Matt Hardy Interview: Working For Vince, Jeff, Tag Team Wrestling & More

[Jose Tortilla]

Working for Vince McMahon: "Vince is a very intimidating, dominating character and personality. I’ve seen Vince come up with some of the smallest ideas that don’t seem like much and then you go, ‘Oh my god, this is a stroke of genius.’ He really gets the most out of all the little things. That’s one thing I learned when I worked hand in hand with him. When I describe Vince, I call him a psychotic genius. I have seen times when he was a maniac and chewed people out for no reason. He’s not afraid to do anything. He has done it all…he’s had his head shaved, did embarrassing things with girls. There isn’t anything that he would ask his talent to do that he wouldn’t do."

His relationship with brother Jeff: "I see him every day that he is at home. Myself and my girlfriend Reby Sky have been raiding his and his wife’s pool everyday; it’s been nice. Jeff is doing great. He is still an enigma to a degree but he has went from being one of the most unpredictable enigmas that you ever met to being the most responsible human being that I know, especially with him being a father now. He is at a great place in his life, and I am, too. I don’t think our relationship has ever been stronger than it is right now."

Why tag team wrestling has fallen off the radar: "We came along during a very special time in the business…the height of the Attitude era. Stone Cold was white-hot and The Rock was a huge megastar. Ratings were great and those guys were selling out arenas everywhere. Management was able to put the top guys on cruise control because they didn’t have to worry, so they had extra time to focus on the tag team division or the women. At the point they’re at now, they’re still scrambling for the white hot guys. John Cena is the face of the company right now but there is no one setting record TV ratings or selling out arenas on a consistent basis. Once they find those one or two top guys that are the franchise players, they can dedicate their attention to tag teams again."

-LordsOfPain

 

[Stopspot]

Great read. Good to see that the Hardy's seem to be back on track.

 

[seabs]

Great to see Jeff is getting his shit together, great point on tag teams aswell, it's a shame Punk couldn't be that second franchise guy tbh.

 

[Jose Tortilla]

Yeah indeed, glad he's doing well.

 

[Matt]

Is he going to return?

 

[Jose Tortilla]

Don't know.. Rather have Jeff back.

 

[Matt]

rather have both of them back

 

[Leo C]

Interesting read. Vince does seem like an intimidating guy and nice point on the tag teams.

 

[Farooq]

Makes sense with the women and tag team thing.

 

[MarkyMark]

Would love for them to come back together as a team

 

[army_george]

like the point of vince wouldnt ask his talent to do anything he wouldnt do himself. edge has made the same point in an interview as well... imo matt did a whole lot better as a singles competitor than tag... was never a fan of jeff but i did love their match at wm25

 

[Leo C]

Now that he mentioned it, it's true. The guy has taken some nice bumps in the past.