Hardys Retain World Tag Team Championship in TNA Halloween Special

TNA aired a Halloween-themed special on Thursday night that put Matt and Jeff Hardy at the center of a surreal, nostalgia-driven broadcast and ended with the champions retaining their belts while the promotion announced a themed episode for next week. A Very Hardy Halloween, shown Oct. 30 on AXS TV, Sportsnet 360 and TNA’s digital platforms, showcased cinematic vignettes from the Hardys’ "Broken" era, staged matches including Final Deletion and Delete or Decay, and concluded with the Hardys winning a multi-team Tag Team Apocalypto inside the company’s Dome of Deletion to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship.

The program mixed pre-taped, cinematic segments with live ring action. Highlights included a Final Deletion sequence featuring Matt and Jeff in the woods and a staged clash between the Broken Hardys and Decay that incorporated kayfabe characters such as Senor Benjamin, Brother Nero and Vanguard 1. The evening’s elimination-style Tag Team Apocalypto brought together the Broken Hardys, Decay, the Rock n Roll Express and the Helms Dynasty, among others, in a chaotic matchup that ended with Matt and Jeff Hardy standing as champions. The Hardys entered the broadcast having...