10 Wrestlers WWE Should Retain If They Buy TNA

5. Matt Hardy

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There’s a strong chance that WWE will be looking at both Hardy Boyz should the deal go through, but Jeff’s history outside the ring makes things difficult on his end. Matt, however, would represent an incredibly straightforward acquisition for the company, and with WWE already interested in signing him when his current TNA deal expires, he’ll almost certainly receive a contract offer in the near future.

“Broken” Matt Hardy has been a tremendous success for TNA. Creative, bewildering, brilliant and ridiculous: the act is all these things and more. Matt has successfully reinvented himself with one of the most bewilderingly over-the-top characters in mainstream wrestling history, and he’s been a huge viral smash. The Final Deletion brought more attention than the company’s had in years, and its follow-up, Delete or Decay, somehow topped its absurd excellence.

Look, in the space of a few segments, Matt Hardy was able to get his gardener, drone, and (dilapidated) boat more over than 75% of the WWE roster. If that alone isn’t grounds to bring him back, I don’t know what is.

WWE have already aped the angle through The New Day’s brawl at the Wyatt Family compound, and while they’d likely find a way to water “Broken” Matt down, who wouldn’t want to see Hardy bring the act to the biggest stage?

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