Tag team wrestling legend Matt Hardy made his first appearance on WWE television in months on this week’s Monday Night Raw, but his return wasn’t exactly triumphant. The former tag team champ tried to hit Murphy with his Twist of Fate finisher, only for Murphy to knock him out with a trio of vicious knee strikes. This marked Hardy’s first televised match since he and Jeff Hardy were forced to relinquish the SmackDown Tag Team Championships back in April. Since then Hardy has teased the return of his “Broken” persona, fought in the 50-man battle royal at the Super ShowDown event in Saudi Arabia and wrestled at a number of house shows.
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After winning the match Murphy called out Aleister Black, which caused the former NXT Champion to run out and demolish the Australian Superstar with a series of strikes.
There’ll be no deletion for @WWE_Murphy! pic.twitter.com/XE5PijVziR
— TDE Wrestling (@tde_wrestling) November 26, 2019
WWE’s official stats Twitter account noted that Hardy’s match helped him cross a major milestone.
Tonight is @MATTHARDYBRAND‘s first match on #RAW in 2019.
His first match on @WWE Raw was in May of 1994, meaning his presence on the red brand has spanned 25 and a half years.
— WWE Stats & Info (@WWEStats) November 26, 2019
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