Hardy Boys' Historic NXT Tag Title Run Ends After Loss to DarkState in Broken Rules

DarkState defeated the Hardy Boyz in a Broken Rules match at Halloween Havoc on Saturday to win back the NXT Tag Team Championships.

Saturday's contest was a rematch from the NXT vs. TNA Showdown episode of NXT TV back on Oct. 7, which pitted the best of NXT and TNA against each other in a series of high stakes matches.

One of the matches on that show was a title vs. title match with the Hardy Boyz putting the TNA World Tag Team Championships on the line and DarkState doing the same with the NXT tag titles.

Matt and Jeff Hardy were victorious, making them the first duo in history to hold the NXT and TNA tag team titles simultaneously.

The Hardys successfully defended both sets of titles in a memorable tables match against the Dudley Boyz at TNA Bound for Glory, and DarkState made their presence known at that event as well.

While DarkState didn't get involved in the Hardys vs. the Dudleys, they did interrupt the X-Division Championship match between Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater, causing a no contest.

Amid promises to continue leaving a path of destruction in their wake, DarkState received an NXT Tag Team Championship rematch against the Hardy Boyz at Halloween Havoc, but it was no ordinary match.

On the final episode of NXT before Halloween Havoc, Matt and Jeff entered the Lake of Reincarnation, morphing them into their alter egos of "Broken" Matt Hardy and Brother Nero.

Given the supernatural aspect of those characters, it was fitting that Matt and Jeff brought them back out for a Broken Rules match at Halloween Havoc, which WWE billed as the scariest show of the year.

Despite competing in a signature match of the Hardys, DarkState came out on top at Halloween Havoc, meaning the NXT Tag Team Championships are back around the waists of NXT Superstars.