Hardy and the Rated-R Superstar were involved in one of WWE’s most famous feuds in 2005 when the former found out that his girlfriend Lita was having an affair with the latter.
The former Brood member faced Hardy in a bout that year at SummerSlam and emerged victorious after the referee’s stoppage.
In a recent episode of The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, the AEW star highlighted that Vince McMahon had called them to his office to lay out some rules before the match.
Hardy professed that McMahon was aware of the tension going on between the two wrestlers and wanted the match to go the way he wanted.
The former ECW champion further went on to elaborate that the veteran strictly warned them about hurting on another intentionally.
However, Hardy said McMahon wanted the match to look like an MMA fight.
AEW star Matt Hardy has had three spells with WWE
The 47-year-old was one of the main superstars in the tag team division during WWE’s Attutude Era when the company saw an unparalleled amount of success.
He started his career with the Stamford-based promotion in 1994 and and his first departure came in 2005.
However, he was brought back the same year. His second stint lasted around 5 years as he made his move to TNA in 2011 after feuding with his brother Jeff Hardy on Vince’s brand.
Hardy’s final spell in WWE got underway in 2017 and was his shortest one as it lasted only three years. After parting ways in 2020. The former United States champion made his AEW debut on the March 18, 2020 episode of Dynamite.
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