Matt Hardy continued to opine that he and his brother had experienced a cooling-off period towards the end of their AEW tenure. They last wrestled together in January, teaming with Mark Briscoe to beat Kip Sabian, The Butcher, and The Blade. He reasoned as such that a return to TNA, however long or short-lived, served as an opportunity to get some excitement behind his name once again. 

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“Towards the end of AEW, myself and Jeff, I feel like we had cooled off so much,” said Hardy. “[I am] in no rush to sign a contract because I think I can do TNA television for a few weeks back to back, be in a good angle, be in a good story, and I think it will help me heat back up a little bit. I think that’s important, especially when you’ve been cooled down a lot. I think there’s some other places I could pop up and make appearances or whatever.”

Since his 2020 debut, Matt Hardy has yet to win a title either by himself or with his brother in AEW. They were expected to win the AEW Tag Team Championship in Summer 2022 before Jeff Hardy’s DUI arrest and subsequent suspension. They never got another shot at the titles, although they did unsuccessfully challenge for the ROH tag titles last year. Matt Hardy is a former world and tag team champion in TNA, and he seemingly returned to begin a championship program with Moose. 

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