WWE Royal Rumble 2001 Roster: Where Are They Now?

28. Matt Hardy

Edge 2001 2020
WWE/AEW

Then: WWE booked a quick bit of brotherly bickering to open the 2001 Rumble.

Jeff and Matt Hardy traded some sequences for the first time on company TV, and fans watching live clearly got a kick out of it. Matt lasted less than five minutes in the Rumble before being eliminated by his sibling though.

Now: Matt left WWE last year and sought a fresh start over in AEW. It's been a good move, although the crazy bugger did terrify everyone by taking a hellish bump at All Out in September 2020. At least Hardy seems happy in All Elite - that's the main thing.

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