Jeff Hardy Credits Ospreay Match for TNA Return

Jeff Hardy credits a pivotal moment watching Will Ospreay perform in TNA Wrestling with sparking his decision to leave All Elite Wrestling and return to the promotion last year, reuniting with his brother Matt to revitalize their tag team legacy.

In a recent interview on the I Love Wrestling podcast, Hardy described the crossroads he faced after his AEW contract expired in the summer of 2024. "Everything's great, and I feel like we're exactly where we're supposed to be," Hardy said. "You know, I think everything worked out the way it was supposed to, especially when my AEW deal kind of ran out. There was a part of me that said, I wonder if I should just take this deal from AEW and try to, you know, build myself up into this amazing superhero wrestler and stay there for a year and just see how things go."

That consideration shifted, however, after Hardy tuned into one of Ospreay's matches during the wrestler's brief stint in TNA's iMPACT Zone. "But then I was watching a Will Ospreay match, and I was like, no, I need to go back to TNA," Hardy recounted. "I need to go to TNA. I think I need to go to TNA and tag with my brother, do the Hardys thing, and help them evolve. So yeah, I...