Matt Hardy Feels Bad For Private Party, Wanted To See Their Title Run Utilized In A Better Fashion

01/27/2025 09:30 AM

This past week on AEW Dynamite, the team of Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin of the Hurt Syndicate defeated Private Party and became the new AEW World Tag Team Champions. Recently one of the former mentors of Private Party, current TNA World Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy shared his thoughts on Private Party dropping the titles.

While speaking on the recent episode of the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the former AEW star mentioned that he feels bad for The Private Party. Hardy believes that AEW had dropped the ball on making Zay and Quen legitimate pillars of the AEW tag division.

"I feel bad for Private Party, I feel like this could have been a lot more. I would have liked to seen their title run… That I'd like to have seen their title run optimized, I would have liked to have seen it utilized in a better fashion. I would have liked to have seen them really became legit cornerstones of the tag team division. And I think following up, the match they had with the Young Bucks where they got a huge reaction and it was very organic when the crowd reacted.

“And they were so happy like, 'Yes! Our guys won! We didn't think they would win. But they won!' I really think there was something you could have built on. And that could have made them legitimate stars and they're Day Oners in AEW. And I hate that we didn't really work hard to make them legit as a tag team. I think there was an opportunity where the ball was dropped."

Matt Hardy feels AEW did not have a plan ready to make Private Party a big deal

The current TNA World Tag Team Champion also shared that all the efforts of The Young Bucks to make the Private Party look like legitimate stars have been wasted.

"It's really unfortunate that like once they won the titles they got that fantastic and organic reaction. And the Bucks busted their a** to make them in that match. Had them kick out of their big stuff. They made them look like a Million Bucks. You had a chance to make them. But you needed a plan. You needed a design, a blueprint of what you were going to do to get them to that certain point. You need some sort of story to get people invested in them. But they just… They didn't have any of that you know?

“It was just random matches. And matches don't mean s*** if there's not some bigger context of a story… Even the stuff they had was very random. This thing happened quickly with the Hurt Syndicate. And I understand you want them to win or whatever. But I just feel like you could have gotten so much more done with Private Party. You could have built so much more. And they could have been staples of your tag division. And you could have solidified them as a legit top-tier tag team. But it didn't happen," Matt Hardy said.  

What are your thoughts on The Hurt Syndicate dethroning the Private Party?

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