Jeff Hardy and Bray Wyatt almost had a battle of their alter egos.
Both Wyatt and Hardy have wrestled under alter ego gimmicks in both the WWE and IMPACT respectively. While Bray had the fiend, Jeff Hardy had the umbrella carrying Willow. Fans may like to know that we came close to seeing these two characters react in the WWE.
While speaking on the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy revealed that WWE wanted his ‘Broken’ character to team up with Jeff Hardy’s Willow and feud against The Fiend.
“There was a pitch to get me to try to re-sign my contract… They set a big match with Bray [Wyatt] at WrestleMania and they said, ‘What if we did something now where Bray is doing something as the Fiend and people are trying to stop him and then all of a sudden there’s an appearance of a very hardcore Matt Hardy or Jeff Hardy? But then we see on the talk show where Bray is and he’s talking to all the kids and then you see Broken Matt, and Willow the Wisp shows up.”
“Which sounded very cool and awesome but I also knew at that time that would probably last six or seven weeks and then it would be done so I was already mentally checked out.”
Matt Hardy On The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy
Time will tell if we will get to see Wyatt and The Hardys appear on screen together anytime soon.
Would you have wanted to see this storyline playout? Let us know in the comments section and on our social media pages!
H/T to RingsideNews for transcription
If you enjoy Bodyslam’s content, you can help donate to the site here. You can also visit our PWTees store and buy Bodyslam official merchandise here.
You can listen to all of Bodyslam’s podcasts by following us on Spotify and subscribing to our YouTube Channel, or any of your favorite podcast platforms.
Follow us on Twitter: @BodyslamNet
