This is the Busted Open Podcast.

Hello, Busted Open Nation and welcome to another edition of the Masters Class,

a special Edition today.

I am joined by my fellow masters Tommy Dreamer and Mark Henry and are two very special guests.

One of the greatest tag teams in the history of professional wrestling,

Matt and Jeff the Hardy Boys.

Welcome to the Masters class. Welcome to Bust It Open and

we're going to be talking about life after the WWE. So Matt and Jeff

when was the first time you guys parted ways with W. W. W. A first, Jeff, it was, you were first, right?

Yeah, it was early.

I think we had signed a five-year deal,

and I think I might have made it three years, two and a half.

And, oh, you made it further than that.

We signed in 98, 2003 you were released right?

Yeah, yeah.

So Jeff in 2003 you were released.

Do you remember your immediate thoughts upon getting the release?

Yeah, for sure, they want me to go to rehab and I don't need it.

That was that denial of a drug addict.

That was exactly what happened. And so, yeah, that was mine, but then you stuck around for a while.

Yeah, I was there through 2005 and then I was fired for a few weeks in 2005 until I came back and did the thing with with Adam right?

I just I remember being motivated after being released like okay well I'll go do something else you

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