Matt Hardy Reveals Whether The Hardy Boyz Almost Jumped to WCW During the Monday Night Wars

Matt Hardy has revealed some juicy behind-the-scenes insights about the possibility of him and his brother Jeff joining WCW during the height of the Monday Night Wars. The Hardy Boyz, who skyrocketed to fame in WWE during the late ‘90s, had a path that could have looked very different if they’d taken a detour to WCW—a move that could have shaken up the wrestling world.

On his podcast, The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the wrestling icon opened up about the topic, admitting that while WCW did express some interest, it never got serious.

“I have no idea. They had reached out to us a little,” Matt explained. “There was nowhere near as much contact as there was with WWE because we were doing enhancement work for WWE and had a relationship with WWE and WWE actually thought that we had potential.”

Matt also mentioned that their connection with WWE felt stronger than any fleeting WCW interest, and even ECW seemed like a more viable option for them at the time. “We were closer to maybe doing something with ECW. They very much could have been a reality back in ’97 or ’98, right before we signed with WWE,” he said, adding that WCW’s focus on nurturing talent through its Power Plant made it harder for outsiders to break through.

Reflecting on how things might have turned out if they had joined WCW, Matt believes that their legendary career trajectory wouldn’t have been the same.

“If we would’ve been in WCW, it would’ve been really interesting to see how we fit in there… I think we wouldn’t have went as far as we did in WWE because it was very much a scenario of right place, right time, right people with Myself and Jeff, Edge and Christian, and the Dudleys,” he shared.

The Hardy Boyz’ decision to stick with WWE in the late ’90s ultimately paid off, catapulting them to superstardom and making them part of some of the most iconic tag team moments in wrestling history.