Assessing The Futures Of 10 WWE Stars Who Didn’t Make Royal Rumble 2020 Cut
10. Matt Hardy
Veteran Matt Hardy was last seen getting pasted by Erick Rowan on the go-home edition of Raw before the Royal Rumble. That two-minute loss is a clear indicator of where Hardy falls in WWE's thoughts right now. He's a "jobber to the stars", or (more accurately) a "jobber to the wannabe stars".
Is that likely to change? Probably not.
Matt would've received a nice pop from the crowd in Houston had he entered the Rumble, and it's actually a surprise that he wasn't used as one of the sacrificial lambs for Brock Lesnar during the bout's first half; Hardy would've spared someone like reigning IC Champ Shinsuke Nakamura the indignity of a 20-second cameo, for example.
Recently, Matt has been dropping hints that he's heading for the WWE exit door. This does have the feeling of a last hurrah for a former favourite before he swans off to try something else. AEW, maybe? Or how about ROH again?