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Matt Hardy on Monday Night Raw.
On Monday Night Raw tonight, The Hardy Boyz hinted that their “broken” gimmick might soon come to the WWE.
During an in-ring segment following the Great Balls of Fire pay-per-view, Jeff Hardy said that after they were defeated by Cesaro and Sheamus, there are some who would consider them to be “obsolete.”
A few minutes later, Matt Hardy dropped a not-so-subtle hint of his own, saying that following their match with Cesaro and Sheamus, they are just a bit “broken.”
This was just enough to get fans excited about the idea of the broken gimmick coming to the WWE, but not enough for it to actually be the official introduction. So is the gimmick coming to the WWE or not?
Well, it’s complicated, as Impact Wrestling technically owns the rights to the “broken” gimmick for now. At this point, then, it’s just a matter of whether the WWE will be able to legally acquire the rights to the broken gimmick, and the latest update is that PWInsider recently reported that a deal is nowhere close to being completed.
“While there have been a lot of rumblings that Anthem Media and The Hardys are close to a settlement in regard to the ‘Broken Hardys’ gimmick over the last several days, the word backstage at the Impact Wrestling tapings today is that it’s actually much closer to the opposite with the two sides remaining very much at odds,” PWInsider reported.
During a recent interview with Corey Graves on the WWE Network, the Hardys addressed this whole thing, with Matt Hardy saying he couldn’t really get into it “because of legal reasons.”
However, Matt Hardy still seemed pretty optimistic about the broken gimmick coming to the WWE soon.
“When it happens – I’m not even gonna say if – when it happens, it’s gonna be the most exciting thing to hit WWE programming in a long long time,” Matt Hardy said. “We’re gonna keep people guessing.”
Back in March, Matt Hardy filed an application to trademark the name Broken Matt Hardy, but this trademark request was denied, according to PWInsider. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, Matt Hardy also hired legal counsel back in April. But so far, he has not been successful at gaining ownership of the broken gimmick.
At the end of Monday Night Raw tonight, Matt and Jeff Hardy were brutally attacked by Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson, which could be the perfect way to introduce the broken gimmick. We’ll see if this happens next week on Raw.
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