Matt Hardy‘s opponent for his GCW debut has been revealed.
As previously announced, Matt Hardy will make his GCW debut at GCW Now And Forever on August 2nd.
In a tweet, GCW confirmed that Matt Hardy will face the returning Nick Gage, a former GCW World Champion, in a first-time cash between the two.
The match will mark Gage’s return to the ring. He has not wrestled since GCW Lights Out on June 14, 2024. There, he beat Orin Veidt.
Matt Hardy left AEW after his contract expired earlier in 2024. He returned to TNA at TNA Rebellion in April, and he has been with them ever since.
Matt Hardy On Potential AEW Return
Hardy recently discussed potentially returning to AEW. Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, he was asked whether he would be open to returning to the company.
“I mean, I never say never about any place. Like people say, ‘I would never go back there.’ I know Punk said that about WWE. ‘I would never go back there’ — don’t ever say that. If you’re a wrestler, you’re willing to go back anywhere. There’s a lot of things about AEW I really enjoyed.
“It’s just at the end, when Jeff came back, I felt like Jeff had tried to repent for his wrongdoings, and I felt like he had really worked hard to prove himself, and he was there, and he was a team player. And hopefully we’re going to get another opportunity, and once again, we got that opportunity, and that was not on Tony in the beginning, that was not on AEW, that was on Jeff.
“And that lies solely on Jeff as he’s the one that screwed up earlier on, and I am openly admitting that. That is me speaking honestly. And we would have loved to be able to get another opportunity to do that, and to work hard, to work smart, whatever else, and to have that last great run as a tag team and have done in AEW. I would have been okay doing that.
“But lo and behold, sometimes things don’t work out the way you hope they do. And sometimes you have to change course. Sometimes you have to go in a different door, and you have to just start moving your ass forward and keeping your chin up. And that’s where we’re at right now.”
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