Before his then-WWF debut with his brother Jeff, Matt was trained by former wrestler Dory Funk, Jr They formed an acrobatic tag team called the Hardy Boyz. The five-timing WWE Tag Team Champions were always being accompanied by Lita.
On the August 12, 2002 episode of "RAW", Matt turned against Jeff, pitting him in a match against Rob Van Dam. A short time later he joined the "Smackdown" roster. On the October 3, 2002 edition of the show, Matt used outside interference from Brock Lesnar to defeat The Undertaker.
With his new friend Shannon Moore in his corner, Matt defeated Billy Kidman at the 2003 No Way Out in Montreal, Quebec to claim the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and, at Wrestlemania XIX in Seattle, defended it against Rey Mysterio.
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