Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy
Hardy in 2024
Birth nameMatthew Moore Hardy
Born (1974-09-23) September 23, 1974 (age 50)
Cameron, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
Sandhills Community College
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2013)​
Children4
RelativesJeff Hardy (brother)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Broken Matt[1]
Damascus[2]
High Voltage[3]
Ingus Jinx[4]
Ishan Hardy[5]
Matt Hardy
Rahway Reaper[6]
Surge
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[7][8]
Billed weight236 lb (107 kg)[7]
Billed fromCameron, North Carolina[7][8]
The Hardy Compound in Cameron, North Carolina[9]
Trained byDory Funk Jr.[10]
DebutOctober 15, 1992[10]
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
GenreEntertainment
Subscribers348 thousand[11]
(May 6, 2024)
Total views44 million[11]
(May 6, 2024)
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: May 6, 2024
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Matthew Moore Hardy[12][13] (born September 23, 1974)[14] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is one-half of the reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions in his third reign. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). With his brother Jeff, Hardy gained prominence in WWF's tag team division during the 2000s due to his participation in TLC matches.[15] He is a 15-time world tag team champion, having held the WWE World Tag Team Championship six times, the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship three times, the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championship, and WCW Tag Team Championship once each, and the TNA World Tag Team Championships three times.[7] They are considered one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era.[16]

Wrestling through four separate decades, Hardy has kept himself relevant partially through a variety of different gimmicks and his use of social media. In 2002, Hardy began a solo career in WWE. His subsequent "Version 1" persona was named Best Gimmick by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Hardy's eccentric "Broken" gimmick, which he debuted in 2016 (and which was renamed "Woken" following his subsequent WWE return), garnered praise from wrestling critics and earned him multiple awards, including a second Best Gimmick award, becoming one of the most talked about characters in all of wrestling.[17] As a singles wrestler, Hardy has won the WWE United States, Hardcore, European, and Cruiserweight championships as well as three world championships (one ECW Championship and two TNA World Heavyweight Championships).

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  2. ^ "Watch Matt Hardy Introduce the World to His New Persona: Damascus". CBR. March 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Hardy, Jeff; Hardy, Michael (2003). The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire. WWE Books. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7368-2142-1.
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  5. ^ Hardy, Jeff; Hardy, Matt; Krugman, Michael (2003). The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire. WWE Books. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7368-2142-1.
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  8. ^ a b "TNA Wrestling profile". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  9. ^ All Elite Wrestling on TNT [@AEWonTNT] (May 6, 2020). "Broken Matt Hardy Walkout" (Tweet). Retrieved May 6, 2020 – via Twitter.
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  12. ^ "Matt Hardy". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2007.
  13. ^ Martin, Adam (September 16, 2018). "Matt Hardy makes final scheduled WWE appearance: "It's time for me to go home"". WrestleView. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "Matt Hardy Bio". Pro Wrestling Direct. Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. Retrieved September 1, 2007.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference TLC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "Ranking the Best Tag Teams and Stables of WWE's Attitude Era". Bleacher Report.
  17. ^ Moore, Michael (September 1, 2016). "Where to Find Top Cards of 2016's Veteran Breakout Stars". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 11, 2016. Retrieved Nov 4, 2021.