he Hardys may also have a legal edge in their pending lawsuit against Anthem. Impact did not pay for any of the “Broken” shoots on the Hardy compound, nor did Impact ever pay rent for filming an entire episode of Impact on-location on Matt Hardy’s property. Reby has tweeted that there were never any child labor laws signed when her son, Maxel, appeared on Impact television, nor was her father, who played the role of Senor Benjamin, ever paid for his appearances.
I don't believe that they actually wanted that deal, I think they just wanted to be able to say "we tried to make a deal but the Hardy's didn't accept it. Don't blame us." They had to know nobody's dumb enough to a sign a 50% 360 deal in 2017.