Matt Hardy: Botch Is 'An AEW Word'

Referring to a wrestler making a mistake when performing a spot in the ring, the word "botch" carries a negative connotation in the wrestling industry. But current TNA World Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy says he hates the term and associates it with one company specifically: All Elite Wrestling.

"I feel like it's an AEW word," Hardy said on his podcast, "The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy." "The [Young] Bucks like it a lot ... I feel like that mentality, like, 'Oh, my God, it was a botch,' or whatever else like that ... you would never hear it in WWE."

Hardy explained that he never heard the word "botch" used in WWE when he and his brother Jeff worked there, prior to the brothers' stint in AEW. He also said what fans sometimes perceive as mistakes are actually intentional choices, citing times when Jeff would slip trying to hit his Whisper in the Wind move and calling it "a great way to start the heat."

Hardy joined WWE and TNA's top competitor in the spring of 2020 and remained there for four years before returning to TNA for the second time in his career. When WWE's multi-year partnership with TNA began earlier this year, Matt and Jeff made several appearances through the portal, even winning the coveted WWE NXT Tag Team titles. The Hardys are now in their fourth reign with the TNA Tag Titles after winning them at Slammiversary this past July.

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