During the most recent episode of the “Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast, Matt Hardy answered some questions from fans.
Matt shared his thoughts on Jake Roberts:
“When he was really hot in the WWF back in the day, I loved his work and I thought his psychology was so good. His character work was tremendous. You very much believed what he was doing. I remember when he had that little thing when he was doing the deal with Undertaker and Ultimate Warrior when he was doing ‘Trust me, trust me.’ I love that stuff so much, ‘Trust me.’ One of the funniest stories about Jake is there was a meeting. He was kind of getting a tryout I think to kind of work in the office. I don’t think he was where he needed to be in life. He hadn’t got things in order, but he was getting this little bit of a trial. I remember he said, ‘Alright, guys, well, we got this and we got that, and they got you guys having a match. I’m just gonna tell you guys like in the meeting, they’re gonna hire you guys in a little while, so just hang in there and keep doing what you’re doing.’ We thought he was just like bullshitting us, but apparently it was true, and he wasn’t supposed to say that to us, either, I guess.”
His best friends in the business:
“I would say first would be Shane Helms. You can tell we’re close friends the way we take shots at one another. I would say Shane Helms, William Jason Reso, Christian, and probably the Young Bucks, Matt & Nick Massie. D-Von (Dudley) is great too. D-Von is such a sweet soul, a sweetheart.”
Matt was asked what he thought about Chris Jericho being named an AEW creative advisor:
“I just think Chris Jericho is so multi-talented and he understands how to do sports entertainment. He understands how to do wrestling. He understands character work, if your a Danhausen type, how to portray that and optimize it and get the most out of it. He understands if you’re a very serious wrestler like Bryan Danielson, he realizes how to get the most out of that. That’s something I think is hugely beneficial because you have a lot of guys that are great wrestling minds, but they only did one gig. I feel like when you’ve done so many different gigs and you’ve been serious, you’ve been able to create drama, you’ve been able to create comedy, you’ve been able to draw money, and you know what you have to do to make something work, I feel like Chris is the epitome of that.”
When AEW first began, Hardy stated that they needed Chris Jericho:
“Chris Jericho is the same as Hulk Hogan was whenever WCW got hot. I mean, he was the guy the people know, probably the biggest household name they could get their hands on and just super beneficial. I mean, Chris Jericho goes down in the conversation as one of the GOATs without a doubt. I mean, he’s one of my close, dearest friends as well. You know, he is just so amazing, and the fact he’s been able to keep himself in that top position for so long is a credit to how talented he is.”
