brought the titles back home to our home, the WWE.
Following a successful and eventful March 19 episode of TNA Impact, several new matches and segments were announced for next week’s episode.
With TNA Sacrifice 2026 scheduled for next week, on March 27, the promotion has announced the show lineup for its next episode of Impact and the final one before Sacrifice.
After Moose defeated Brian Myers in an extremely short match, he was announced to face Bear Bronson next week.
TNA World Champion Mike Santana is also scheduled to team up with X-Division Champion Leon Slater and face The System (Cedric Alexander & Eddie Edwards). The rest of the card includes Jeff Hardy in a singles match, Mustafa Ali taking on BDE, and Tessa Blanchard in a multi-women match.
TNA Impact next week’s lineup
Moose vs. Bear Bronson
Mustafa Ali vs. BDE
Jody Threat, Harley Hudson & Myla Grace vs. Victoria Crawford, Mila Moore & Tessa Blanchard
Eddie Edwards & Cedric Alexander vs. Leon Slater & Mike Santana
TNA World Tag Team Champions Jeff and Matt Hardy now have a new challenge ahead of them.
On Thursday, March 5, 2026, episode of TNA Impact, The System (Brian Myers & Bear Bronson) faced off against the Righteous (Vincent & Dutch), Sinner and Saint(Judas Icarus & Travis Williams), and Rich Swann and BDE in a Four-Way tag team number one contenders match for the TNA World Tag Team titles.
In the final moments, Myers and Bronson teamed up on BDE to keep him down for the three-count pinfall. Myers and Bronson of The System are now the number one contenders for Jeff and Matt Hardy’s TNA World Tag Team titles.
Despite the win tonight, it is currently not confirmed when Myers and Bronson of The System will face Jeff and Matt Hardy for the TNA World Tag Team titles.
After years away from WWE 2K video games, Jeff and Matt Hardy are set to be back.
Hours before the early access launch, WWE 2K26 uploaded a video on their social media announcing the return of The Hardys to the video game franchise.
“Jeff and I [Matt Hardy] are very excited to announce that the goats, Matt and Jeff, The Hardys, The Hardy Boyz are officially in WWE’s 2K26.”
“We are joining the roster with season 4 Ringside Pass, coming in July,” Jeff Hardy added. Matt Hardy was last seen in WWE 2K20 while Jeff Hardy was last part of WWE 2K22.
While exact dates have not been confirmed, WWE 2K26 Ringside Pass Season 4 is scheduled to release in July 2026. This year’s game also includes a variety of new wrestlers from AAA, who are set to be a part of the Ringside Pass, including Psycho Clown, Mr.Iguana, Lady Flammer, and more.
WWE veteran Kelly Kelly and Torrie Wilson are also set to be part of the Ringside Pass Season 2 and 3. WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella has also been announced as a part of the Ringside Pass Season 5. Typhoon and Earthquake are also joining 2K26 via Ringside Pass Season 6.
They’ve worked together closely in TNA, but it’s still surreal for Leon Slater when he receives praise from Jeff Hardy.
Hardy recently praised the 21-year-old Slater as the “future of pro wrestling” and named him as someone who will lead TNA into the future. While speaking with The Sportster, Slater opened up about what it was like to hear those comments from someone he grew up idolizing.
“There’s almost two sides to it, where l’ve been so spoiled over the past year that I’ve got to work with Matt and Jeff so much in TNA that when I hear or see stuff like that it’s like, ‘Oh, that’s cool that Jeff said something nice about me.’ And then I take a step back and I think about who I looked up to growing up, and who was my favorite wrestler, and who I had the most figures of, and who I had all the merch, and who I painted my face just to be like, you know what I mean? And I go, ‘Jeff Hardy is saying that about me?!’ Which is absolutely insane,” Slater said.
“So whether it’s Jeff, Matt, AJ Styles, any of these veterans that I’ve grown up watching, it really spurs me on. Because it’s a thing now for me of not only proving maybe some people that didn’t think I could make it to where I am and don’t think I can make it past where I am, it’s not only proving them wrong, but it’s proving myself and the people that do believe in me right. So it’s proving a Jeff Hardy right, an AJ Styles right, a Matt Hardy right, a Tommy Dreamer right. You know what I mean? So it’s real good motivation for me. And it’s obviously super cool that Jeff thinks of me that highly.”
One of the best young wrestlers in the world, Slater is the current TNA X-Division Champion and has already crossed over into WWE through the promotion’s partnership with TNA.
Jeff Hardy is feeling a lot better as he continues to work through a neck injury.
Earlier this month, Hardy revealed that he’s been dealing with two bulging discs in his neck since The Hardys faced DarkState in a Broken Rules match at NXT Halloween Havoc 2025. The injury did not force Hardy out of action despite slowing him down. He gave an update on how he’s feeling while appearing on a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
“It’s better,” Hardy said. “This past Monday and Tuesday, it felt really good. Then we flew out here and I fell asleep a little funky on the plane. And I remember like jerking my head up one time and it hurt. So it was hurting a little more than it did Monday and Tuesday, but overall, man, it’s feeling good. It’s definitely better. So this has been a little over three months now. I’ve been dealing with two bulging discs on the left side of my neck.
“This happened when we dropped the titles at the NXT Halloween Havoc show. It was one of those things, man. You couldn’t even tell. It looked completely fine. Like I landed flat, but I was on the big guy’s shoulders. The one guy jumped off the ladder, clotheslined me off. And the idea was for me to go through the table, but I kind of overshot the table and he just broke the table and my head just hit the mat. And it was a little whiplash like that. It felt terrible. I mean, it definitely felt like a concussion and I was close to being knocked out. But that’s when it happened, man. Two bulging discs on the left side of my neck, but I’m feeling much better.”
When asked about his current pain level between 1-10, Hardy put it at a five, calling the neck pain “not bad at all.”
The timing for the injury was bad with it happening leading into TNA Impact’s AMC premiere. Hardy was praying that he would be better by the time the debut episode happened. He was not 100 percent but was still able to compete in an eight-man tag match on the show. By the time he faced Mustafa Ali in a singles bout the next week, Hardy’s was already feeling a lot better.
Matt Hardy noted that, while Jeff has been injured, The Hardys having been doing everything they can to protect him in the ring.
“We’ve also just been very cognizant of it,” Matt said. “It’s been protect Jeff at all costs, you know what I mean? So we’ve done what we had to do to try and work smart and not make things worse in his issue — and so far so good.”
The Hardys are the current TNA Tag Team Champions. It was revealed in December that they had re-signed with TNA. Both Hardys told Van Vliet that they are not thinking about retirement and are going to keep going for as long as they can.
Jeff Hardy revealed during a recent interview that he has been working with two bulging discs in his neck.
Hardy said he has been dealing with the injury since he and his brother Matt Hardy dropped the NXT Tag Team Championships to DarkStage in a Broken Rules match at NXT Halloween Havoc.
Hardy made the comments during a recent appearance on The Budget Cut podcast.
“I’ve been dealing with an injury since we dropped the titles at NXT. I actually got two bulging discs on the left side of my neck,” Jeff Hardy said.
“It’s definitely better than it was at first, but we’ve been slower for two months now. Naturally, that’s a little stress creator for me, but I’m cleared.”
The Hardys have two TNA matches scheduled for next week. They will team with Elijah on the TNA Impact debut on AMC on Thursday, January 15. The Hardys will then put the TNA World Tag Team titles on the line against The Righteous at Genesis on January 17.
Hardy’s comments about his injury begin around three minutes into the interview. The video below is cued.
Matt Hardy believes TNA’s new television deal could open the door for some WWE main roster stars to cross over into the promotion.
The WWE-TNA relationship is set to continue as TNA Wrestling enters into a new era on AMC. So far, the partnership has largely been between TNA and the NXT brand. But Hardy thinks we could potentially see main roster talent pop up in TNA now. He also feels confident that the partnership will lead to himself and his brother Jeff showing up at a WWE main roster event.
“I feel very confident you are going to see The Hardy Boyz show up on a main roster show, maybe a main roster pay-per-view, who knows? Anything can happen now,” Hardy told Reel Appreciation. “And I think you’re going to see WWE main roster talent even coming over to TNA now that we’re on AMC. I think it’s a game-changer, and I think it’s going to make wrestling so much more fun and so much more unpredictable. And wrestling is at its best when it’s unpredictable.”
TNA Impact will air on AMC and AMC+ every Thursday starting next week (January 15). Going into this new era, Matt Hardy sees himself and Jeff as locker room leaders in TNA. They are still feeling good physically and want to deliver the best matches they can.
“It’s huge, it’s massive,” Hardy said about the AMC deal. “Because AMC is on every basic cable package. If you have cable TV, you get AMC. Every hotel has AMC. So we’re back in the game, man. You know, TNA — they did great things with Spike. After the Spike deal went away, they were struggling [for a few years] and they were getting by. And now, we’re back in the game. We’re back on the same level as a WWE, as an AEW. So it’s really exciting. And the thing I’m most happy about is that it makes the pro wrestling industry healthier.”
Jeff added that, with AMC known for its high-quality dramatic programming, he could see TNA producing some “badass cinematic matches” on the channel.
“Thinking about shows like Breaking Bad [and] The Walking Dead, I could see some really, like, badass cinematic matches happening in TNA on AMC,” Jeff said.
The Hardys have re-signed with TNA, and Matt told Reel Appreciation that they are not thinking about retirement at the moment or putting any kind of timeline on when they want to end their careers.
“We feel great. We feel like we’re 30 years old. And we’re both ready to rock and roll, man,” Matt said. “And we’re ready to kill it with TNA on AMC.”
Arguably known as one of the most successful tag-team wrestlers of all-time, former WWE star Jeff Hardy is also widely remembered by fans for his singles run at the Stamford-based promotion. Recently, speaking on the Direct Discussions Podcast, the current TNA tag team champion named Bloodline family member and Zilla Fatu’s father, Umaga, as his singles career’s “favorite feud.”
“I met (Zilla Fatu) when he was a new-born baby, it was crazy, now we’ve teamed with him several times, I’ve painted his face several times and we’ll definitely team with him again and have interaction with him.“
Recalling the Intercontinental Championship rivalry he had with Umaga, Hardy claimed, “His dad was probably, in my singles career, my most favorite feud ever. We had such good chemistry and gelled so well together, the big guy vs. the smaller dude. Every time I’m in the ring with Zilla, it just makes me proud I’ve made it this far.”
Also, in the podcast, The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) confirmed that they will now team up with Elijah against Order 4 on the AMC debut episode of TNA IMPACT.
Matt and Jeff Hardy have re-signed with TNA Wrestling.
Fightful Select reported on Saturday that while they had not heard that the Hardys had signed long-term deals with TNA Wrestling, the belief was they would do so shortly. According to a social media post from Matt Hardy on Monday, the brothers have been re-signed “for a while.”
“BTW, we’ve been re-signed for a while. Merry Christmas, guys!” Hardy wrote.
Matt Hardy’s comments were in response to an episode of the Mike & JD podcast where they discussed the Hardys’ impact on TNA Wrestling.
“The Hardy Boys have been great for TNA. Everybody wants to point to WWE as being the sole reason for TNA’s upswing in business but the Hardy Boys are very much a part of that,” Mike Gilbert said on the show.
The Hardys are coming off having successfully defended the TNA Tag Team titles against High Ryze at TNA Final Resolution on December 5. They also defended their House of Glory tag titles this weekend with a win over Lance Anoa’i and Zilla Fatu on Friday, in a match that saw Anoa’i turn on Fatu.
Hardy’s social media post is below.
This chat was a fun dive into myself & @JEFFHARDYBRAND’s brotherly relationship as well as a discussion about the Hardys’ effect on @ThisIsTNA’s business at 44:40.. Thanks for a very compelling combo, @MikeGilbert311.
There are a lot of historical wrestling angles that in some form involve Gary Hart.
Hart was the heel manager who, along with giant Korean Pak Song, turned on Dusty Rhodes after they were partners in a tag team match in Florida in 1974. Rhodes became a babyface, “The American Dream,” and the rest of history.
Hart was the heel manager, with his longest running protege, Don “The Spoiler” Jardine, who came into Leroy McGuirk’s territory as the adversary of Cowboy Bill Watts in 1970 when that territory took off, giving a heavyweight flavor for what had been a junior heavyweight territory dominated by Danny Hodge.
Hart was also the mastermind behind the marketing of the Von Erich brothers, Kevin, David and Kerry, and in particular Kerry’s rise to stardom in 1982 and his chase of world champion Ric Flair, culminating in the famous Christmas night cage match. He also talked Michael Hayes into coming to Texas and set up the storyline that built the Freebirds vs. Von Erichs feud, one of the most notable feuds in wrestling history.
With TNA locking in several talent deals ahead of January, a new update has emerged on The Hardys’ contract status.
Fightful Select’s latest report shared that sources informed them that 51-year-old Matt Hardy and 48-year-old Jeff Hardy have not officially signed new contracts with TNA. However, they noted that a deal is expected to be done very soon with a potential long-term agreement. It has also been speculated internally that the two are the highest-paid talent in the promotion.
TNA’s current approach with many of its in-ring talent includes short-term monthly deals which are designed to allow flexibility during the eventual transition to AMC which begins in mid-January.
The brothers are four-time TNA World Tag Team Champions and are at 154 days in their current reign. They also held the NXT Tag Team titles this year and have made several appearances on Tuesday nights as part of the crossover.
