Early years (1995–1998) The brothers formed a tag team in 1995 after Jeff's debut in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation (TWF). The promotion went by several names, and it was modernized in 1997 as the
Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA).
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (1998–2009) Rise to popularity (1998–1999) After being signed to a contract in 1998, they were trained by
Dory Funk, Jr. in his Funkin' Dojo. at
King of the Ring in June 2000|leftThe Hardy Boyz started their run as a popular tag team with a win over
Kaientai (
Men's Teioh and
Shoichi Funaki) on the September 27 episode of
Sunday Night Heat. Soon after their
Sunday Night Heat win, they built up a fan base following through their high-flying tag team tactics. They started to become serious contenders for the Tag Team Championship after they became
managed by
Michael Hayes, formerly a member of
The Fabulous Freebirds. On the July 5, 1999 episode of
Raw Is War, they defeated
The Acolytes (
Faarooq and
Bradshaw) to win their first
WWF Tag Team Championship, but they re-lost the title to The Acolytes a little less than a month later at
Fully Loaded on July 25. They eventually dumped Hayes as their manager in August, becoming
villains and briefly associating themselves with
Gangrel as part of
The New Brood. After winning a series of matches against the team of
Edge and Christian—dubbed the Terri Invitational Tournament—they won the services of
Terri Runnels as their manager by winning the first ever tag team ladder match at
No Mercy on October 17, and then dumped Gangrel the next night becoming faces. The fans also gave both teams a standing ovation the next night on
Raw Is War. This began an over two year rivalry between the Hardy Boyz and the team of Edge and Christian. During this time, they also gained notoriety as a faction with
Lita. In 2000, they were involved in feuds with Edge and Christian and
The Dudley Boyz (
Bubba Ray Dudley and
D-Von Dudley) in many ladder matches and TLC matches. They faced Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz at
WrestleMania 2000 on April 2 in a triple threat tag team ladder match. The Dudley Boyz started the match as the champions and Edge and Christian won the title. The Hardyz faced Edge and Christian for the titles at
Insurrextion on May 6 and defeated them by disqualification, which meant that Edge and Christian retained the title. The Hardyz were able to eliminate T & A before getting eliminated themselves by Edge and Christian. At
Unforgiven on September 24, the Hardy Boyz defeated Edge and Christian in a
steel cage match to win the titles for a second time. They re-lost the titles to Edge and Christian (who were dressed as
Los Conquistadores) at
No Mercy on October 22, but they won them back the next night on
Raw Is War for a third time. The team lost the titles less than a month later to
Right to Censor (
Bull Buchanan and
The Goodfather) on the November 6 episode of
Raw Is War, when Edge and Christian came out and assaulted the Hardyz, allowing Right to Censor to pick up the win and the title. |left The Hardyz became involved in a feud with both Edge and Christian and Right to Censor. At
Survivor Series on November 19, the Hardyz along with the Dudleyz defeated Edge and Christian and Right to Censor in a Survivor Series elimination match. At
Rebellion on December 2, the Hardy Boyz faced Right to Censor in a rematch for the titles but were unable to win the titles when
Val Venis interfered. On the December 4 episode of
Raw Is War,
Dean Malenko defeated the Hardy Boyz'
valet Lita to retain the
Light Heavyweight Championship and earn himself a date with her three days later on
SmackDown!, when Malenko took Lita on a date and received a beating from the Hardyz. The two teams faced each other in several tag team and singles matches on
Raw Is War and
SmackDown!. On the March 5, 2001 episode of
Raw Is War, the Hardy Boyz captured their fourth WWF Tag Team Championship when they defeated The Dudley Boyz, after interference from
Christian, only to lose the title to Edge and Christian two weeks later on
Raw. Just as in the first TLC match, Edge and Christian were victorious thanks to help from
Rhyno. On the October 8 episode of
Raw, the Hardy Boyz won the
WCW Tag Team Championship from
Booker T and Test. They lost the title to the Dudley Boyz two weeks later on
SmackDown!. On the November 12 episode of
Raw, they beat Booker T and Test again, but this time for the WWF Tag Team Championship. At
Survivor Series on November 18, they lost the title to the Dudley Boyz in a steel cage
title unification match. This defeat led to a break up storyline that resulted in a match between the brothers at
Vengeance on December 9. Jeff would emerge victorious after
Lita, who was the special referee, failed to see Matt's foot on the rope. The storyline was dropped in January 2002 and they reunited. At
No Way Out on February 17, the Hardy Boyz participated in a
tag team turmoil match which was won by the APA. At
WrestleMania X8 on March 17, along with the APA and the Dudley Boyz, the Hardyz challenged
Billy and Chuck for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a four corners elimination match. The APA were eliminated by the Dudleyz, whom the Hardy Boyz managed to eliminate. In the end, they were pinned by the champions, therefore losing the opportunity. They then began a feud with the newcomer
Brock Lesnar and his manager
Paul Heyman. At
Judgment Day on May 19, the Hardy Boyz lost to Lesnar and Heyman in a tag team match.
Split and departure (2002–2005) The duo split up afterward as Jeff began a storyline with
The Undertaker, while Matt was relegated to working on
Heat. In the storyline, Matt then attacked Jeff due to jealousy of Jeff getting opportunities, including a match for the
Intercontinental Championship. Matt was then moved to the
SmackDown! brand, where he dubbed himself "Matt Hardy Version 1" and the "Sensei of Mattitude" and picked up real-life friend
Shannon Moore and briefly
Crash Holly as followers. He later won the
Cruiserweight Championship from
Billy Kidman at
No Way Out on February 23, 2003. Jeff was released from WWE on April 22 for erratic behavior, drug use, refusal to go to rehab and deteriorating ring performance as well as constant tardiness and
no-showing events. Following his release from WWE, Jeff debuted in
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in mid-2004. After no-showing several events, he was suspended in 2006 before leaving the company soon afterward. He was rehired just a few months later, feuded with Edge, and was eventually sent to the
SmackDown! brand. In November, it was announced on WWE's official website that Matt and Jeff would team up for the first time together in over four years as members of Team
DX at
Survivor Series on November 26. The Hardys, as they were now known, were first given a "warm up match" on the November 21 episode of
ECW on Sci Fi, defeating
The Full Blooded Italians (
Little Guido Maritato and
Tony Mamaluke). At Survivor Series, Team DX defeated Team
Rated-RKO in a clean sweep. On the November 27 episode of
Raw, The Hardys had their first shot at Tag Team gold in five years. They took on World Tag Team Champions Rated-RKO (Edge and
Randy Orton), but came up short when Edge hit Jeff in the back with a belt to get himself and Orton deliberately disqualified to retain the title. That same day, The Hardys posed an open challenge to any team for
ECW brand's December to Dismember on December 3 which was immediately accepted by a reuniting
MNM (
Johnny Nitro and
Joey Mercury). The Hardys defeated MNM at the event, starting a
feud between all four men that spanned both brands. The Hardys got their first chance to gain the
WWE Tag Team Championship at
Armageddon on December 17, where the original tag team match was changed to a four team ladder match involving The Hardys, MNM,
Dave Taylor and William Regal, and
Paul London and Brian Kendrick. Despite coming up short, The Hardys sparked another feud with MNM when Mercury was
legitimately injured. While Jeff and Nitro continued battling over the Intercontinental Championship on
Raw, Matt and Mercury feuded on
SmackDown!. Mercury and Nitro tried injuring both Hardys' faces as payback for what happened at Armageddon, claiming that The Hardys had ruined Mercury's 'Hollywood good looks'. The Hardys settled their feud with MNM at the
Royal Rumble on January 28, 2007 when they defeated them for the second time. Matt and Mercury continued feuding, however, which was finally settled at
No Way Out on February 18, in which the Hardys teamed with
Chris Benoit to defeat MNM and
Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP). On the April 2 episode of
Raw, the Hardys won the World Tag Team Championship for the sixth time in their career after winning a ten team
battle royal. After losing singles bouts to both
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, The Hardys retained their World Tag Team Championship at both
Backlash on April 29 and
Judgment Day on May 20 against the team of Cade and Murdoch. At
One Night Stand on June 3, the Hardys retained the titles against
The World's Greatest Tag Team (
Charlie Haas and
Shelton Benjamin) in a ladder match. The next night on
Raw, however, the Hardys lost their championship to Cade and Murdoch, when Jeff missed a Swanton Bomb and was pinned by Cade after Murdoch pushed his foot off of the bottom rope of the ring. Cade and Murdoch attacked the Hardys with the championship belts after the match. The Hardys got a rematch at
Vengeance on June 24, but was unsuccessful after Jeff was hit with a
sitout spinebuster from Cade. The Hardys once again returned to WWE on the November 13 episode of
ECW to face
Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) and
Mr. Kennedy, a match that was originally scheduled for the November 16 episode of
SmackDown!. The Hardys were unsuccessful in their return as MVP pinned Jeff for the win. The Hardys, announced and referred to once again as the Hardy Boyz, reunited once again in 2008, on the June 23 episode of
Raw in a losing effort to
John Morrison and The Miz. The match occurred after Jeff was
drafted to the SmackDown brand (the same brand as Matt). This loss, however, caused Matt to be drafted to the
ECW brand. On the July 15 episode of
ECW, The Hardys reunited in their home state of North Carolina, defeating Morrison and Miz. The Hardys then teamed up on the October 31 episode of
SmackDown and on November 3 on
Raw, winning both matches.
Feud and second departure (2009) (left) and Matt (right) arguing in the ring in February 2009 The Hardy Boyz kickstarted 2009 with a win over Edge and Big Show on the January 2 episode of
SmackDown. This was the last match for the then WWE Champion and ECW Champion as a team as Matt would lose the ECW championship to Jack Swagger on the January 13 episode of ECW. Heading into the
Royal Rumble on January 25, Matt was attempting to regain the
ECW Championship from
Jack Swagger while Jeff held the
WWE Championship. After Matt lost to Swagger, he interfered in Jeff's match with Edge, hitting Jeff with a
steel chair and allowing Edge to win the WWE Championship. On the January 30 episode of
SmackDown, Matt announced the permanent disbandment of the tag team due to the events at the Royal Rumble and that he no longer considered Jeff as his partner or brother. Matt moved to the SmackDown brand and began a scripted rivalry with Jeff. The pair faced each other in an Extreme Rules match at
WrestleMania 25 on April 5, which Matt won. They later faced each other in a
stretcher match on the April 10 episode of
SmackDown, in which Matt gained his second win over Jeff. As part of the
2009 WWE draft, Matt was drafted to the Raw brand on the April 13 episode of
Raw. Despite this, the brothers faced each other in an
"I Quit" match at
Backlash on April 26, which Jeff won. Matt also interfered in Jeff's
World Heavyweight Championship match against Edge at
Judgment Day on May 17, preventing him from winning the championship. On the August 21 episode of
SmackDown, Jeff (then the World Heavyweight Champion) and Matt reunited as the Hardys and teamed with
John Morrison in a six-man tag team match to defeat
CM Punk and
The Hart Dynasty. The following week, Jeff lost a "Loser Leaves the WWE" steel cage match to CM Punk, resulting in him leaving the company. Over a year later, on October 15, 2010, Matt requested and was granted his release from his contract with WWE.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010–2017) Immortal (2010–2011) Jeff made his TNA return on the January 4, 2010 episode of
Impact!, and went on to win the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship at
Bound for Glory on October 10 with help from
Hulk Hogan and
Eric Bischoff, revealing that they and others had formed the
Immortal faction. On January 9, 2011, at TNA's pay-per-view
Genesis, Matt made his TNA debut as a surprise member of Immortal, and defeated
Rob Van Dam. Jeff went on to lose the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to
Mr. Anderson later that night. On the January 13 episode of
Impact! the Hardy Brothers reunited, as heels for the first time since 1999, and defeated Van Dam and Anderson. Following the
Victory Road pay-per-view on March 13, Immortal severed their ties with Jeff. On August 20, Matt was released from TNA after being arrested for
driving while intoxicated.
TNA World Tag Team Champions (2014–2015) Matt returned to TNA in mid-2014. On June 26, at
Destination X The Hardys unsuccessfully challenged
The Wolves (
Davey Richards and
Eddie Edwards) for the
TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the August 14 episode of
Impact Wrestling, The Hardys were defeated by Team 3D (the former Dudley Boyz). At the
Hardcore Justice edition of Impact Wrestling, The Hardys and Team 3D challenged The Wolves to a three-way for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, to which they agreed. Kurt Angle later announced that all three teams would compete in a best of three series for the title with the winners of the first match being able to choose the stipulation of the next one. Team 3D won the first match and chose a Tables match, The Hardys won the second match and chose a ladder match, and The Wolves won the third match on the
No Surrender episode of Impact Wrestling, tying them all at one win each. A final match to decide the series took place, and was won by The Wolves. In October, The Hardys participated in a tournament to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Tag Team Championship; they defeated
The BroMans (
Jessie Godderz and
DJ Z),
Ethan Carter III and
Tyrus, and
Samoa Joe and
Low Ki to win the tournament. On February 6, 2015, at
Lockdown, The Hardys unsuccessfully challenged
The Revolution for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a
Six Sides of Steel match. After The Wolves vacated the tag team championship due to an injury to Eddie Edwards, an
Ultimate X match was held for the title at the March 16
Impact Wrestling tapings. The Hardys defeated
Kenny King and
Low Ki,
Ethan Carter III and
Bram, and
Rockstar Spud and
Mr. Anderson to win the match and the title.
Expedition of Gold (2014–2017) The Hardy brothers reunited for the first time in three years at OMEGA Chaos in Cameron on April 26, 2014, defeating the
Briscoe Brothers in a highly-rated first time ever match between the teams. They also had a critically acclaimed trilogy with
The Young Bucks in 2014; the Hardys won the first two matchups at Northeast Wrestling (NEW), while The Young Bucks won the third match at
House of Hardcore VII. They continued to team sporadically on the independent circuit. show In late 2016 and early 2017, while still carrying the TNA World Tag Team Championship, they embarked on their so-called
Expedition of Gold—a self-styled tour across independent and international promotions, showcased on
Impact Wrestling. Matt and Jeff sought to win additional tag belts to establish themselves as "the greatest tag team in all of space and time." During this phase they captured tag titles in multiple promotions: Mexico’s The Crash, West Virginia’s All Star Wrestling, Maryland’s MCW Pro Wrestling, their own OMEGA Championship Wrestling, and Chile’s Wrestling Superstar, with some title victories even aired on
Impact Wrestling broadcasts. Their TNA contracts officially expired on February 27, 2017. However, since television had been pre-taped, they continued to be recognized on
Impact as TNA Tag Team Champions. They offered to drop the belts at the next tapings, but TNA’s parent company Anthem declined. On the March 3 taping (aired March 16),
Impact Wrestling formally vacated the tag titles. On March 4, 2017, the Hardys debuted for
Ring of Honor (ROH) at
Manhattan Mayhem VI, defeating
The Young Bucks to win the
ROH World Tag Team Championship. Since
Impact had not yet aired the storyline of vacating the TNA titles, they were at that moment recognized simultaneously as
TNA and
ROH champions—a unique occurrence in tag team history. They lost the ROH belts back to The Young Bucks in a ladder match at
Supercard of Honor XI on April 1, 2017. Following the loss, it was announced that their ROH contracts had also expired.
Return to WWE (2017–2019) On April 2 at,
WrestleMania 33, The Hardy Boyz made an unannounced return to WWE, after hosts
The New Day (
Big E,
Kofi Kingston and
Xavier Woods) announced that the triple threat ladder match for the
Raw Tag Team Championship which had been set by WWE before the event was now going to be a Fatal four-way match. They then began jokingly questioning the arena about who the mystery team could be, before the Hardy Boyz's made their entrance to the stage to a massive ovation from the crowd. At the event, The Hardy Boyz won the Raw Tag Team Championship, defeating the teams of
Enzo Amore and Big Cass,
Cesaro and Sheamus, and then-reigning champions
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. The night after WrestleMania on
Raw, they successfully defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Afterwards on
Raw Talk, Matt mentioned that the Hardy Boyz had successfully completed the Expedition of Gold after winning the Raw Tag Team Championship. They would retain the titles at
Payback against Sheamus and Cesaro, but lost them at
Extreme Rules in a steel cage match, and failed to regain it at the
inaugural Great Balls of Fire event. In September, Jeff suffered a torn rotator cuff and would be out of action for four to six months, leaving Matt to begin a run as a singles competitor. However, two years later, on the February 26, 2019 episode of
SmackDown Live, the Hardy Boyz reunited and, on the April 9 episode of
SmackDown, defeated
The Usos to win the
SmackDown Tag Team Championships. With this, they became the first team to win all three of WWE's world tag team championships (World, Raw, and SmackDown). However, they vacated the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships due to Jeff suffering a leg injury from Lars Sullivan. While Jeff was recovering, Matt was featured less on WWE television until he left WWE on March 2, 2020. and he went on to sign with
All Elite Wrestling. Jeff went on to become a singles competitor before being released from the WWE on December 9, 2021.
All Elite Wrestling (2022–2024) Matt announced on Twitter that he and Jeff would be reuniting for their 'Final Run' and wrestling a match in Big Time Wrestling (BTW). They would be facing the winner of a match between
The Briscoes and
The S.A.T. Jeff debuted for AEW on the March 9, 2022 episode of
AEW Dynamite, reuniting the brothers for the first time in over two years. On the March 16, 2022 episode of
Dynamite, Matt and Jeff, billed as "The Hardys", wrestled in their first ever AEW match, defeating
Private Party. On April 30, 2022 in Rostraver, PA, the brothers wrestled against The Mane Event (TME) for the IWC Tag Team Championship, and successfully captured their first tag team titles in three years. On May 29, 2022, during a successful bout the Hardys had at the AEW
Double or Nothing PPV against
The Young Bucks, Jeff Hardy suffered a "terrible" concussion-like injury which, according to Matt Hardy, left him "almost knocked out." On June 14, 2022, AEW owner Tony Khan would suspend Jeff Hardy indefinitely from AEW the day following his arrest for
DUI, driving with a suspended license and violating a restriction that required him to keep an
Ignition Interlock Device — a handheld breathalyzer that prevents users from starting their vehicle after drinking alcohol — in his car. During the April 12, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Jeff Hardy returned to assist his brother during an assault thus reuniting the team. On April 8, 2024, it was reported that Matt's contract had expired and decided not to renew, effectively disbanding the team. Two months later, Jeff also departed from AEW after his contract expired.
Return to TNA (2024–present) Matt made his surprise return to TNA on April 20, 2024 at
Rebellion, reverting back to his "Broken" gimmick and attacking
TNA World Champion Moose. On June 14 at
Against All Odds, Matt unsuccessfully challenged Moose for the championship. After the match, Jeff made his surprise return to TNA to come to Matt's aid from a post-match attack from Moose. On October 26, 2024, the Hardys won their third TNA World Tag Team Championship by defeating previous champions
The System (
Eddie Edwards and
Brian Myers), and
ABC (
Ace Austin and
Chris Bey) at
Bound for Glory in a
Full Metal Mayhem match to win the titles. The Hardys would later lose their TNA World Tag Team Championships to the Nemeths the following year at
Rebellion, only to regain them at
Slammiversary in a four-way tag team ladder match also involving
the Rascalz and
Fir$t Cla$$. At
Bound for Glory on October 12, Hardys retained the TNA and NXT Tag Team titles against
Team 3D (
Bully Ray and
Devon) in a tables match, where it was a retirement match for Team 3D.
Second return to WWE (2025) While still contracted to TNA, the Hardy Boyz made a return appearance with WWE during the February 25, 2025, episode of
NXT. At
NXT: Roadblock on March 11, The Hardy Boyz successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against
NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom. At
NXT vs. TNA Showdown on October 7, the Hardy Boyz defeated
DarkState (
Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin) in a
Winners Take All match to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. As such, the Hardy Boyz achieved several records, becoming the first contracted TNA wrestlers to win a WWE title, the fourth team to complete the
WWE Tag Team Triple Crown, and the first team to complete the WWE Tag Team Triple Crown while not being under contract with WWE, as well as being the only tag team to win a WWE tag team championship in four different decades. At
Halloween Havoc on October 25, the Hardys, competing under their "Broken" gimmicks, lost the NXT Tag Team Championship back to DarkState in a
Broken Rules match, ending their reign at 18 days. == Other media ==