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6. Broken
It seemed a rather cliched take to assume that WWE would ruin Matt Hardy's 'Broken' gimmick as soon as they got their hands on it. But WWE have ruined Matt Hardy's 'Broken' gimmick.
It went out in style at least.
Nobody loses to Bray Wyatt without beating him more, so Matt will undoubtedly rebound from this moribund Manhattan Center defeat, but the character he rejuvenated his entire career with in TNA is already a desperately dead horse WWE will now flog for months until the crowd are asking for Hardy's entire back catalogue to be deleted.
Losing in front of an audience duty-bound to adore him was the icing on WWE's poisoned $400 cake. The responses from audiences to Hardy have been gradually decreasing by the week as the company pull the curtain further and further back on the twisted persona, but the 'ITK' followers in the smaller venue seemed determined to treat him like a major star before the loss.
Speaking of major stars, one actually turned up when the cameras were turned off. Appearing for the live crowd only, Jeff Hardy left the supposedly live poker game on Raw to classify himself as obsolete for the benefit of an overjoyed audience. Would have looked nice on telly, that.