How AEW's Matt Hardy Wants To End His Wrestling Career

The Hardy Family Office leader speaks on winding his long wrestling career down.

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Matt Hardy wants to end his wrestling career on one last tag team run with his brother, Jeff.

The veteran said as much during his first ever AMA session on Twitch (which he has since uploaded to YouTube). When asked about the gimmick he'd like to finish on, Matt said the Hardy Boys, highlighting his desire to work a full feud with The Young Bucks in the process (h/t WrestleJoy for the transcription):-

"The gimmick I’d like to end my career on, teaming with my brother as the Hardy Boys. Real life Matt, and Real life Jeff, doing our thing. To go out the way you came in is super cool. I would love Jeff to come to AEW, A proper feud with the Hardy Boys vs the Young Bucks would be amazing."

That Jeff currently works for WWE is the most obvious hindrance to this. The 43-year-old revealed in September 2020 that he had recently signed a new contract with Vince McMahon's promotion, though the deal's length wasn't disclosed.

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Limited to sporadic in-ring appearances in 2021, Jeff's last match was a three-minute win over Cedric Alexander on last week's Raw, onto which Hardy hot-shotted a retirement stipulation.

Matt, meanwhile, currently leads the Hardy Family Office stable featuring The Butcher and The Blade, The Bunny, and Private Party in AEW, while feuding with Christian Cage.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.