Matt Hardy says that if he and Jeff Hardy fail to recapture the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a Ladder Match at TNA Slammiversary, it's going to force some tough conversations about what their future as in-ring competitors looks like.
TNA recently confirmed that at their upcoming TNA Slammiversary event, The Nemeths (Ryan & Nic Nemeth) will defend the TNA World Tag Team Championships against The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy), The Rascalz (Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz), and First Class (AJ Francis & KC Navarro). This won't be just any match; it will be a Ladder Match. The Ladder Match is, of course, the signature match of Matt and Jeff Hardy, and it's for that reason that they are putting a lot of pressure on themselves.
Matt Hardy stated during the latest episode of the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast that if he and his brother fail to win back the TNA World Tag Team Championships, it may be time for their retirement. He would clarify that he's not saying they will retire if they lose, but it will force some difficult conversations.
"We have kind of made this a do-or-die situation for myself and Jeff, like if, if myself and Jeff, if we can't perform as a top-level tag team, if we can't be the best of the best, and we can't get in there and hang with the current tag teams that are up and running today, and we don't win those titles at Slammiversary, maybe it's time for the Hardys to call it a career. So we're kind of putting a tough stipulation on our match, just for ourselves," he said. "We're putting these expectations on ourselves... It's going to make us rethink things. It's going to make us refocus. It's going to make us get to where we need to get."
Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy have been open about wanting to retire under the WWE umbrella with an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. Learn more about that here.
Check out the full card for TNA Slammiversary here.
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