WWE superstar and future Hall of Famer Matt Hardy recently took part in an interview with Riju Dasgupta of Sportskeeda and discussed a number of topics including his plans for retirement, and the Woken/Broken universe.
“No, it’s not. I took time off to heal some nagging injuries and I’ll be back sooner rather than later. So, I’ve been doing this twenty-six years. I was just a little beat up. I was given a little time off. From when I’ve been back, for over a year and half, I was full time. I did everything.”
Hardy has been shadowing producers backstage in what is clearly a setup for a transition to a backstage role as his in-ring career winds down.
Hardy also discussed on how WWE became fans of the Broken Universe gimmick:
“[Chris] Jericho was the one who facilitated all of that. He had a link to watch the Final Deletion before it came out. They were in Japan actually. The whole WWE locker room watched it. Upon coming back and finally getting to the point where I could finally become ‘Woken’ Matt Hardy, The Ultimate Deletion, considering I got to do that in the main event slot on RAW was such an honour. Because it wasn’t Vince’s creation or WWE’s creation, it’s hard for them to fully get behind something like that.”
