5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Dec 8)

4. Matt Hardy Is Finally WOKEN

WOKEN Matt Hardy
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On this week's RAW, Matt Hardy finally awoke from months of pure post-Jeff pish, thanks to the "consumer of terrestrial entities", Bray Wyatt. Their shared segment was fabulous. Hardy's fanciful boasts of meditating atop the pyramids of Giza and battling alongside Genghis Khan were great lines, but his inimitable, Christmas ham delivery was the best present the tedious fringes of Monday nights could hope for. It accomplished the impossible: WWE have allowed an outside creation on their own programming, and treated it, at least initially, with the due respect.

For how long can this continue? Will WWE actually allow Matt to get away with his brilliance, even if it's firmly outside of the main event scene?

What's even nuttier is that Bray Wyatt was actually part of something entertaining. Given the 2017 he's had, this was equally inconceivable - if not more so - than WWE breaking the habit of a lifetime. His promise to sentence Bray Wyatt to DELETION was received rapturously by an otherwise dead crowd.

You can't take any of this batsh*t crackers stuff literally, of course, but it would be DELIGHTFUL if Hardy deleted the Bray Wyatt character once and for all. Hopefully, Matt feuds with Kane next.

And then Stephanie McMahon.

And then Shane.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!