Matt Hardy on Edge & Christian Winning All the TLC Matches in WWE

– During the latest edition of the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, Matt Hardy discussed The Hardys feuding with Edge and Christian and The Dudley Boyz throughout the Attitude Era in WWE, and Edge and Christian winning the first TLC matches at SummerSlam 2000 and WrestleMania 17. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Although the teams worked in trio tags thrice during the Attitude Era, there was one constant in all of them: the winners. Edge and Christian successfully won all three encounters, solidifying without question that they, in Vince McMahon’s eyes at least, were the best team of the three. One of the members of the match, Matt Hardy, detailed his frustrations with having the team of E&C win all three, revealing that he and Jeff were scheduled to win in their hometown before Vince changed his mind.

Matt Hardy on Edge and Christian winning all the PPV ladder matches in 2000 and 2001: “I was very annoyed by it, I’ll be honest. It’s so funny, Christian says all the time, ‘Like, I can’t believe they had us win all three of those matches. It’s so crazy.’ But it is what it is, and at the end of the day, the first time they won, it was up in the air who was going to win. I think those guys winning in that match was the right call. The first TLC, Jeff and I should’ve won that, and I think that was a mistake for us not to win there. I would’ve been okay if we would’ve done the last one, and then The Dudleyz would’ve won that too, and then it would’ve made it even with all the teams and helped the legacy of the match that each one of the teams won one match.”

Hardy on Vince McMahon not caring about wrestlers losing in their hometowns: “At the end of the day, Vince just does not give a s–t about that. We got this a lot because we were so incredibly over and beloved, he was like, ‘It’s okay if you lose, people don’t care, they’re still going to love you, they’re still going to pop huge. They don’t care, you’re bulletproof, and you can’t be stopped. If you lose, it’s no big deal.’ That was his mentality. It’s great that fans reacted to us like that, but it’s kind of like a blessing and a curse if you’re working for WWE because if they know you’re so over, they’re like, ‘Oh, they don’t have to win. It’s no big deal. They’ll still be over.'”

While The Hardys and Dudleyz lost those matchups, The Hardys did pick up a win over Edge and Christin a Ladder Match on the September 25, 2000 edition of Monday Night Raw to retain the WWF World Tag Team Titles. They also won the Ladder Match against Edge and Christian at No Mercy 1999.