Matt Hardy Says Vince McMahon Wanted Him to Transition Into a WWE Producer Role Before 2020 Departure

Matt Hardy says Vince McMahon wanted him in a backstage position when he wanted to wrestle more in WWE.

In March of 2020, Matt Hardy departed WWE and joined All Elite Wrestling. He worked for the promotion for four years before returning to TNA, where he still works today.

Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Hardy talked about how Vince McMahon viewed some wrestlers in certain roles.

“I think both myself and Christian had that, just because we knew Vince saw the bigger money in both Adam [Copeland] and Jeff [Hardy]. He liked both of us, too, don’t get me wrong. He still took great care of us. But at the end of the day, when we worked for Vince and he saw something a certain way, I knew that was going to happen.”

Hardy then recalls that before his departure from WWE in 2020, Vince McMahon tried to get him to work as a producer backstage.

“Much like at the very end before I left WWE they were trying to get me to re-sign. But Vince was really trying to get me just to be a full-time producer or coach or whatever, agent. I said, ‘Dude, I want to wrestle while I can. If I can still wrestle, that’s what I would like to do.’ I could just see how he saw me in that role. I know if I re-signed there, I might, for a couple months, do this cool angle with me and Windham as The Fiend and Jeff as Willow, but then he is going to put me back into that role. Because that is how he sees me and that is what he wants. Vince always got what he wants.”

Elsewhere in the podcast, Hardy reacted to Brock Lesnar’s WWE retirement. Fans can read his full comments here.

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