{"id":144902,"date":"2025-10-29T18:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=144902"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:06:24","slug":"tna-impact-preview-10-30-25-a-special-very-hardy-halloween-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/29\/tna-impact-preview-10-30-25-a-special-very-hardy-halloween-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"TNA iMPACT Preview (10\/30\/25) &#8211; A Special &#8220;Very Hardy Halloween&#8221; Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As announced last week <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1981782742858863087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">after TNA iMPACT<\/a><\/span>, this week\u2019s TNA iMPACT episode is another unusual one, as it\u2019s a \u201cVery Hardy Halloween\u201d special. Brother Nero, Brother Matt, and their Broken family will be the stars of this TNA Halloween-themed episode.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Enter a universe unlike any other as Matt and Jeff Hardy open the gates to their world, The Hardy Compound,&#8221; says TNA Wrestling. &#8220;Go inside the minds of The Hardys as they relive some of their favorite Broken memories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH. MY. GOD. <\/p>\n<p>DarkState have awoken Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero, and we&#39;re getting a Broken Rules Match at Halloween Havoc!! \ud83e\udd2f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zmsrp3uXbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Zmsrp3uXbe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1980800121936691706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Broken Universe<\/h3>\n<p>In 2016, Matt Hardy returned to TNA\/ Impact Wrestling, revealing himself to be one of the impostor Willows behind the attacks on Jeff Hardy. Later the same night, Matt attacked Jeff. In the following weeks, Matt Hardy debuted a new persona as a &#8220;Broken&#8221; man, with part of his hair bleached blonde, along with a strange, sophisticated accent.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed Jeff (who he began referring to as &#8220;Brother Nero&#8221;, Nero being Jeff&#8217;s middle name) for breaking him and becoming obsessed with &#8220;deleting&#8221; him. His line \u201cDelete\u201d was mostly inspired by the Death Note manga\/anime series character Teru Mikami.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They&#39;re here. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>The Broken Hardys have arrived to Halloween Havoc! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RN8pgb9Ptv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RN8pgb9Ptv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1982250264259174606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The feud would also take place at their home in Cameron, North Carolina. In the special episode &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1279807247908995073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Final Deletion<\/a><\/span>&#8220;, Matt defeated Jeff in the match to become the sole owner of the Hardy brand, forcing Jeff to drop his last name and become referred to as &#8220;Brother Nero.&#8221; More special episodes would take place in the Compound, such as &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1965226148389867624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delete or Decay<\/a><\/span>&#8221; and &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/809580321481949184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Total Nonstop Deletion<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Broken Universe involves the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/776571862599864321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lake of Reincarnation<\/a><\/span>, the flying drone Vanguard-1, or the steadfast bodyguard and loyalist, Skarsgard. It also allowed people to develop memorable identities. Matt\u2019s real-life family got involved, like his wife, Reby, his eldest son, Maxel, and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/750513986186178560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Se\u00f1or Benjamin<\/a><\/span> (Matt\u2019s father-in-law).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catch-news.com\/images\/2025\/10\/22\/nxt-21-octobre-broken-hardy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of WWE and TNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The 2025 Reincarnation<\/h3>\n<p>The Hardys (Matt Hardy &amp; Jeff Hardy) are the reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions. They had the NXT Tag Team Titles, but lost the belts to DarkState (Dion Lennox &amp; Osiris Griffin) at NXT Halloween Havoc. The aforementioned title match was a Broken Rules match, and Matt and Jeff competed as the Broken Hardys (Broken Matt &amp; Brother Nero).<\/p>\n<p>After defeating DarkState at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/08\/whats-next-for-wwes-nxt-and-tna-wrestling-after-nxt-showdown-on-the-path-to-tna-bound-for-glory\/\" target=\"_self\">NXT Showdown<\/a><\/span>, the faction <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/15\/wwe-nxt-results-10-14-25-tatum-paxley-is-the-new-nxt-womens-championship-1-contender\/\" target=\"_self\">attacked<\/a><\/span> the Hardys backstage at NXT on October 14. A week later, a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/22\/wwe-nxt-results-10-21-25-the-halloween-havoc-go-home-episode\/\" target=\"_self\">vignette<\/a><\/span> aired. We could hear Matt Hardy&#8217;s voice from the family Compound. &#8220;We knew you were not going to walk away after you lost the NXT titles to us. There I say, we knew you can&#8217;t,&#8221; said Matt Hardy. We then saw the brothers going to the Lake of Reincarnation. DarkState awoke Broken Matt Hardy and Brother Nero, and we got a Broken Rules Match at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/10\/26\/nxt-halloween-havoc-results-10-25-25-three-title-changes-in-one-scary-night\/\" target=\"_self\">NXT Halloween Havoc 2025<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n<p>TNA has no events scheduled until Thursday, November 13, when TNA iMPACT airs live from Full Sail University in Orlando, FL. On November 14, TNA presents the PLE <a href=\"https:\/\/tnawrestling.com\/events\/tna-wrestling-orlando-november-14-2025\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turning Point<\/a>\u00a0live from Orlando. A taping session is set for the day after at the same place. Be sure that Nygma will make you live the best of \u201cBound For Glory: Fade to Black\u201d and everything that happens after.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After rising from the Lake of Reincarnation, The Broken Hardys defended the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENXT<\/a> Tag Titles in a wild Broken Rules Match with DarkState at <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NXTHalloweenHavoc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NXTHalloweenHavoc<\/a>!<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MATTHARDYBRAND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MATTHARDYBRAND<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JEFFHARDYBRAND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JEFFHARDYBRAND<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v90zofIoKm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/v90zofIoKm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1982567921449656679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Header image credit \u2013 TNA Wrestling \u2013 Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on TNA iMPACT!, TNA Bound For Glory, The Hardy Boyz, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Catch all TNA events and shows on <a href=\"http:\/\/watch.tnawrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNA Plus<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As announced last week after TNA iMPACT, this week\u2019s TNA iMPACT episode is another unusual one, as it\u2019s a \u201cVery Hardy Halloween\u201d special. 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