Matt Hardy Siblings: All About Jeff Hardy

Matthew Moore Hardy, born on September 23, 1974, in Cameron, North Carolina, stands as one of the most enduring figures in professional wrestling.

Hardy first stepped into the spotlight in the early 1990s as a high school athlete who traded football and baseball fields for the squared circle.

Trained by wrestling legend Dory Funk Jr., he debuted professionally in 1992, quickly establishing himself as a versatile performer capable of high-flying maneuvers and technical precision.

Hardy’s career has spanned multiple promotions, including WWE, TNA (now Impact Wrestling), Ring of Honor, and All Elite Wrestling, where he has competed both as a solo star and alongside family members.

Beyond the ring, he is a family man, married to Reby Hardy since 2013, with whom he shares four children: Maxel, Ever Moore, Wolfgang, and Bartholomew Kit.

Siblings

Matt has one sibling, his younger brother, Jeffrey Nero “Jeff” Hardy, born on August 31, 1977.

The Hardy brothers grew up in a close-knit family in North Carolina, with their parents, Gilbert and Ruby Hardy, fostering an environment where wrestling became a shared passion from a young age.

Jeff, known for his daredevil style and colorful personas like the “Charismatic Enigma,” has been both Matt’s greatest ally and occasional rival, leading to iconic feuds that blurred the lines between scripted drama and real-life tension.

Their partnership as The Hardy Boyz revolutionized tag team wrestling, but they have also pursued individual paths, with Jeff achieving stardom as a multi-time world champion in WWE and TNA.

Career

Hardy’s wrestling journey began in the independent circuit of the early 1990s, where he competed under monikers like “The Wolverine” and “High Voltage,” capturing early accolades in promotions such as the New England Wrestling Alliance and New Frontier Wrestling Association.

In 1997, alongside Jeff, he co-founded the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a backyard promotion that served as a proving ground for future stars like Lita and Shane Helms, and where the brothers held the tag team titles before its closure in 1999.

Their breakthrough came with WWE (then WWF), signing full-time contracts in 1998 after years as jobbers.

As The Hardy Boyz, they exploded onto the national scene during the Attitude Era, pioneering high-risk stipulations like Ladder Matches and Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (TLC) bouts against rivals such as Edge & Christian and The Dudley Boyz, matches that redefined tag team spectacle and drew massive crowds at events like WrestleMania 2000 and 2001.

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Transitioning to singles competition in 2002, Hardy adopted the charismatic “Version 1” persona, the “Sensei of Mattitude,” complete with followers like Shannon Moore, and feuded intensely with Edge over a real-life romantic betrayal involving Lita, leading to his temporary WWE release in 2005 amid public backlash that fueled chants of “We want Matt!”

He returned triumphantly in 2006, bouncing between brands and capturing midcard gold while navigating personal and professional turbulence.

Stints in TNA from 2011 onward saw Hardy evolve dramatically, debuting the eccentric “Broken” (later “Woken”) character in 2016—a glitchy, multilingual oddity with dilapidated manor sets and supernatural storylines—that became a cultural phenomenon, earning critical acclaim and revitalizing his career.

This gimmick carried over to WWE upon his 2017 return, where he teamed with Bray Wyatt and won tag titles before departing in 2020.

Hardy then joined AEW in 2020, engaging in multi-man matches and mentoring younger talent, while making sporadic WWE NXT appearances.

His 2024 return to TNA marked a full-circle moment, reuniting with Jeff for tag team dominance and challenging for world titles.

Accolades

In WWE, Hardy’s tag team dominance shines brightest: six WWF World Tag Team Championships with Jeff, three WWE Raw Tag Team Championships (one each with MVP, Jeff, and Bray Wyatt), one WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship with Jeff, and one NXT Tag Team Championship.

As a singles competitor, he claimed the ECW Championship in 2008, the United States Championship in 2008, the WWE Hardcore Championship in 2000, the WWE European Championship in 2002, and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in 2003, often defending them in chaotic, innovative matches that showcased his adaptability.

Beyond WWE, Hardy secured two TNA World Heavyweight Championships (2012 and 2017) during reigns that blended athleticism with his Broken persona, two TNA World Tag Team Championships with Jeff, one WCW Tag Team Championship (unifying it in 2000), and one ROH World Tag Team Championship with Jeff in 2017.

Early indie successes include the NEWA Heavyweight Championship (1994), NFWA Tag Team Championship (1995), and OMEGA Heavyweight and Tag Team Championships.

His contributions earned Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Best Gimmick award twice—for Version 1 in 2003 and Broken/Woken in 2017—along with Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Match of the Decade (2010s) for his cinematic “Final Deletion” bout against Jeff.