Matt Hardy Reveals Payout For Memorable No Mercy 1999 Match

On the first episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the AEW superstar spoke about No Mercy 1999 where he and his brother Jeff faced Edge and Christian in the first ever tag team ladder match. Matt Hardy also talked about the payouts the four wrestling legends received that night, detailing how they had to ask for more money.

“JR ended up bonusing us each $5,000, so we made $10,000 on that night,” Hardy said. “The No Mercy 1999 match, this fact has never been publicly stated or revealed. $10,000 ended up being the ultimate payoff after we questioned the $5,000 and we got a $5,000 bonus because we said there’s so much buzz and hype behind this match and people are buying the replays specifically for this match because everyone wants to see this match.

“JR’s explanation was perfectly logical and reasonable, he said ‘Coming into this match, it was a big platform and opportunity for you guys but you guys weren’t the ones selling this pay per view. You weren’t a Stone Cold Steve Austin, you weren’t a Triple H, you weren’t Undertaker or DX. You weren’t one of the main draws that brought people to the show to buy the pay per view.’ We did get highlighted that night with them so that was understandable. He did buy into our point of people buying the replays because of our match and we know that a lot of people were buzzed and created this unique ‘oh my god, these guys are crazy, you’ve got to watch this ladder match.’ “

During an appearance with Josh Graham, Matt Hardy revealed that he and Jeff intend to end their career together following the news of Jeff’s release from WWE. The AEW star continued to talk about the pay situation back in the day and revealed the differences between today’s pay structure compared to the late 90s-early 2000s.

“Back in these days, there was much more of a hierarchy and I feel like people were more looked at as top tier acts, a little bit underneath that, middle of the card and opening acts,” Hardy…