Matt Hardy Recalls Backstage Reaction To Exploding Barbed Wire Fail At AEW Revolution 2021

On the latest episode of Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy, the TNA star talked about the backstage reaction to the infamous ending of the Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch at AEW Revolution 2021.

The match between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley ended with a technical malfunction where the planned explosion failed to detonate properly. Fans ripped the moment on social media.  You can check out some highlights below:

On the Locker Room Reaction:

“No I mean, I just remember people were like, ‘Damn it.’ It was just one of those — I mean, when some s**t doesn’t go good, people were kind of like, ‘Damn that sucks!’ But s**t also happens, and you just have to keep you have to pick up the pieces and keep moving forward .Whatever it may be.”

On How He Would Have Handled It:

“Maybe they could have retconned it and wrote something in, a reason for it to happen or whatever. But who knows? I would have probably tried to come up with some sort of explanation that could have somehow logically made some sort of sense. But you know, it was was what it was. Just — it was live TV. They were trying to do a stunt, and just s**t went awry.”

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