Backstage News On The Hardys' Returns To WWE On NXT

Following on from the continued crossover of the TNA and NXT tag team divisions, The Hardys appeared via video on this past week’s episode of NXT, marking their first WWE appearance for several years. In this promo they revealed that on the February 25 episode of NXT they would be returning to a WWE ring to take on the No Quarter Catch Crew. 

On the Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, one half of the reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy provided some insight on how the whole thing came together, revealing that everything happened at the last minute and that even their video promo was only in existence for about an hour before it aired. 

“This was a very last-minute thing I think . It’s cool because everyone knows that TNA and NXT have this partnership right now — TNA and WWE. I think it’s gonna continue to expand a little bit but, it has been so beneficial to TNA. It has also been very beneficial to NXT and I feel like just over the last little bit, probably after Fraxiom showed up and they watched us defend the titles against The Rascalz, I would imagine, probably, the wheels started turning, from the powers that be and again, I don’t know all the details on all these things. I’m still talent, brother. Washing my hands of that. I’m not booking, I’m talent. But I think there was some interest there… So the fact that we are able to step out and get in the ring with other teams and kind of give them a little bit of our rub that we have and they kind of help us because they’re a younger team and they kind of keep us relevant in 2025, it’s a win-win so, really excited about this, and I’ll tell ya, I am training for a fight this week too because in facing the two guys that we’re facing, they’re both legit bad-asses so we’re gonna have to be ready to rock and roll whenever we step into the ring in Cincinnati. 

“Even when that happened on Tuesday night, that little video of Jeff and I that was on NXT, that had only existed about an hour, 45 minutes before that. It hadn’t been long. This is not something that had been long-term planned out. I mean, it was very spur of the moment and that kind of makes you feel alive. It reminds you that you’re alive. It kind of gets the adrenaline flowing and pumping a little bit and it’s been fun thus far and I’m excited to see where we end up going with all of this.”

The TNA/NXT crossover continued in various ways this week as TNA X-Division Champion Moose emerged to confront the reigning NXT Champion Oba Femi. 

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