The final years of former WWE Champion Jeff Hardy’s life can be described as turbulent at best and downright disastrous at worst.
While fans were delighted to see The Charismatic Enigma make a surprise return to the ring late last month, it’s fair to say that the struggles of the past 2-3 years still weigh heavily on Jeff’s mind.
In a recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, Jeff Hardy expressed shame and guilt over how his time with AEW turned out. Hardy had signed with the company shortly after a messy release from WWE in early 2022, but a DUI arrest in June of that year led to his indefinite suspension until his return in April 2023.
“I still feel a lot of guilt and shame towards AEW for giving me a chance, and even towards Matt, for betraying me with my personal issues and my real life.”
At the same time, Jeff Hardy also made it clear that he is seeing his new opportunity in TNA as a chance to redeem himself, but also to make it up to his ever-supportive brother Matt Hardy. The former world champion noted that he would not “break TNA’s trust.”
“I want to make it up to Matt for that. I will say right here that I am not going to betray the trust of TNA. That is part of my past. It feels good to kind of have a clean slate regarding those things and start fresh instead of feeling that guilt and shame for what I did in a certain world of professional wrestling.”
Jeff Hardy made his official return to in-ring action when he and his brother competed on TNA IMPACT! in an attempt to win the TNA Tag Team Championship from Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards.
Prior to that, Hardy’s last match had taken place in February, when he went one-on-one with Sammy Guevara in a No Disqualification match. Hardy suffered a broken nose during the match following a botched splash from Guevara, who eventually suspended himself following the incident for “following concussion protocol.”
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