Ever since Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt lost the Tag Team titles, Matt Hardy has been teasing retirement from in-ring competition. Hardy revealed his lower back and pelvis have started fusing together due to all the leg drops he’s done throughout his career.
In a new video published to his social media accounts, Hardy has addressed the retirement rumors and confirmed them as last night he fulfilled his final advertised live event.
“I just want to take a moment and address the WWE Universe – all the Woken Warriors, Hardy Boy fans, all the Mattitude Followers that have allowed me to live my dream for so many years. This is all I’ve ever wanted to do, and I got to do it at the highest level for 26 years.”
“I will never forget the reaction the WWE Universe gave us at WrestleMania 33 upon returning. It was truly one of the greatest moments of my career. WrestleMania 34 was a great moment winning the Andre the Giant Battle Royale. And I got to bring my creation, the Ultimate Deletion to Raw in the main event slot.”
“There’s been a lot of speculation for quite a while online, if I’m going to be wrestling any longer or not. WWE fortunately let me fulfill all my advertised commitments, but tonight here in Corpus Christi, this was the last advertised commitment I had. I never say never, but tonight here in Corpus Christi was most likely the last time you will ever see Woken Matt Hardy in a WWE ring. I have two young kids and a wife. It’s time for me to go home.”
Matt Hardy made his professional wrestling debut back in 1992, thrilling the audiences for over 20 years with various gimmicks such as the highflying daredevils, The Hardy Boyz to Matt Hardy: Version 1 to Big Money Matt (Impact Wrestling) to Broken/Woken Matt Hardy.
The Woken Warrior ends his career with an Impact World Heavyweight championship title reign under his belt, along with being a multiple Tag Team champion, former cruiserweight champion, and United States champion.