The Hardys and Team 3D had an emotional battle at Bound For Glory.
For nearly three decades, these two teams were the very definition of what tag team wrestling should be. There rivalry spanned across multiple promotions and the final match against the Hardys wasn’t just an emotional send off, but a goodbye to fans who had watched these men entertain them for decades plus.
Following their incredible tables match at Bound For Glory, the Hardys reflected on their huge win over Team 3D and Matt & Jeff were very confident about the match heading into it.
“I was confident we were going to beat Team 3D. We were on a regular grind, we’re both physically fit. Those guys hadn’t done this in a while, so I thought we’d get the W and establish ourselves as the better of the two teams”
While the win wasn’t a surprise, what really threw them for a loop was Bully and D-Von taking off their wrestling boots to signal that it was the end of their careers.
"They came out looking for a knockout — 3Ds right out the gate. But what shocked me was when the match ended, they took off their boots. They called it a career. We did not expect that. They… they gave us their boots, which was the ultimate sign of respect.”
Matt expressed his gratitude over the week him and his brother had. The Hardys won two sets of Tag Team titles last week, and the cherry on top was retiring The Dudley Boyz.
“What a week. We became the NXT Tag Team Champions, the House of Glory Tag Team Champions, and then we went on to retire the Dudley Boyz. If you don’t think we’re the best in the game right now, I don’t know what you’re thinking. I have four words for everyone — the GOATs are here.”
What’s next for Matt and Jeff? At the moment, they aren’t scheduled for anything. It’s likely that they’ll be back on NXT before TNA since the company doesn’t have anything scheduled for the next month until their live TNA episode on November 13th. Given that they're the current NXT Tag Team Champions, they're bound to show up sometime soon, it's just a manner of when and where.