10 Surprise WWE Returns That Immediately Transformed Title Matches
2. The Hardy Boyz
TNA. Impact Wrestling. GFW. Impact Wrestling again. When a company struggles even to make a coherent name for itself, it's incredibly tough for a wrestler to attempt to do so too.
However, that's what Matt Hardy finally did after years of failed experiments attempting to reimagine the dated Hardy persona he emotionally detached himself from following a 2010 WWE departure.
The #BROKEN universe he crafted in 2016 not only clicked with the last remaining TNA devotees, but also drew in the wrestling audience at large and even a section of the mainstream that looked on curiously as he engaged in end-of-the-world wars with his brother Jeff from his fabled 'Compound'.
Starting as a feud after a particularly aggressive Hardy vs Hardy match sent him off the deep end, the two's maniacal battles eventually resulted in them forming a union as the Broken Hardyz after Jeff's defeat in the 'Final Deletion' rendered him 'obsolete'.
The duo astonishingly became the most relevant act in wrestling over 15 years after getting their big break at 1999's No Mercy supershow. A WWE comeback seemed inevitable, but their incredible redebut at WrestleMania 33 just 24 hours after losing the Ring Of Honour Tag Team Titles to The Young Bucks left even hardened observers awestruck.
Inserted into the Raw Tag Team Title match, the pair scooped the straps, completing a monumental WWE comeback and even concluding their storyline 'Expedition Of Gold' that had began whilst still employed by TNA.