Jeff Hardy has given fans a positive update after previously suffering a neck injury while competing in NXT, and has also elaborated on when he will retire.
The TNA star who is also one-half of the legendary tag team The Hardys, recently revealed that he had been dealing with 2 bulging discs in his neck after their match against DarkState at NXT Halloween Havoc 2025. Despite the severity of the injury, Hardy has continued to compete on TNA TV.
While speaking with Chris Van Vliet alongside his brother Matt, Jeff noted that his neck is feeling better, but a bad flight did cause more issues. Hardy also admitted that he thought he had a concussion after the spot took place:
“It’s better. This past Monday and Tuesday, it felt really good. Then we flew out here, and I fell asleep a little funky on the plane. I remember jerking my head up one time, and it hurt. So it was hurting a little more than it did Monday and Tuesday. But overall, man, it’s feeling good. It’s definitely better. So this has been a little over three months now. I’ve been dealing with two bulging discs on the left side of my neck, and this happened when we dropped the titles at the NXT Halloween Havoc show. It was one of those things, you couldn’t even tell, it looked completely fine. I landed flat, but I was on the big guy’s shoulders. The one guy jumped off the ladder, clotheslined me off. The idea was for me to go through the table, but I kind of overshot the table, and he just broke the table, and my head just hit the mat, and it was a little whiplash like that. It felt terrible. I mean, it definitely felt like a concussion, and I was close to being knocked out, but that’s when it happened. Two bulging discs on the left side of my neck, but I’m feeling much better.”
Jeff noted that on the pain scale he is currently feeling about a 5 out of 10, with Matt joking that his brother’s idea of a 5 is not the same as everybody elses:
When Will Jeff Hardy And Matt Hardy Retire?
Later in the interview, Matt and Jeff were asked if they had looking at winding down their careers anytime soon. Jeff noted that while the likes of John Cena and AJ Styles are at the end of their time in the squared circle, it’s not something he is directly thinking about:
Jeff: “I try not to think about it, especially with seeing the Cena retirement tour, naturally, because we’re the same age. He’s a little older than me, but I’m 48 and I’m like, oh man. AJ, same age, he’s talking about maybe retiring soon. I mean, I think about it, but the way my career has went over the years, the ups and the downs, I just hope I can do it for as long as I can. I think that’s the way I’m going to do it, because after this neck injury, I feel like my performances are naturally going to get 1,000% better, because I’m so excited about this whole AMC deal and being in TNA and continuing to evolve. But yeah, I try not to let the thought of the end enter my consciousness.”
Matt also added that although social media is fantasy booking their retirement, it won’t be happening anytime soon:
Matt: “Wrestling Twitter has been trying to retire us for years now, and they still do. They’re trying to book our retirement matches nonstop. But we feel good. As long as we feel good, we’re gonna keep going.”
The Hardys were also asked if the intention was to retire as a tag team as opposed to ending their careers as singles stars:
Matt: “I think so. I just feel like as we’re a little older, it’s nice when we kind of get to share the workload, as opposed to doing a singles run. [But] who knows? I mean, with TNA, maybe if that’s something they need. And it’s funny, you were talking about the whole AMC deal earlier, like we both take a lot of pride in that, because we were a major factor in this AMC deal happening. We’re both so proud of TNA for getting to this point and being on this major platform and we really want to lead it into the future. I want TNA to be a place that is a stable wrestling company where people can come and make a living and it is in the conversation with all the other top companies.”
The Hardys faced off against one of their greatest rivals, Team 3D, at Bound For Glory 2025. After The Hardys defeated Team 3D, Bully Ray and Devon handed their opponents their wrestling boots, symbolising that they had just competed in their final match.
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