Knowledgeable wrestling veteran of 30-plus years, Matt Hardy has made fairly a reputation for himself throughout WWE, ROH, TNA, and now AEW. But irrespective of how lengthy he is wrestled, he can’t assist however beam with delight every time the subject of his Double or Nothing Stadium Stampede Match from 2020 surfaces. In a latest interview with the Every day Mail, he mentioned one of the crucial inventive matches to come back out of the pandemic period.

“I imply, that is one thing I’m extraordinarily happy with. I believe the Stadium Stampede is without doubt one of the finest issues that got here out of the pandemic,” Hardy acknowledged. “I bear in mind when Tony Khan proposed the match initially, we weren’t positive what it was going to be”

The five-on-five match itself lasted practically 34 minutes(45 minutes altogether, in response to Hardy), with him and The Elite — Adam Web page, the Younger Bucks, and Kenny Omega — selecting up the victory over The Internal Circle, a secure led by Chris Jericho on the time. Going down inside an empty TIAA Financial institution Subject, the match wasn’t with out its detractors. Whereas a drowning spot drew many of the ire, Jericho expressed within the aftermath that had they redone the match, sure features would’ve modified.

Nonetheless, everybody concerned made probably the most of it, and Hardy could not be prouder of it. “We might simply use the Jaguars stadium to our benefit, and I look again at that, and I am very, very happy with what we did,” he continued. “It was very particular, particularly when the world was in such an odd, bizarre place, and I really feel prefer it was necessary for us to entertain individuals. It was like the perfect escapism you could possibly presumably have, the Stadium Stampede.”