Vince McMahon Wanted Matt Hardy To Talk Like A Black Person In Angle With Mark Henry

Matt Hardy is a true veteran in the pro wrestling world, having worked in various promotions in his career. He is currently under his Big Money Matt persona in AEW and remains a highlight. It seems he revealed a very controversial request by Vince McMahon as well.

Matt Hardy worked in WWE for several years under Vince McMahon and due to this, he is well aware of the bizarre requests Vince McMahon can ask a WWE Superstar.

While speaking on “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy,” Matt Hardy revealed that Vince McMahon wanted Hardy to talk like a Black person during an angle with Mark Henry.

“There was one thing I was very nervous about doing that didn’t end up happening. I was going to have a deal where I teamed with Mark Henry. There was talk of us working against Booker T and Rob Van Dam when they were the tag champs and actually winning the tag titles. It was right towards the end of Matt Hardy V1. What was pitched to me from Vince and creative was I was going to Mark Henry, and him being black, he had a lot in common with me having Mattitude because we were both oppressed. I would talk like a black person.

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They knew at this time that even when John Cena was doing raps, we would be on international trips, myself and John would be freestyling back there and messing around. They knew I was a big rap fan and I was aware of all that stuff.

So there would be a point where I would start talking with more black slang and tell Mark Henry, ‘Mattitude is suppressed too man. We have that in common.’ I was very uncomfortable with that then at that juncture. Mark got hurt, and maybe it was a sign from the seven deities, and it didn’t happen at all. That was something I was a little worried about doing because it was something they wanted me to start doing and pushing me into.”

Matt Hardy is certainly happy working in AEW and that is unlikely to change anytime soon. It is likely his contributions to the pro wrestling world will never be forgotten either and he will be remembered as a legend in the business.

h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the quotes

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