Away from WWE for eight years, by early 2017, partially because of battling with Impact’s parent company, Anthem, over ownership of the “Broken” gimmick, it was time for the Hardys to move on from Impact and by March, a run in Ring of Honor culminated in them capturing the Tag Team Championships as part of their “Expedition of Gold.” But that ROH run wouldn’t last long, and when they lost the gold to The Young Bucks (or as Broken Matt would say, “The Bucks of Youth”), the night before WrestleMania 33 at ROH Supercard of Honor, a fantastical whisper began to stir as longtime fans hoped that maybe, somehow, they might get the surprise of all surprises.

With WWE having secretly signed The Hardys and hidden them away from just about everyone for most of wrestling’s trademark event, it was time for a Triple Threat Ladder Match for the “Raw” Tag Team Championships between The Bar, Enzo & Cass, and Gallows & Anderson. With the teams set to compete, The New Day (hosting WrestleMania that year) announced that the match would become a Fatal Four-Way, wondered aloud who the fourth team could be to tease their own participation, only to pull off the ultimate swerve when The Hardys’ iconic music hit.

The reaction was, in a word, wonderful, as the crowd roared its loudest roar of the evening, danced along with Jeff’s patented juke, and peppered in a significant display of “Delete!” chants as Matt complied with the gesture as they made their way down the ramp. The match itself was fine enough, and the Hardys even pulled off the win, but this was about the moment, and will go down as one of the greatest returns of all time.