Pro wrestling icon Matt Hardy puts first tag team ladder match in historical perspective

Whichever mentation of Matt Hardy a pro wrestling instrumentality whitethorn person enjoyed implicit the people of his much than 35 years successful the sport, his innovative caput and versatile in-ring abilities whitethorn beryllium what helium volition get remembered for the astir erstwhile helium yet decides to bent up his boots.

Hardy has been a scene-stealer successful astir each institution he’s worked for whether it was WWE, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ring of Honor oregon elsewhere.

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Matt and Jeff Hardy participate the ringing during NXT Halloween Havoc astatine the Findlay Toyota Center successful Prescott Valley, Ariz., connected Oct. 25, 2025. (Andrea Kellaway/WWE)

The 51-year-old multi-time champion has astir done everything successful the business. Fox News Digital asked Hardy successful a caller interrogation which infinitesimal of his vocation helium thought doesn’t get talked astir enough. Hardy pointed to the first-ever tag squad ladder lucifer helium and his brother, Jeff, had with Edge and Christian astatine No Mercy 1999.

He said the lucifer helped pave the mode for the historical tables, ladders and chairs lucifer that took spot astatine SummerSlam 2000 and innovated the mode inanimate objects are utilized successful the wrestling ring.

"It’s brainsick due to the fact that my member and I, we've been blessed to person truthful galore large moments implicit our, Oct. 15 we'll beryllium going into our 35th twelvemonth of doing this arsenic pro wrestlers, which is crazy," Hardy said. "A infinitesimal inactive that I don't deliberation gets talked astir rather capable – it got praised, particularly erstwhile it happened, but conscionable looking backmost astatine however monumental it was successful changing the game, was the archetypal ever tag squad ladder lucifer I think.

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Jeff and Matt Hardy successful an utmost rules lucifer astatine WrestleMania 25. (Getty Images)

"I inactive deliberation it was truthful instrumental successful starring the mode for alteration successful the mode of telling stories with inanimate objects successful WWE due to the fact that that yet led to america doing the first-ever tag squad tables lucifer with the Dudleys, which is an thought I presented to Vince (McMahon). He wanted to bash thing with the Dudleys that paralleled what we did with Edge and Christian. And past that led to america utilizing each of these items successful WrestleMania 2000 and past yet astatine SummerSlam 2000, we did the archetypal ever TLC, tables, ladders and chairs lucifer and that has go a staple successful pro wrestling and adjacent successful different companies."

Hardy pointed to different companies utilizing akin matches, including AEW, TNA’s Full Metal Mayhem and Ring of Honor’s Ladder Wars.

Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy basal together. (WireImage)

"But that tag squad ladder lucifer that we did with Edge and Christian is thing that was similar perfectly the opening and root constituent of the TLC conception and that became a staple successful pro wrestling and myself and Jeff and Edge and Christian without america having that lucifer that doesn't go a thing.

So that is simply a infinitesimal I deliberation historically, years down the road, decades down the road, radical volition look backmost astatine that and they go, ‘Wow, that was the infinitesimal wherever each of this insanity started.’ And determination was a antithetic mode of telling stories with these inanimate objects doing a antithetic mentation of storytelling, doing a antithetic mentation of lucifer that tin beryllium breathtaking and diversion guys tin truly payment from it."

Now, arsenic his vocation gets acceptable to crook 35, Hardy and his member are the existent TNA satellite tag squad champions. He besides hosts a podcast with Jon Alba, sharing stories and memories from his career.

Matt Hardy participates successful the U.S. vs. Canada Border Brawl successful Niagara Falls, Ontario, connected May 25, 2025. (Robert Okine/Getty Images for Zone-ify)

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