7 Ups & 5 Downs From AEW Dynamite (Nov 11)

3. Matt Hardy's About Face

Matt Hardy
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Highlights from Full Gear's Elite Deletion played as Matt Hardy cut a promo on Sammy Guevara, saying the duo had done everything they could to try and end each other's career over the past eight months. Now, however, Guevara had earned respect through toughness and resilience, with Hardy urging Sammy to not "squander what I have given you."

Rather than feeling like a believable change in attitude from Hardy, this felt like a sudden about face. Matt went from literally trying to end Sammy's career by sandwiching his bloody skull between concrete and steel to lifting him up. It came too soon, too fast, and felt too under-developed to buy into, but at least the snakebit feud is over.

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