AEW star Matt Hardy recently appeared on his first Twitch stream and opened up on his attempts to bring Broken Matt Hardy to WWE. When he and Jeff returned at WrestleMania 33, it was as the Hardy Boyz, though the future WWE Hall of Famer would later get the chance to revisit his "woken" self.
"One of the reasons I think we were asked to come back is because Vince kept saying ‘Why do these people keep saying delete? What is this delete s--t? Why do people keep going delete?’" Matt recalled. "Eventually, we spoke to him and that’s how we ended up back there. We came back, we were the Hardy Boyz and once Jeff got hurt, I was going to do a Woken Matt Hardy run."
It was actually Bray Wyatt who broke the news he'd be returning to that persona, and that led to a 30-minute conversation with Vince McMahon that saw Matt attempt to explain the gimmick.
"That was definitely one of the most interesting 30 minutes I ever had, especially telling him the whole idea of the essence of Broken Matt Hardy going from one body or vessel to another body over time. Explaining that to Vince McMahon was one of my favorite memories of all time. I remember there was a lot of ‘Hmmm, okay,’ and I know in his mind he’s going, 'This son of b*tch is crazy.'"
He added that Vince stayed true to his word by allowing him to do that wacky compound fight, and while Matt certainly hasn't shied away from taking some shots at WWE since signing with All Elite Wrestling, he was quick to say, "Vince gave it a shot and for that I commend him and thank him. I have nothing but love and a lot of respect for Vince McMahon."
As for whether we could see Broken Matt in AEW, Matt believes it could happen down the line despite comments from Tony Khan in which he hinted that he's not the biggest fan of the gimmick.
"I would make Broken Matt almost go back to his roots as just vicious, crazy, primal, animalistic and I think that type of Broken Matt would work in front of fans, in front of an AEW crowd..."