Matt Hardy ‘Frustrated’ With AEW Run, Teases Character Change

Matt Hardy has admitted he’s “frustrated” with his run in AEW so far and has suggested he might be looking to change his character once again.

Now before anyone gets carried away, Hardy isn’t saying he’s frustrated with the promotion itself, just the situation and circumstances under which his run has taken place thus far.

Hardy opened up in a recent YouTube video, saying that doing what he’s doing right now doesn’t seem quite right without a crowd, and adding that it might just be time to be the man himself, Matthew Hardy, on TV.

He said:

“When I first made the decision to come to All Elite Wrestling, I was excited. I thought ‘the sky is the limit, no doubt.’ What I expected when I first debuted as Broken Matt Hardy was every single Wednesday on Dynamite; a sold out arena across America. I thought there would be thousands of people screaming at the top of their lungs ‘DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!’ That isn’t what happened. What I didn’t expect was that Broken Matt would debut in the first-ever AEW empty arena event. Broken Matt never performed in front of AEW fans and the passionate fanbase is one of the coolest things about AEW. If I came in and did Broken Matt, he’s such an interactive fan-friendly performer and character, I thought, ‘This will be a hit, this will be great, this is gonna be my greatest run yet.’ That’s not what happened and it was frustrating.

“So, I decided to change course, as any good professional does. I decided to do a highlight reel — The best of Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy’s best moments and personas wrapped all up in one and do a highlight reel, kind of like the opposite of what my brother has been asked to do somewhere else. We do The Best of Matt Hardy and I’m helping out young talent, which is something I legitimately do on-camera and off, Private Party, I mentor those guys. I started up a story with Sammy Guevara, but that doesn’t go too far because Sammy gets suspended. That’s frustrating.

“I decided, maybe it’s time to do my part and try and heal some of this division, do what I can to put it back together, try and be a voice of reason. I’ve had a lot of experiences. Maybe now, it’s time for me, on AEW programming, to just be real. Be someone that I have never been on television before and that’s me. Maybe it’s time for me to be Matthew Hardy. Maybe it’s time for me to just be me.”

Transcription via Fightful

• Broken Matt Hardy
• Matt Hardy
• All Elite Wrestling
• AEW

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