Matt Hardy on WWE NXT experience: ‘They’ve been so great to us’

Matt Hardy is having a great experience in his return to WWE.

For each of the past two weeks, The Hardy Boyz have appeared on NXT. Matt & Jeff will be back on the show next Tuesday defending their TNA Tag Team titles against Nathan Frazer & Axiom. It’s a special Roadblock episode of NXT taking place from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

On his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt said everyone in NXT has been great to The Hardyz and has treated them with respect.

“It’s been incredible,” Matt said. “I can’t really put it over enough. I mean, they’ve been so great to us. The way they have treated us as such legends and just like — they act so honored. ‘Thank you so much for doing this. Thank you for coming out and being a part of this.'”

Matt also expressed appreciation for how NXT’s fans have responded to The Hardyz.

“It was great,” Matt said about the reaction they got on NXT this week. “I mean, we came out [on Tuesday night] and the crowd was so loud. And even right before we went out and Shawn [Michaels] came up. He said, ‘Hey, I know these people are going to be real hyped to see you and they’re going to be cheering and popping. But if you can, we’d like to keep the show on time. Just try and, you know, kind of get it going. You know, soak it in, but just kind of keep it going.’ That was great. But Shawn’s been incredible. Matt Bloom has been great. Everybody has. The whole experience has been so, so, so, so fun.”

For Matt & Jeff, this is the first time they’ve been back with WWE since 2020 and 2021 respectively. Their NXT appearances are happening because of the partnership that exists between WWE and TNA Wrestling. Matt said The Hardyz are having the time of their life in TNA. Both WWE and TNA feel like home, though Matt thinks WWE would be the right place for The Hardyz to end their career when that time comes.

We’ve only seen The Hardyz on NXT in their WWE return so far, but WWE is reportedly optimistic about them working a main roster program this spring/summer.