In a recent episode of his The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy confirmed that his AEW contract expired on Sunday at midnight, with Hardy using the time since to talk to various companies and explore his options.

“Sunday night into Monday morning at midnight, that is when my contract expired, so yes, I am a free agent right now, just negotiating, talking, I have interacted with everyone, still interacting with AEW and that’s where we’re at right now. Whenever my deal ended up running out, that allowed me the opportunity to negotiate and to speak to everyone available, really weighing all my options, and that’s what I’m doing right now.”

Hardy said that he has not closed the door on a return to All Elite Wrestling, and explained the mindset behind allowing his deal to run out.

“I think, as time continued to move on and we were so close to the finish line, so to say, I do think I wanted to wait until everything ran out to where I can weigh all my options. I can do things correctly, from a legal standpoint, and figure out what I want to do next.”

The full episode is available at this link.