Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dastardly One
The one issue is Matt Hardy was never a marquee talent. He's had good spurts throughout his career where he did quality work (Mattitude stuff was fun), but the standout "it factor" guy has always been Jeff. You could bring him in, everything he does could land/be awesome and, still, nobody would give a fuck. MAYBE if he resembled anything close to his younger self, you could get some lapsed Attitude era fans, but he just seems like some weird old guy now. Beyond that, he's niche as fuck.
|
Yeah that’s basically always been the thing with the Hardys. Matt is a solid hand but needs to get by on character work if he’s going to do anything of prominence, while Jeff doesn’t need character work and Jeff Hardy is a gimmick unto itself. Jeff is basically the “Unique” gimmick in EWR.