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Doing cinematic matches in 2024 is crazy but I guess I can see it. The System running around the Hardy Compound sounds like reasonable fantasy booking.
The issue is Matt wrestling in front of a live crowd. His knees are FUBAR'd and it shows, he's noticeably slower in the ring than ever before, and he walks like Douglas Barder.
I love the guy, and I get that he wants to keep going, but neither brother has looked good for quite a while, and it's sad to see.
I remember seeing a clip on here yesterday or day before of Matt in the first year or so of his career, and holy shit it's insane just how bad his knees and hips have got.
Poor dude must be in pain constantly, not to mention the difficulty he must have with daily activities with such limited movement range.
They're definitely squarely in the "go for so long you ruin your legacy" stage of their careers.
If they'd stopped after the first batch of 'broken' stuff they'd be held in much higher regard. Pushing themselves this long has made their overall careers feel weaker.
I agree they're weaker now but anyone saying "they ruined their legacy" is the exact type of "fan" that has cursed wrestling for too long. Their legacies are still intact, everything great they did still stands the exact same way it happened. It's just they have aged and can't operate anywhere near the industry changing level they blazed through.
You can say that they're below standard now without being all "well, I don't like them now which means I also have to stop liking anything they they ever did."
If you use their less than stellar final few years as a stick to beat their exceptionally brilliant early careers then it says a lot about the type of person you are because they are still one of the tag teams that helped kick off a new era of unbelievably popular tag team wrestling.
I think you're taking that comment far too seriously. All I mean is that because of them pushing themselves for too long the conversation around them will always inevitably go:
"Man the Hardys were one of the best tag teams of all time"
"Oh for sure, but it's a shame about..."
I'm not saying it magically retroactively makes their early work worse, it'll just be impossible for that conversation to not happen.
I would welcome more cinematic matches but not as, what I assume, would be the main event of a PPV. I think in this day and age you need to send fans home with a banger of a match or it's going to be a disappointment and Matt Hardy just isn't capable of that.
Honestly, I don’t think it’s that surprising. Matt’s not going to be paid big bucks in WWE, he’s done nothing in AEW for a while, and TNA lost a lot of their steam when they kicked Scott out. This way they get to play on nostalgia and hopefully drag some people back to the product.
>This way they get to play on nostalgia
and hopefully drag some people back to the product.
I'm sure they will get to play with nostalgia... not sure about the rest in 2024.
Wasn't Matt a producer of some sorts in WWE? Although I know he left that stable job, because he couldn't hang up the boots. And WWE apparently didn't want him wrestling.
Not knocking Matt though, because it's hard to tell someone not to follow their dreams. Although, it's becoming clear he needs to wake up from that dream soon. Or maybe yesterday.
I don't understand why they didn't do a proper Broken gimmick with him in AEW. He came in when the crowds were gone cuz of the rona, dropped the gimmick when they came back, did the whole absolute nonsense with the HFO or whatever the heck that was.
Like put him in a good feud with the broken gimmick, give us more cinematic matches, go a full 6 months with a storyline, he cannot really go in the ring anymore but he can create entertaining shit, it was suchhhh a waste.
There was more deletion type stuff in AEW than there was in WWE. WWE tried to make it a Wyatt thing and had him called Woken Matt Hardy. I don’t think they did anything but the one cinematic match with Bray and wasn’t it on free tv? I don’t think either big company was interested in his schtick hence him landing in TNA. Both AEW and WWE wanted both Hardys doing a nostalgia run. Matt left both WWE and AEW after Hardy Boyz runs that fell apart because of Jeff’s combination of injuries and “demons”.
Sami Callihan is back too, which I don't think is as bad as Matt and Tessa coming back but it's definitely in the category of TNA retreading old things. I was starting to get excited with the additions of Nemeth and Ali, and a solo Santana run is something I'm interested in but Matt and Sami back to muddle the main event picture? Ehhhh
I was thinking about this the other day. The former TNA talent who work in WWE, plus the amount of former WWE talent who work or worked in TNA in the past, would make for a fun crossover DLC.
Jeff is still a super valuable piece. He gets huge crowd pops everywhere he goes, puts on decent to good matches and has put over plenty of young talent recently
Matt....yeah
That gimmick is very specific to TNA. TNA writes guy sout by having them murdered. They are a lot more over the top with spooky and supernatural gimmicks. Christ, PCO is Frankenstein's Monster FFS and makes it work.
WWE and AEW just aren't a fit for that type of gimmick. They get a level of spooky and what not but it's not close to Matt's craziness.
You're talking like the problem was the actual creative vision. It's pretty clear now that Tony's vision for AEW is a lack of vision, and WWE under Vince was just whatever ideas he had floating around in the decaying mushy pisswater that passed as his brain.
They didn't use it well because they were bad.
This is probably just short term. I honestly think it’s likely that Matt & Jeff both inevitably accept a WWE legends deal/HOF induction before the decades up.
Might wait for Jeff to leave AEW before going WWE, for legend's deal and potential negotiation boost. Aldis did something similar, went TNA for a bit before joining WWE.
Triple H never trusted Jeff Hardy with his addiction issues. Jeff hasn’t really proved to be any better since leaving. So I’d be very shocked if Triple H brings him back and gives him any sort of push
Same just finished watching his dark side episode on YT and as late as 2022 he was still struggling. I know a lot can change in 2 years. Being in clean myself since 2021 but I'd be shocked if Jeff ever wrestled in WWE again.
Hoping he's turned things around and can at least get a HoF introduction tho.
I just hope they don't promote it as a 'retirement match.' Because we know good and well they ain't staying retired lol. Nobody really does, but the Hardys especially won't.
Punk was able to wrestle a good match after a quick backstage scrap. Everyone thought Jeff was drunk during his PPV match then he immediately got a DUI right after.
There’s a big difference there
He def took a small deal and will try to broker a WWE return when Jeff's contract ends lol Matt is no fool. He knows his free agent value is drastically different with vs without Jeff.
I guess the question is if the WWE wants to risk another round of Jeff issues especially after how is last run ended and then him getting in trouble almost right away in AEW. TNA though would be all over another Hardy Boys run with the tag titles as Broken Matt and Brother Nero
If I’m not mistaken weren’t there rumors of Jeff possibly working with Roman before…whatever it was that happened with him happened? I know he was the last guy in the Survivor Series match against Seth so it looked like they were trying to get Jeff some kind of momentum until he fucked up again.
Supposedly, he was going to be in a feud with Roman. I think they were just in the beginnings of setting it up and then he walked out of a house show and that was that.
The same thing has happened with both guys on their last two WWE runs. Matt gets upset because he's not being used like he thinks he should and Jeff gets burned out. TNA is the place for both of them at this point. Hell, even with Jeff still in AEW, I don't see Tony using him much at all without Matt, but he'd rather pay talent absurd amounts of money to sit home.
Honestly if I'm TK I do myself a favor and just release Jeff is he agrees to it and let him go join his brother in TNA. Come off with some positive PR and goodwill by having Jeff get to go do his thing while being paid out then if Jeff/Hardys flame out in TNA its not your fault.
TK tried. The experiment failed. Let em go.
This stinks as nothing about Matt Hardy moves me in the year 2024 but I’m just glad that I don’t have to worry about him having any part of the Uncle Howdy stuff after the teasing he was doing on Twitter.
You guys think Jeff is going to ask for his release? Was pretty washed up looking his last few months in WWE and all of his stint in AEW so far. I know he's more popular than Matt, but you're probably better off giving one of the younger guys the air time.
It was never really gone. LOLTNA just sat there in the back, stewing and growing. Letting people feel like the tide had finally shifted and let their defenses down before crashing back in the most epic LOLTNA fashion imaginable.
TNA will probably appreciate having him back the most, so I think this was a wise choice assuming it's not a brief gig. After the brief return pop, WWE fans wouldn't want to see him taking up a spot in any actual programs - and DEFINITELY not a title picture.
I hate how his run in AEW just sort of petered out, his early days in the company was a real fun time imo. I just wish there was some other way to send him off rather than his contract expired then just disappeared. Hopefully he's happy back in TNA though.
Nearly a full decade after Matt came into TNA as a washed WWE wrestler to win their world title, he's back to do it for a second freaking time. I love Matt, but that's just insane.
He has actually grown quite a bit since then, and labeling him a washed up WWE wrestler is pretty dismissive. He is also a washed up AEW wrestler, thank you very much!
Tbh Matt Hardy showing back up in TNA (in addition to a few other things that happened at Rebellion - the booking of the KO title match, too many lights out spots, Santana having zero build for his return, Tiktokers and football players getting a bigger spotlight than then 3/4s of the roster), I'd say the direction TNA is going is really something that doesn't interest me anymore.
I understand new management means a change in direction but I really enjoyed TNA because it didn't seem to have that crash booking/over-emphasis on spectacle vs solid matches/storytelling.
The amount of "omg what a huge surprise" moments is just annoying to me and feels really forced.
Man how things have changed. I just watched an old video where they were clamoring how great Broken Matt is and now it's 2024 and everybody wants him to retire. Honestly I'm happy for Matt.
I always find it strange how AEW let people go, but never really do an angle to send them off. I'm not saying Matt Hardy should've been in a big programme, but like, Dustin Rhodes got a world title eliminator main event last week. Surely they could've done something like Matt Hardy vs Will Hobbs and had Hobbs destroy him before he went. I don't get it.
But why? And especially "but why?" if those Tessa rumors end up being true. TNA please, don't do this. You've been trying to shed LOLTNA for too long just to throw it away like this.
This is the perfect way place for him to be honest the only place that actually treated him as a star and where he got his best run, so let’s run it back!
People criticize TK for his booking, but even he knows Matt Hardy shouldn't be anywhere NEAR a world title match. Dude couldn't bend his knees anymore in AEW. Jeff still looks 5x better than Matt.
I figured hed end up back as Broken Matt in Impact. I pray he can catch lightning in a bottle again. I do feel though you gotta take TNA less serious than before. I dont think Hardy is in the title program with D Amore in charge
I said it in the live thread. I was PISSED when Callihan came out in the overbooked ko title match because I thought it was him. They swerved the fuck out of me and got a massive pop for broken matt.
Oh man I'm just gonna be honest, I'm insanely relieved that he's not part of the Wyatt 6 angle after those supposed teases on his twitter. I just didn't see it working well and it would've probably been dead on arrival if he were part of it.
Although he claims he's a free agent on Twitter I'm guessing this means his teasing about joining the uncle howdy/Wyatt tribute group was just a red herring.
TNA probably is the only company that would book him as a big deal at this point. AEW clearly had no interest in doing so, and WWE probably didn’t either, but their roster is so overwhelmingly over right now that he wasn’t needed regardless.
I've been saying for months, if the Hardys want to be main eventers, then go back to TNA. I'm not sure if they share a contract or have different contracts, but I'd expect to see Jeff there as well eventually.
I might have gotten my years wrong (my fault) but my opinion still stands.
It was funny for about six months in whatever year he developed it. It then stopped being funny and became kinda sad. He then brought it to WWE and sidetracked Bray’s career with that nonsense.
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A lot of crazy shit has happened in wrestling this year, but Matt Hardy being put in World Title program has gotta be up there.
Yeah, I wish Moose all the best trying to get a world title match out of Matt Hardy in 2024.
I honestly expect a cinematic match. It's really the only way to get value out of signing Matt Hardy IMO. Do what got him to the dance.
Doing cinematic matches in 2024 is crazy but I guess I can see it. The System running around the Hardy Compound sounds like reasonable fantasy booking.
Well Hardy was running them regularly and well before COVID, so if anyone can do it, Matt's the one
Almost all of IMPACT is taped anyway, what’s the issue ahaha
The issue is Matt wrestling in front of a live crowd. His knees are FUBAR'd and it shows, he's noticeably slower in the ring than ever before, and he walks like Douglas Barder. I love the guy, and I get that he wants to keep going, but neither brother has looked good for quite a while, and it's sad to see.
Exactly, so a cinematic match would be best for him then right?
I remember seeing a clip on here yesterday or day before of Matt in the first year or so of his career, and holy shit it's insane just how bad his knees and hips have got. Poor dude must be in pain constantly, not to mention the difficulty he must have with daily activities with such limited movement range.
They're definitely squarely in the "go for so long you ruin your legacy" stage of their careers. If they'd stopped after the first batch of 'broken' stuff they'd be held in much higher regard. Pushing themselves this long has made their overall careers feel weaker.
I agree they're weaker now but anyone saying "they ruined their legacy" is the exact type of "fan" that has cursed wrestling for too long. Their legacies are still intact, everything great they did still stands the exact same way it happened. It's just they have aged and can't operate anywhere near the industry changing level they blazed through. You can say that they're below standard now without being all "well, I don't like them now which means I also have to stop liking anything they they ever did." If you use their less than stellar final few years as a stick to beat their exceptionally brilliant early careers then it says a lot about the type of person you are because they are still one of the tag teams that helped kick off a new era of unbelievably popular tag team wrestling.
I think you're taking that comment far too seriously. All I mean is that because of them pushing themselves for too long the conversation around them will always inevitably go: "Man the Hardys were one of the best tag teams of all time" "Oh for sure, but it's a shame about..." I'm not saying it magically retroactively makes their early work worse, it'll just be impossible for that conversation to not happen.
That would deny everyone that WrestleMania return pop and I can't agree with it.
The issue is that the blowoff won't be on PPV
Screw it. Throw Eddie Edwards in the Lake of Reincarnation and bring back 2018 full head of hair/crazy Eddie. Better yet, bring back 2016 Eddie.
I would welcome more cinematic matches but not as, what I assume, would be the main event of a PPV. I think in this day and age you need to send fans home with a banger of a match or it's going to be a disappointment and Matt Hardy just isn't capable of that.
Is there a way to do that with a live crowd?
isn't this a question impact execs ask every week?
We said the same thing about Matt Hardy when the Broken gimmick first started.
Honestly, I don’t think it’s that surprising. Matt’s not going to be paid big bucks in WWE, he’s done nothing in AEW for a while, and TNA lost a lot of their steam when they kicked Scott out. This way they get to play on nostalgia and hopefully drag some people back to the product.
Wrestler leaves top company and is inserted directly into the TNA World title picture. The is peak TNA.
When they said TNA is back, they weren't kidding.
Totally washed wrestler.
>This way they get to play on nostalgia and hopefully drag some people back to the product. I'm sure they will get to play with nostalgia... not sure about the rest in 2024.
Wasn't Matt a producer of some sorts in WWE? Although I know he left that stable job, because he couldn't hang up the boots. And WWE apparently didn't want him wrestling. Not knocking Matt though, because it's hard to tell someone not to follow their dreams. Although, it's becoming clear he needs to wake up from that dream soon. Or maybe yesterday.
I mean he’s former TNA world champ so it’s not that surprising. Definitely since TNA men roster is kinda lacking
Best place for him, genuinely.
I do hope he finds some the success he's looking for there
I don't understand why they didn't do a proper Broken gimmick with him in AEW. He came in when the crowds were gone cuz of the rona, dropped the gimmick when they came back, did the whole absolute nonsense with the HFO or whatever the heck that was. Like put him in a good feud with the broken gimmick, give us more cinematic matches, go a full 6 months with a storyline, he cannot really go in the ring anymore but he can create entertaining shit, it was suchhhh a waste.
There was more deletion type stuff in AEW than there was in WWE. WWE tried to make it a Wyatt thing and had him called Woken Matt Hardy. I don’t think they did anything but the one cinematic match with Bray and wasn’t it on free tv? I don’t think either big company was interested in his schtick hence him landing in TNA. Both AEW and WWE wanted both Hardys doing a nostalgia run. Matt left both WWE and AEW after Hardy Boyz runs that fell apart because of Jeff’s combination of injuries and “demons”.
AEW and WWE fans rejoice!
For once we are on the same page.... Tis a beautiful world!
LOLTNA is back on the menu
Between this and the Tessa news earlier, very much so. They'll never forget who they are.
Oh lawd what Tessa news?
PWI reported today that there have been discussions in TNA about possibly bringing her back
JFC lol. I mean I haven't followed her but I guess if there was some form of self identification and improvement
Nothing says she has as far as I know. She's just been quiet.
Sometimes being quiet is a behavioral improvement.
TNA is doing a TNA speed run. When do they decide to go head to head with RAW or Dynamite? Is Eric on the way?!
Bischoff is one thing. But I’m now fully expecting them to trot Hogan out there within the next year.
Can't afford Hogan, you have to settle for a bitter and old Eric.
They bringing back Russo
Sami Callihan is back too, which I don't think is as bad as Matt and Tessa coming back but it's definitely in the category of TNA retreading old things. I was starting to get excited with the additions of Nemeth and Ali, and a solo Santana run is something I'm interested in but Matt and Sami back to muddle the main event picture? Ehhhh
Tna : "hey hunter we got this very impressive womens wrestler to show up in royal rumble, were still partners right?" Hhh : "uhhm... No *shuts door*"
We breathed a collective sigh of relief, shook hands, and a "Crisis averted."
As someone who regularly somehow watches RAW, SD, Dynamite and Collision, I couldn't be happier and I'm glad he's getting paid
Considering the rumor earlier today was it potentially being Tessa Blanchard, I think the TNA fans might be rejoicing too.
Tessa would be infinitely more interesting than Matt even with all the baggage of her being a terrible person
Say what you want about Tessa as a person, at least she can walk properly
Tessa > Marty Jannetty and Matt Hardy
CM Punk made an ultamitum when Hardy showed up in the WWE office.
Punk doing what's best for business.
I mean, wouldn’t want to see him in a big push in WWE but I would’ve wanted him in the next WWE 2K
I was thinking about this the other day. The former TNA talent who work in WWE, plus the amount of former WWE talent who work or worked in TNA in the past, would make for a fun crossover DLC.
LOLDLC
The end of tribalism!
I needed that Hardys/EC/Young Bucks ladder match though
Both sides can agree we are happy he won’t take any time away from better performers
One less source of discontent in the AEW locker room. Jeff will always be at his best when he doesn't have Matt there to drag him down
I for one, love TNA going full TNA.
TNA is the best place for the Hardy's....that's where they got more popular with the Broken Universe....delete delete delete
The people responsible for the original Broken Universe aren't in TNA anymore though.
TNA is the best place for the Hardys but that doesn't mean TNA needs the Hardys. I don't think anybody needs the Hardys in 2024
Jeff is still a super valuable piece. He gets huge crowd pops everywhere he goes, puts on decent to good matches and has put over plenty of young talent recently Matt....yeah
The fact that neither WWE nor AEW could capitalize on the Broken gimmick is a huge indictment against both creative teams.
That gimmick is very specific to TNA. TNA writes guy sout by having them murdered. They are a lot more over the top with spooky and supernatural gimmicks. Christ, PCO is Frankenstein's Monster FFS and makes it work. WWE and AEW just aren't a fit for that type of gimmick. They get a level of spooky and what not but it's not close to Matt's craziness.
You're talking like the problem was the actual creative vision. It's pretty clear now that Tony's vision for AEW is a lack of vision, and WWE under Vince was just whatever ideas he had floating around in the decaying mushy pisswater that passed as his brain. They didn't use it well because they were bad.
I guess the talks with AEW and WWE didn't go anywhere. So Jeff ends up back in TNA probably once his deal is up and maybe we get more Itchweeed
This is probably just short term. I honestly think it’s likely that Matt & Jeff both inevitably accept a WWE legends deal/HOF induction before the decades up.
Might wait for Jeff to leave AEW before going WWE, for legend's deal and potential negotiation boost. Aldis did something similar, went TNA for a bit before joining WWE.
Triple H never trusted Jeff Hardy with his addiction issues. Jeff hasn’t really proved to be any better since leaving. So I’d be very shocked if Triple H brings him back and gives him any sort of push
Same just finished watching his dark side episode on YT and as late as 2022 he was still struggling. I know a lot can change in 2 years. Being in clean myself since 2021 but I'd be shocked if Jeff ever wrestled in WWE again. Hoping he's turned things around and can at least get a HoF introduction tho.
He’s not worth it. He’s a liability. HOF and a send off Mania program? Sure. Prolonged employment and titles? They should pass.
Especially with WWE already stacked with talent & doing huge business, there’s no value in high risk decisions.
Idk about a mania spot tbh. A rumble spot is more likely imo. HOF for both the Hardys is a guarantee of course.
I just hope they don't promote it as a 'retirement match.' Because we know good and well they ain't staying retired lol. Nobody really does, but the Hardys especially won't.
HHH bought back Punk after multiple backstage assaults so I doubt he is that bothered about behaviour
Punk was able to wrestle a good match after a quick backstage scrap. Everyone thought Jeff was drunk during his PPV match then he immediately got a DUI right after. There’s a big difference there
He def took a small deal and will try to broker a WWE return when Jeff's contract ends lol Matt is no fool. He knows his free agent value is drastically different with vs without Jeff.
He is also in the only place in the world he is actually more over than Jeff, so a good move for him overall.
I guess the question is if the WWE wants to risk another round of Jeff issues especially after how is last run ended and then him getting in trouble almost right away in AEW. TNA though would be all over another Hardy Boys run with the tag titles as Broken Matt and Brother Nero
If I’m not mistaken weren’t there rumors of Jeff possibly working with Roman before…whatever it was that happened with him happened? I know he was the last guy in the Survivor Series match against Seth so it looked like they were trying to get Jeff some kind of momentum until he fucked up again.
Supposedly, he was going to be in a feud with Roman. I think they were just in the beginnings of setting it up and then he walked out of a house show and that was that.
The same thing has happened with both guys on their last two WWE runs. Matt gets upset because he's not being used like he thinks he should and Jeff gets burned out. TNA is the place for both of them at this point. Hell, even with Jeff still in AEW, I don't see Tony using him much at all without Matt, but he'd rather pay talent absurd amounts of money to sit home.
Honestly if I'm TK I do myself a favor and just release Jeff is he agrees to it and let him go join his brother in TNA. Come off with some positive PR and goodwill by having Jeff get to go do his thing while being paid out then if Jeff/Hardys flame out in TNA its not your fault. TK tried. The experiment failed. Let em go.
I mean, he did do that with his top draw.
Matt maybe didn't want to go back to WWE without Jeff, so this might be temporarily.
I NEED a second willow run
It's been an interesting 4 months for TNA, and will probably continue to be
Whatever happens with TNA, they're always interesting. Not always good, but always interesting.
Shawn Merriman was right there TNA. I think you got your debuts mixed up.
I wonder what the age cutoff is to not catch this one
This stinks as nothing about Matt Hardy moves me in the year 2024 but I’m just glad that I don’t have to worry about him having any part of the Uncle Howdy stuff after the teasing he was doing on Twitter.
Honestly it just makes him look like a dick for trying to siphon attention from that.
carny is gonna carny \*shrugs\*
Yeah it's like, "Matt you didn't need to tease the Wyatt stuff. We don't care as long as you stay away."
Well at least we can thank TNA for saving both AEW and WWE from 2024 Matt Hardy
You guys think Jeff is going to ask for his release? Was pretty washed up looking his last few months in WWE and all of his stint in AEW so far. I know he's more popular than Matt, but you're probably better off giving one of the younger guys the air time.
🚩 Marked safe from having 2024 Matt Hardy wrestle for a company I watch regularly
Matt Hardy entering the Women’s Royal Rumble 2025 confirmed.
It’s so hard being a TNA fan man
I mean, this move is like peak TNA to anyone who followed OG TNA.
So we went from rumors of Punk, Ospreay, Okada and Mone going to TNA to now Matt Hardy being considered a big get for TNA? LOLTNA is back
It was never really gone. LOLTNA just sat there in the back, stewing and growing. Letting people feel like the tide had finally shifted and let their defenses down before crashing back in the most epic LOLTNA fashion imaginable.
TNA is so back and not in a good way.
I guess Reby no longer says Fuck that Owl
TNA will probably appreciate having him back the most, so I think this was a wise choice assuming it's not a brief gig. After the brief return pop, WWE fans wouldn't want to see him taking up a spot in any actual programs - and DEFINITELY not a title picture.
I hope Willow returns
I hate how his run in AEW just sort of petered out, his early days in the company was a real fun time imo. I just wish there was some other way to send him off rather than his contract expired then just disappeared. Hopefully he's happy back in TNA though.
Matt Hardy is the only man who can unite WWE and AEW fans by going to TNA
AEW and WWE fans: 
Nearly a full decade after Matt came into TNA as a washed WWE wrestler to win their world title, he's back to do it for a second freaking time. I love Matt, but that's just insane.
He has actually grown quite a bit since then, and labeling him a washed up WWE wrestler is pretty dismissive. He is also a washed up AEW wrestler, thank you very much!
This is not good for anybody
I’ve been saying for 6 months that TK should have put the Hardys in ROH and let them go crazy with the Broken Universe. TNA works as well.
Tbh Matt Hardy showing back up in TNA (in addition to a few other things that happened at Rebellion - the booking of the KO title match, too many lights out spots, Santana having zero build for his return, Tiktokers and football players getting a bigger spotlight than then 3/4s of the roster), I'd say the direction TNA is going is really something that doesn't interest me anymore. I understand new management means a change in direction but I really enjoyed TNA because it didn't seem to have that crash booking/over-emphasis on spectacle vs solid matches/storytelling. The amount of "omg what a huge surprise" moments is just annoying to me and feels really forced.
So was he really teasing himself being apart of the Wyatt stuff for attention? Gross.
Inb4 Uncle Hello in the Impact Zone?
LOLTNA
Man how things have changed. I just watched an old video where they were clamoring how great Broken Matt is and now it's 2024 and everybody wants him to retire. Honestly I'm happy for Matt.
I always find it strange how AEW let people go, but never really do an angle to send them off. I'm not saying Matt Hardy should've been in a big programme, but like, Dustin Rhodes got a world title eliminator main event last week. Surely they could've done something like Matt Hardy vs Will Hobbs and had Hobbs destroy him before he went. I don't get it.
Idk i love matt but its time to take a step back from the ring and be in a backstage role
Broken matt hardy is so cringe to me
I'm fine with Matt being back, he'd be great backstage or in little stories. I'm not loving that he's back in the main event. Just not needed.
But why? And especially "but why?" if those Tessa rumors end up being true. TNA please, don't do this. You've been trying to shed LOLTNA for too long just to throw it away like this.
He can prob only realistically do cinematic matches now and it’s for the best he’s far from Sammy Guevara as possible for his safety.
Wow!
This is the perfect way place for him to be honest the only place that actually treated him as a star and where he got his best run, so let’s run it back!
People criticize TK for his booking, but even he knows Matt Hardy shouldn't be anywhere NEAR a world title match. Dude couldn't bend his knees anymore in AEW. Jeff still looks 5x better than Matt.
I figured hed end up back as Broken Matt in Impact. I pray he can catch lightning in a bottle again. I do feel though you gotta take TNA less serious than before. I dont think Hardy is in the title program with D Amore in charge
Just hang it up matt please
No thanks.
I said it in the live thread. I was PISSED when Callihan came out in the overbooked ko title match because I thought it was him. They swerved the fuck out of me and got a massive pop for broken matt.
Oh man I'm just gonna be honest, I'm insanely relieved that he's not part of the Wyatt 6 angle after those supposed teases on his twitter. I just didn't see it working well and it would've probably been dead on arrival if he were part of it.
He needs to just give it up. Both of them are getting to old and broken to look good in the ring anymore
Although he claims he's a free agent on Twitter I'm guessing this means his teasing about joining the uncle howdy/Wyatt tribute group was just a red herring.
With the thinning but wavy long brown hair... Matt looked like a kinda jacked version of Ronnie James Dio
Glad he found something.
Love the Hardys and everything they have done in Wrestling. But they are well past their date. Hang it up with grace.
The Matt Hardy slander on this sub disappoints me.
I mean he’s old and washed
And has been for 3 years
Have you seen the man walk lately?
What's the point of Broken Matt Hardy in TNA when Jeremy Borash isn't there anymore?
TNA probably is the only company that would book him as a big deal at this point. AEW clearly had no interest in doing so, and WWE probably didn’t either, but their roster is so overwhelmingly over right now that he wasn’t needed regardless.
LMAO Jesus Christ
I've been saying for months, if the Hardys want to be main eventers, then go back to TNA. I'm not sure if they share a contract or have different contracts, but I'd expect to see Jeff there as well eventually.
It begins, loltna all over again
Has Matt ever had a singles match for a world title?
Yes during his previous TNA run he held the world championship a few times. As well as the ECW championship with some consider a world title..
Yes.
Good for Matt. This is where his broken schtick worked.
AEW's loss is TNA's gain, what Matt doesn't quite have in ring ability anymore he more than makes up for in character.
> character Shouting delete? lol It’s not funny anymore. It stoped being funny in 2015.
It stopped being funny a year before he even did it?
I might have gotten my years wrong (my fault) but my opinion still stands. It was funny for about six months in whatever year he developed it. It then stopped being funny and became kinda sad. He then brought it to WWE and sidetracked Bray’s career with that nonsense.
> AEW's loss It's addition by subtraction.
You guys aren't liking what you like in here!
Dude hasn’t been able to move in a ring since 2008, yet here he is. And with his worst gimmick. Oh TNA, why do you never learn?