The Hardy Boyz The Hardy Boyz ( also known as the The Hardys , Team Xtreme and The Broken Hardys ) are a professional wrestling tag team that consists of real life brothers Matt and Jeff Hardy . They first began teaming together in 1993 in independent promotions in North Carolina , winning the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship in NWA 2000 , and founded the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts , where they held the OMEGA Tag Team Championship . They both signed contracts with WWE in 1998 , and were given Michael Hayes as their manager . After dumping Hayes , they had a quick stint with Gangrel , and then Terri , before gaining a permanent manager in their real - life friend Lita . The addition of Lita led to them being renamed " Team Xtreme " . They split in 2002 , but reunited in 2006 to feud with MNM , before focusing on their singles careers again in 2007 , although they occasionally teamed together . The Hardy Boyz gained fame for their participation in ladder match es and Tables , Ladders , and Chairs matches ( TLC matches ) . Overall , in WWE they are six - time World Tag Team Champions and former WCW World Tag Team Champions . Both brothers also won singles championships during their run as a tag team . History . Independent circuit ( 1993 – 1998 ) . Matt and his real - life brother Jeff Hardy formed a tag team in 1993 after Jeff ' s debut in Trampoline Wrestling Federation ( TWF ) . The promotion went by several names , and in 1997 , it was more modernized as Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts ( OMEGA ) . The duo worked in several North Carolinian independent promotions holding the OMEGA Tag Team Championship and NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( 1998 - 2009 ) . Rise to popularity ( 1998 - 1999 ) . Originally the brothers competed as teenagers in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) as jobbers — wrestlers who consistently lose to make their opponents look stronger — both in singles and tag team competition . After being signed to a contract in 1998 , they were trained by Dory Funk , Jr . in his Funkin ' Dojo . The Hardy Boyz started their run as a popular tag team with a win over Kaientai ( Men ' s Teioh and Shoichi Funaki ) on the September 27 , 1998 episode of " Sunday Night Heat " . Soon after their " Sunday Night Heat " win , they built up a fan base following through their high - flying tag team tactics . They started to become serious contenders for the Tag Team Championship after they became managed by Michael Hayes , formerly a member of The Fabulous Freebirds . On the June 29 , 1999 edition of " Raw is War " ( aired July 5 ) , they defeated The Acolytes ( Farooq and Bradshaw ) to win their first WWF Tag Team Championship , but they lost the title back to The Acolytes a little less than a month later at Fully Loaded . They eventually dumped Hayes as their manager in August 1999 , becoming villains and briefly associating themselves with Gangrel as part of The New Brood . After winning a series of matches against the team of Edge and Christian — dubbed the " Terri Invitational Tournament " — they won the services of Terri Runnels as their manager by winning the first ever tag team ladder match at No Mercy 1999 . The fans also gave both teams a standing ovation the next night on " Raw is War " . This began an over two year rivalry between the Hardy Boyz and the team of Edge and Christian . During this time , they also gained notoriety as a faction with Lita . Team Xtreme ( 2000 - 2002 ) . With the addition of Lita , Matt and Jeff comprised the trio dubbed Team Xtreme , their name serving as a reflection of their " extreme " high - flying moves . In 2000 , they were involved in feuds with Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) in many ladder matches and TLC matches . They faced Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz at WrestleMania 2000 in a triple threat tag team ladder match . The Dudley Boyz started the match as the champions , and Edge and Christian won the title . The Hardyz faced Edge and Christian for the title at Insurrextion and defeated them by disqualification , which meant that Edge and Christian retained the title . At King of the Ring , the Hardy Boyz squared off in a Four Corners Elimination match for the Tag Team Championship which included the champions Too Cool ( Brian Christopher and Scotty 2 Hotty ) , T & A ( Test and Albert ) and Edge and Christian . At SummerSlam , the Hardy Boyz were defeated in the first ever TLC match for the Tag Team Championship , which Edge and Christian won , and in which the Dudley Boyz also competed . At Unforgiven , however , the Hardy Boyz defeated Edge and Christian in a steel cage match to win the Tag Team Championship for a second time . They lost the title back to Edge and Christian ( who were dressed as Los Conquistadores ) at No Mercy , but they won the titles back the next night on " Raw " for a third time . During the match , the Hardy Boyz were dressed as Los Conquistadores , but tore off their masks after the match , revealing themselves . The team lost the title less than a month later to Right to Censor ( Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather ) on the November 6 , 2000 episode of " Raw is War " , when Edge and Christian came out and assaulted the Hardyz , allowing Right to Censor to pick up the win and the title . The Hardyz became involved in a feud with both Edge and Christian and Right to Censor . At Survivor Series , the Hardyz along with the Dudleyz defeated Edge and Christian and Right to Censor in a Survivor Series elimination match . At Rebellion , the Hardy Boyz faced Right to Censor in a rematch for the titles but were unable to win the titles when Val Venis interfered . On the December 4 edition of " Raw is War " , Dean Malenko defeated the Hardy Boyz ' valet Lita to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship and earn himself a date with her three days later on " SmackDown ! " . On the December 7 episode of " SmackDown ! " , however , when Malenko took Lita on a date , he received a beating from the Hardyz . The Hardyz began feuding with Malenko and his friends , The Radicalz ( Eddie Guerrero , Chris Benoit , Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn ) . The two teams faced each other in several tag team and singles matches on editions of " Raw " and " SmackDown ! " . The two teams also squared off against each other at Armageddon with Guerrero , Malenko and Saturn taking on the Hardyz and Lita . The Radicalz won the match . On March 5 , 2001 , on " Raw " the Hardy Boyz captured their fourth Tag Team Championship when they defeated The Dudley Boyz , after interference from Christian , only to lose the titles to Edge and Christian two weeks later on " Raw " . The next month at WrestleMania X - Seven , the Hardy Boyz again competed in another TLC match against Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz . Just as in the first TLC match , Edge and Christian were victorious thanks to help from Rhyno . On the October 8 edition of " Raw " , the Hardy Boyz won the WCW Tag Team Championship from Booker T and Test . They lost the title to the Dudley Boyz two weeks later . On the November 12 episode of " Raw " , they beat Booker T and Test again , but this time for the WWF Tag Team Championship . At Survivor Series , they lost the title to the Dudleys in a Steel Cage title unification match . At No Way Out 2002 , the Hardy Boyz participated in a Tag Team Turmoil match which was won by the A . P . A . At WrestleMania X8 , along with the A . P . A . and the Dudley Boyz , the Hardyz challenged Billy and Chuck for the Tag Team Championship in a Four Corners elimination match . The A . P . A . were eliminated by the Dudleyz , whom the Hardy Boyz managed to eliminate . In the end , however , they were pinned by the champions , thus losing the opportunity . They then began a feud with the newcomer Brock Lesnar and his manager Paul Heyman . At Judgment Day 2002 , the Hardy Boyz lost to Lesnar and Heyman in a tag team match . Split ( 2003 ) . The duo split up afterward , as Jeff began a storyline with The Undertaker , while Matt was relegated to working on " Heat " . In the storyline , Matt then attacked Jeff , because Jeff had a match for the Intercontinental Championship . Matt was then moved to the SmackDown ! brand , where he dubbed himself " Matt Hardy Version 1 " and the " Sensei of Mattitude " , and picked up real - life friend Shannon Moore and briefly Crash Holly as followers . He later won the Cruiserweight Championship from Billy Kidman at the No Way Out pay - per - view in 2003 . Jeff was released from WWE on April 22 , 2003 , for erratic behavior , drug use , refusal to go to rehab , and deteriorating ring performance , as well as constant tardiness and no - showing events . Following his release from WWE , Jeff debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) in mid - 2004 . After no - showing several events , he was suspended in 2006 before leaving the company soon afterwards . On August 4 , 2006 , he rejoined WWE on its Raw brand . Meanwhile , in April 2005 , Matt had been released from WWE due to real - life issues with Lita . He was rehired , however , just a few months later and was eventually sent to the SmackDown brand . The Hardys ( 2006 – 2007 ) . In November 2006 , it was announced on WWE . com that Matt and Jeff would team up for the first time together in over four years as members of Team DX at the Survivor Series . The Hardys , as they were now known , were first given a " warm up match " on " ECW on Sci Fi " , defeating the Full Blooded Italians ( Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke ) . At Survivor Series , Team DX defeated Team Rated - RKO in a clean sweep . On the November 27 episode of " Raw " , The Hardys had their first shot at Tag Team gold in five years . They took on World Tag Team Champions Rated - RKO ( Edge and Randy Orton ) , but came up short when Edge hit Jeff in the back with a belt to get himself and Orton deliberately disqualified to retain the title . That same day , The Hardys posed an open challenge to any team for ECW December to Dismember which was immediately accepted by a reuniting MNM ( Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury ) . After a run in on the intervening " ECW on Sci Fi " , starting a feud between all four men that spanned both brands . The Hardys got their first chance to gain the WWE Tag Team Championship at Armageddon , where the original tag team match was changed to a four team ladder match involving The Hardys , MNM , Dave Taylor and William Regal , and Paul London and Brian Kendrick . Despite coming up short , The Hardys sparked another feud with MNM when Mercury was legit imately injured . Whilst Jeff and Nitro continued battling over the Intercontinental Championship on " Raw " , Matt and Mercury feuded on " SmackDown ! " . Mercury and Nitro tried injuring both Hardys ' faces as payback for what happened at Armageddon , claiming that The Hardys had ruined Mercury ' s ' Hollywood good looks ' . The Hardys settled their feud with MNM at the Royal Rumble when they defeated them for the second time . Matt and Mercury continued feuding , however , which was finally settled at No Way Out . On the April 2 , 2007 , episode of " Raw " , the Hardys won the World Tag Team Championship for the sixth time in their career after winning a ten team battle royal . After losing singles bouts to both Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch , The Hardys retained their World Tag Team Championship at both Backlash and Judgment Day against the team of Cade and Murdoch . At One Night Stand , Hardyz retained the titles against The World ' s Greatest Tag Team ( Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin ) in a ladder match . The next night on " Raw " , however , the Hardys lost their championship to Cade and Murdoch , when Jeff missed a Swanton Bomb and was pinned by Cade after Murdoch pushed his foot off of the bottom rope of the ring . Cade and Murdoch attacked the Hardys with the championship belts after the match . The Hardys got a rematch at Vengeance , but lost after Jeff was hit with a sitout spinebuster from Cade . Sporadic teaming , split , and reformation ( 2007 - 2009 ) . The Hardys once again returned to WWE on the November 13 , 2007 episode of " ECW on Sci Fi " to face Montel Vontavious Porter ( MVP ) and Mr . Kennedy , a match that was originally scheduled for the November 16 edition of " SmackDown ! " . The Hardys were unsuccessful in their return as Porter pinned Jeff for the win . The Hardys , announced and referred to once again as the Hardy Boyz , reunited for the first time in 2008 , on the June 23 episode of " Raw " in a losing effort to John Morrison and The Miz . The match occurred after Jeff was drafted to the SmackDown brand ( the same brand as Matt ) . This loss , however , caused Matt to be drafted to the ECW brand . On the July 15 edition of " ECW " , The Hardys reunited in their home state of North Carolina , defeating Morrison and Miz . At the 2009 Royal Rumble pay - per - view , after losing an ECW Championship rematch to Jack Swagger , Matt hit Jeff with a steel chair , allowing Edge to win the WWE Championship , and turning into a villainous character . On the January 30 , 2009 episode of " SmackDown " , due to the events at the Royal Rumble , Matt announced the permanent disbandment of the tag team , and that he no longer considered Jeff as his partner or brother . This led to a scripted rivalry between the two , and they faced each other in an " Extreme Rules " match at WrestleMania XXV , which Matt won . They later faced each other in a stretcher match , in which Matt gained his second win over Jeff . As part of the 2009 WWE Draft , Matt was drafted to the Raw brand on the April 13 episode of " Raw " . Despite this , the brothers faced each other in an " I Quit " match at the Backlash pay - per - view , which Jeff won . Matt also interfered in Jeff ' s World Heavyweight Championship match at Judgment Day , preventing him from winning the title . On the August 7th edition of SmackDown , Matt acted as a special inforcer in Jeff ' s World Heavyweight Championship defense against CM Punk and assisted him in retaining the title . On the August 14th edition of SmackDown , Matt once again came to the aid of Jeff , turning face and reforming The Hardys in the process . Jeff later left the WWE in 2009 because of various disputes . Matt Hardy went on to be a mentor to future Nexus member Justin Gabriel . Matt later left in 2010 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2011 ; 2014 - present ) . Jeff made his TNA return on the January 4 , 2010 episode of " Impact ! " , and went on to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory in October . On January 9 , 2011 , at TNA ' s pay - per - view Genesis , Matt made his TNA debut as a surprise member of the Immortal faction , and defeated Rob Van Dam . Jeff , who was also a member of Immortal , went on to lose the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Mr . Anderson later that night . On the January 13 edition of " Impact ! " the Hardy Brothers reunited and defeated Van Dam and Anderson . Jeff has been inactive since TNA ' s March pay - per - view Victory Road and on the following edition of " Impact ! " , Immortal severed their ties with Hardy , thus splitting the brothers up once again . Three months later , it was reported that TNA had suspended Matt due to his continued lateness . On August 20 , 2011 , Matt Hardy was fired from TNA after being arrested for driving while intoxicated . Matt returned to TNA in June 2014 . On June 26 , at Destination X The Hardys unsuccessfully challenged The Wolves for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . The competed in a Tag Team Championship Series against The Wolves and The Dudleys but were unsuccessful in winning the titles . The Hardys entered in a # 1 contenders tournament for a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championships . On the October 22 edition of " Impact Wrestling " , " " The Hardys defeated The BroMans in the first round to advance in the tournament . On the following edition of " Impact Wrestling " The Hardys defeated Ethan Carter III and Tyrus to advance to the finals of the tournament . The following week The Hardys defeated Samoa Joe and Low Ki in the finals of the tournament and would challenge The Wolves for the TNA World Tag Team Championships . OMEGA ( 2013 - present ) . On April 26 , 2014 , The Hardys defeated Briscoes at Chaos in Cameron . Other media . The Hardys appeared on the February 7 , 1999 episode of " That ' 70s Show " entitled " That Wrestling Show " , as uncredited wrestlers . Jeff and Matt , along with Lita , also appeared on " Tough Enough " in early 2001 , talking and wrestling with the contestants . They both appeared on the February 25 , 2002 episode of " Fear Factor " competing against four other WWF wrestlers . Jeff was eliminated in the first round , but Matt became the eventual winner , winning $ 50 , 000 for the American Cancer Society . In 2001 , the Hardys and Lita appeared in " Rolling Stone " magazine ' s 2001 Sports Hall of Fame issue . In 2003 , Jeff and Matt , with the help of Michael Krugman , wrote and published their autobiography " The Hardy Boyz : Exist 2 Inspire " . On April 29 , 2008 , WWE released " Twist of Fate : The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story " . The DVD features footage of the brothers in OMEGA and WWE , and it also briefly mentions Jeff ' s time in TNA .