Hardy Boys Meet with WWE, Aleister Black Talks Retirement and Charlotte Reveals Change

Bleacher Report catches you up on the latest news from the WWE Universe.

Hardy Boyz Meet with WWE Officials in Las Vegas

Matt Hardy revealed he and brother Jeff met with WWE representatives in Las Vegas during WrestleMania 41 weekend.

"We go back from WrestleCon, we just have enough time," he said on his Extreme Life with Matt Hardy podcast (via Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News). "I shave, I shower, and then we get in the car — WWE sent a little limo over to get us — we go to WWE HQ, we sit there, we do 90 minutes of work with WWE, and we see some people over there, whatever. This ends up being about two hours by the time we get back."

The purpose behind the visit is unclear.

The Hardys had a similar conference with WWE around SummerSlam, which was reportedly about filming some interviews. With WWE and TNA's ongoing partnership, this could also foreshadow a larger presence for the Hardy Boyz within the company.

Matt and Jeff showed up in NXT in February, beating the No Quarter Catch Crew and then successfully defending the TNA tag titles against Fraxiom at NXT Roadblock.

Given their legendary status as a duo, the Hardy Boyz certainly still offer some some value to WWE.

Aleister Black Sets Rough Timeline for Retirement

Aleister Black is well aware a pro wrester's career is finite.

In the new documentary Tom Budgen: Stillness in the Void, Black said he hopes to keep competing well into his 40s but acknowledged the timeline is fluid.

"I'm 39. I hope that I have another five to eight years in me," he said starting at the 12:29 mark. "Physically, I feel great. I think this is probably the best I've looked physically as well. ... But I have no illusions about this, that the majority of my career is well past me. Absolutely."

Black is fresh off making his return to WWE. He interrupted a promo by The Miz and laid out the former world champion last Friday on SmackDown.

That sets the stage for his first match with the promotion since 2020.

Crossing paths with The Miz is a great way for Black to reacquaint himself with the WWE Universe and make an impression with fans who are unfamiliar with this work.

Charlotte Discusses Change for Character

The lines between reality and kayfabe blurred during the buildup to Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair's WrestleMania match when Stratton bought up Flair's multiple divorces.

While it didn't look like that was part of the plan for their feud, Flair sounds a bit liberated by having her personal life put out in the open.

"I think a weight has been lifted off my shoulders because 'Charlotte' had to be so perfect and pristine all the time and people couldn't separate the character and who I am in real life," she said to People's Sean Neumann.

The 14-time champion also hinted at a possible change to her on-screen persona.

"On the opposite side of WrestleMania, I think I will tap more into that and kind of try to bring me — Ashley, the real person — to Charlotte, because I do feel like Charlotte really isn't, the character I made is not relatable," she said.

Especially once she became a star in NXT, Flair embodied a lot of the qualities as her father, Hall of Famer Ric Flair. Although she has worked as both a babyface and a heel, she has largely remained the same uber-confident stalwart of the women's division.

She told Neumann she instead would like to be a wrestler who "high-five the kids as I walk down the aisle."

A more vulnerable and "relatable" version of Flair would help to freshen up her character.