Matt Hardy discusses his WrestleCade rematch against Jeff Jarrett.
Jarrett and Hardy have not been on good terms since their match at WrestleCade 2015, when "The Last Outlaw" hit Hardy with a guitar and Matt needed 36 stitches because the blow busted him open. The two men currently work together in AEW, and they will clash in a singles match at WrestleCade SuperShow on November 26.
Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, Matt discussed how the match came about and noted that he was shocked when the promoter asked. However, though he didn't expect the bout to happen, he accepted it.
“Can you imagine the shock in my mind whenever I got a call from the booker, the promoter at WrestleCade, said ‘Hey, would you be down for wrestling Jeff Jarrett? Considering you have an open contract and you kinda laid out a challenge [for] whoever wants to face you.’ It was shocking, it was shocking to hear. I was like, ‘Of course.’ I didn’t expect that. As I said last week on the podcast, we never had a return singles match after he recklessly sliced me open with that guitar. So he had a reprieve, but this Saturday, the reprieve ends," Hardy said.
Hardy then offered some insight into his relationship with Jarrett by stating that they have rarely interacted since 2015. Looking ahead to the match on Saturday, he stated that it's a wildcard because he could see it going terribly or ending with the two men having a new respect for each other.
“Someone is gonna get hurt [in the match], for sure. We’re on a minimal interaction level. If we have to talk about something, I guess we will. But as I said, we don’t send each other Christmas cards, we don’t invite each other’s families other to Thanksgiving dinner or whatever. I’ve got a feeling, when it’s all said and done, either this match is gonna turn out really bad and controversial, which people would probably like if that happens anyway, especially if our wives are around. They’re both gonna be there, which is scary in itself. Or maybe there’s some way we come out of this with a newfound respect. I don’t know what direction it’s gonna go. The biggest thing I can say is, this match is a wildcard. I was gonna say this incident happened seven years ago, but we’ve been, probably four, five years of just not associating with each other at all. So this is gonna be really interesting to see how this match turns out," Hardy said.
When co-host Jon Alba noted that he worries that the match could potentially turn into a brawl, Hardy responded by saying that he has thought about it. He emphasized that he has no idea what will happen when he and Jarrett step into the same ring.
"Absolutely, and it’s one of the things that weighs heavy on my mind. I just honestly don’t know what’s gonna happen when we get into that ring," he said.
On the same podcast, Hardy stated that he thinks MJF will be the face of AEW for a long time. Check out his comments here.
Jarrett recently commented on his new roles in AEW. Click here to see what he had to say.
On a recent episode of his "My World" podcast, Jarrett discussed his shot at Braun Strowman during a promo on AEW Dynamite. More information is available here.
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