So Matt Hardy can't even use that accent, the laugh?!

[Cartier Murphy]

Skaarsgawd the dilapidated GOAT is now all gold?

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

The boat is NO LONGER DILAPIDATED

 

[Norrin Radd]

That WWE stimulus package

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

The Fukkery coming together

 

[John Reena]

Da pop for Vanguard I first night on RAW.

 

[THE 101]

This is so petty.. I understand this is "good business" but tna has made all the money they will ever make on that gimmick its not like they can give it to someone else.. just sell it to wwe and keep it moving..

You act like WWE wouldn't do the exact same thing, and haven't' bee doing the exact same thing to companies for decades.

 

[Rayzah]

You act like WWE wouldn't do the exact same thing, and haven't' bee doing the exact same thing to companies for decades.

They petty too but it's not as impactful cause when you leave WWE it's easier to ignore. I think the thing with Cody roades is fukked up too

 

[Heelish]

Just call him Fractured Matt Hardy and be done with it....

Offbrand renaming is some TNA shyt in itself.

 

[Francis White]

Da pop for Vanguard I first night on RAW.

Flying down from the rafters. King Maxwell in hummer golf cart.

 

[Konnan]

A lot of people will want to know about the relationship with the Hardys.

"I think it's unquestionable that the ownership of the characters in the storyline resides in Impact Wrestling. I don't think even the Hardys would dispute that. They've all signed contracts. Their contracts are standard contracts. Not only in the wrestling industry, but in the entertainment industry, generally, the producer of the show owns the content and it doesn't really matter who in the creative team came up with the idea of what the character should be. The person that owns the storyline and the character is the person who invested to take that idea and put it on TV. That's what we did. Impact put those characters on TV, and the contracts with those people are indisputably contracts that provide their IP to Impact

Are you open to speaking and sitting down with the Hardys?

"Oh, of course. I was open to speaking before and I'm open now. We've offered many times to find an arrangement with the Hardys that would allow them to continue to use the gimmick within reasonable parameters as to what's important to us and what would be important to them. I understand with the dynamic of their move to the WWE and drama with which they created that launch – I understand their plan to create maximum "heat" in that period from when they announced to us that they weren't going to sign the contracts, to the date that they revealed their new location. But I kinda half-expected that once that had been achieved, the thing would die its own natural death because as far as I know, the WWE doesn't want the gimmick, and indeed, from every conversation I've had with them, I've been told they have no interest in it."

So they're not actively pursuing it from you.

"Oh god, no. We've been in communication because there's all this chatter about how we're keeping it from them. [Laughs] I'm taking heat because I'm keeping something from you. If you want it, why don't you call me? And their answer to me has been, 'No, not interested.'"



Back in March, the Hardys appeared on a Ring of Honor event in Manhattan announcing they would be appearing on the following Friday's pay-per-view. What had come out was that on Friday, ROH was notified a few hours before the pay-per-view to stop utilizing these characters on their broadcast.

"We had conversations with the Ring of Honor people before the Manhattan event as to what I was gonna be good with and what they were good with. I thought we had an understanding as to where the line was going to be, and they communicated to me that they understood our position and would honour it. It became apparent in the day before the pay-per-view event that whatever Ring of Honor was putting forward as to who was showing up, who was being teased, and actually who they intended to appear was going to be the [Broken Hardy] characters. We did what people who own intellectual property do. You can't do that. We had an understanding. You're not living by that understanding.

 

[mrken12]

We probably won't ever see the Broken character in the WWE.

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

Yeah at this point it's looking mad unlikely

 

[InstantKlassik]

Its over for Matt

Jeff gone eat regardless tho

 

[TransJenner]

At least it was fun while it lasted

 

[Norrin Radd]