April 28, 2000
Hello, everyone! It's been quite a while since I last posted--dreadful etiquette, I apologize. Alot of great things have happened since my last commentary.....
Wrestlemania---I was extremely happy with the performance of all six men involved and I definitely think that we made a hell of an effort to steal the show. Both Jeff and I got through relatively unscathed physically, but we both felt that it mentally drained us for the next week or so. I think the pressure and expectations for the quality of the match was really taxing psychologically. It was awesome to play such a huge role in Wrestlemania. The only thing that could have made it sweeter would have been a win for the WWF tag team titles. In due time, I guess. Of all the feedback I have gotten, not one person has said that they felt the Wrestlemania Ladder match was a disappointment compared to the first one--and that was important to me.
Continued Physical Health---With the exception of a knee injury a couple of weeks back, my body is feeling better. With all the dates we're doing now, my body gets little or no time to rest and heal. My left shoulder is feeling good while my right shoulder is feeling better. I've actually started back training on a regular basis. God willing, I will be back to 100% soon and getting into tip-top shape.
Continued Popularity---It's amazing how supportive the fans have been of Jeff and I the last couple of months. Almost anywhere we go, we run into some people who have a "Hardy" story to share with us. Ours fans have been ultra cool and respectful when it comes to being appreciative of the chances we take in the ring.
Hardcore Championship Reign---Although it was short, it was neat. It goes down in the record books as Matt Hardy's first WWF singles title. It was great to wrestle Jeff in a hardcore-style matchup, I hope everyone else enjoyed our little brotherly battle. Jeff is a truly awesome wrestler. I think that either one of us would make a fantastic Hardcore champ. I felt as if our match was one of the best Hardcore matches that has been on free TV. More than anything, I will be glad when the Backlash PPV is done so that Jeff and I can go back to our primary goal of winning the WWF tag team titles.
Our official action figures come out in May after months and months of waiting. Thank God.
Jeff and I just made a small cameo in the new Run DMC DX video. You'll see us jumping from a ledge into a mosh pit during the video.
Our new T-Shirt is now being released in dark purple, which looks really cool. It has a outline of Jeff doing the Swanton on the front and has the saying "Fear is only a four-lettered word" on the back.
I want to once again thank everyone at the site for keeping it up to date--and also thank everyone that comes to visit.
By the way, Pearl Jam has a new album coming out in May.
Someone once told me, "You reap what you sow", in reference to something that they did to me that was wrong. I just heard what's currently going on with this person, and their life is bedlam. I truly believe in what goes around comes around--or as Kid Rock says, "You get what you put in, and people get what they deserve".
Congratulations to my former OMEGA alumni, Mike Howell and Murray Happer, aka Beau and Jack Dupp, who are doing great in their early WWF days.
Do you ever stop and think what all it would take to make your life perfect? I do sometimes.
I hope that Jeff can keep his love for wrestling and not feel like it's a chore day to day. With everything we're doing nowadays, it's really easy to get burned out. I always reflect back to when we would have done anything to wrestle--and remind myself of how fortunate we are. Jeff, on the other hand, needs time to be Jeff--he's not a schedule type person. The hectic weeks drives him nuts.
I'm glad my friend Tracy Caddell is still running some independent shows in the old OMEGA stomping grounds. He runs shows under the letters NFWA, or New Frontier Wrestling Alliance. Their next show is in May in Sanford, NC.
I hope everything works out for my Three Count friends, Shannon Moore and Shane Helms, as they don't know exactly what they're doing in the future.
If all these Pro Wrestling Sheetwriters and Internet Pro Wrestling experts were such geniuses, why don't they open their own little territory and show WWF, WCW, and ECW how to successfully run a company. Yeah, that's just what I thought. And they have the audacity to criticize myself and Jeff and the people we work with--the people that are currently successful and making very good livings in the business.
I hate it when people blatantly lie to me. I would rather hear the truth, even if it was something I didn't want to hear.
I think it will do wonders for Jeff and I when the WWF starts to develop our characters and lets us get some mic time. We're waiting in line patiently as we have been.
If I had to quit wrestling tomorrow, I would be happy with everything I had accomplished for a 25 year old. It has been an awesome trip. I can't wait to write a book one day--it will be a bare all story. I think that would be the only way to do it.
Thanks for thinking about the individual named Matt Hardy for at least one iota during your lifetime. Be well, and until then...
Email: alluringeyez@webtv.net
