Matt Hardy talked during “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast about how the Hardy Boyz were scheduled to win the WWE Tag Team Titles in the first TLC match at SummerSlam 2000 in their home state of North Carolina.
However, Vince McMahon changed the finish because he thought it was too predictable.
“Well, that was supposed to be our big win and then he said, ‘well, it’s too predictable. Everybody in that venue is going to know you’re going to win and they’re expecting you to win, so I don’t want to do that. Let’s do it the next show.’ And I think sometimes that’s a good thing, especially when you have babyfaces that are over and that been in this long rivalry, and the fans want to be rewarded with this proper payoff.”
“I would have loved to have the win there and I think it would’ve been the time to do the win, and us being the champions and it also would’ve kind of changed the history of the TLC matches a little bit. But Vince is a big advocate of, ‘if you’re over as a babyface, there are times where you don’t need to win, it doesn’t make a difference.’ And that’s kind of how we looked at.”
Quotes courtesy of WrestlingInc.com
