Chasing Glory Recap w/ Matt Hardy – Addressing Retirement Rumours, Teaming with Bray Wyatt, Battle with Drugs & Alcohol, More!

Hardy informs that his first love was baseball, and he and Jeff were very good baseball players. When they first discovered professional wrestling their mindset changed, and they set their focus on becoming WWE tag team Champions.
Hardy points out that his two sons have added great value to his life. He mentions that it’s wonderful to have children whose lives are more important than your own, and it’s also cool for him to have two boys who will experience brotherhood the same way he did with Jeff when they were young.
Hardy mentions that he lost his mother to cancer when he was a young boy. He can still remember her passing away in the hospital bed, and that was the only time he saw his father cry. It was a surreal moment for him because even though she was sick, he never thought she was going to pass away. Looking back now, he’s glad their entire family was able to be there by her side when she passed.

Hardy informs that he’s basically the polar opposite of his wife, Reby. She’s more of a pessimist and he’s an optimist, but they make a great team when they work together. He points out that she helped him get through his darkest days, and he’ll never be able to thank her enough for that.
Garcia asks Hardy about his struggle with drugs and alcohol. Hardy notes that when he and Jeff first arrived in WWE they didn’t drink or do any drugs, and some of the old-timers would make fun of them for that. Over years the constant pain became too much and they went down a very slippery slope. Jeff fell into pills and drug abuse first and that was a very terrifying time for him, as he watched his brother struggle with those demons.