Since his departure from WWE, Matt Hardy has been a part of AEW and has been enjoying his time at the promotion. Hardy has been widely praised for his character work and the ability to reinvent himself, which he has been doing at the promotion since his debut.
However, Matt Hardy’s gimmick as the leader of the stable “The Hardy Family Office” was lackluster, with fans not happy with the number of members in the stable. The stable was disbanded shortly after Matt Hardy left the group.
During a recent edition of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the tag team specialist explained why the “Hardy Family Office” stable didn’t appeal to fans. Hardy stated that the stable had a lot of potential, but as members began to grow its potency began to wane.
“We actually got pretty hot at that point with the six man tags we were doing as heels with Big Money Matt. I really feel like we had a lot of momentum. We were doing good and we would have continued to elevate as a trios tag until we started adding people.
Tony said, ‘We don’t have anyone speaking for Butcher and Blade now. They’re better when they have a mouthpiece. Do you mind if I put them with you? ‘I was like, ‘Sure, I’ll do that.’ But then it became a little excessive. Then they had TH2. It became so watered down. I know in the notes, you kind of describe the HFO as the Island of Misfit Toys. I described it at the time as the Island of Misfit Toys. That’s exactly how I describe the group. It became so many guys that we really didn’t know what to do with and it was kind of directionless. It just kind of ended up being people that would put other people over.”
Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy’s most recent televised bout was against Hook on March 1st for the FTW World Heavyweight Title, which he lost.
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