In a shocking turn of events, AEW wrestlers Matt Hardy along with Private Party made their way to Impact Wrestling this week. On social media via Twitter, Matt Hardy declared the ultimate proclamation as he stated in a series of tweets, which can be viewed below that he ‘saved Impact Wrestling from being sold to WWE’ in 2016, as according to Hardy, WWE had discussions to buy the company. Hardy claims that it was due to the success and the buzz of his ‘broken Hardy’ persona that Anthem stepped in to buy the company.
This ep of IMPACT, along with the same day replay, was BY FAR the most viewed TNA program of 2016.
My #FinalDELETION was BY FAR the highest rated & most watched single ep of TNA & went viral.
I SAVED @IMPACTWRESTLING FROM GOING OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2016.
THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH https://t.co/ZSU7Fhvv1t
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) January 19, 2021
Yes, sweetpea.. I saved TNA from going out of business. It would have either A) Went bankrupt or B) Been sold to WWE. #BROKEN Matt created so much viral buzz that Anthem stepped up & bought the company. That’s a cold, hard fact.
THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH https://t.co/mKbAAfkTtx pic.twitter.com/ZMTDchtbqq
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) January 19, 2021
You wanna bring chaos to @IMPACTWRESTLING, @TonyKhan? I’M THE RIGHT GUY.
I know you like me & trust me WAY more than all your prick @AEW EVPs, so consider it done. I look forward to making @EdNordholm, @ScottDAmore & @TheDonCallis’ lives miserable. #FTO pic.twitter.com/P43ag8ibTn
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) January 20, 2021
In other news featuring Matt Hardy over on his personal YouTube channel the former multiple-time tag team champion exclaimed his displeasure at Vince McMahon and WWE calling the tag team of his brother Jeff Hardy and Riddle the ‘Hardy Bros’.
Hardy stated: “There is no doubt, if someone ever asked you who the greatest tag team of all time is, it is The Hardy Boyz,” said Matt. “As a matter of fact, Vince McMahon is so obsessed with the greatness and popularity of The Hardy Boyz, he’s created the Hardy Bros. And he’s put together another guy named Matt with my brother, to try and recreate the magic that we once had.”
Hardy continued by saying: “He’s [McMahon] trying to confuse the marketplace because he’s so vicious, he still wishes he had the Hardy Boyz. The Hardy Bros? That’s not gonna work. You would have had a better chance with fake Razor and fake Diesel.”
Matt concluded by mentioning how that the original Hardy Boyz sold more merchandise compared to any other tag team in WWE’s history in the year 2000 by saying: “We’re more popular than all tag teams in history, not just more talented,” said Matt. “And in the year 2000, it is a stone cold documented fact that we sold more merchandise than any other tag team in history, and that includes The Road Warriors. That year, we made 20 times our downside guarantees because we were so incredibly popular.”
