If Matt Hardy HAD to go to either TNA or ROH, which would you rather see?

**Mr. Nerfect** · 12-16-2010, 02:21 AM

I just read a Matt Hardy interview where he doesn't sound like a complete tool for the first time in months. In that interview, he talks about how he has a good relationship with Dixie Carter, but it's not a foregone conclusion he goes to TNA. He mentions ROH and how he likes the promotion and it reminds him of ECW in how guys would grow there, and then get plucked by either WWE or WCW (now known as TNA).

It got me thinking: Would Matt Hardy in ROH be a bad thing? The guy seeming bat-shit crazy aside, he's quite capable of stringing together a great match in the ring. And regardless of how loony he is, the man has lived, slept and breathed wrestling and being an attention whore for essentially his whole adult life.

Imagine if ROH picked up Matt Hardy. The guy gets booed out of the building by the smarks there. Hardy says that he has signed a contract with HDNet or whatever, and he is here to get ROH the fame and recognition in the wrestling world it deserves. It could almost be a parody of Hulk Hogan's relationship with TNA. Hardy talks about how there is so much "potential" in ROH, but the guys are so boring and don't know how to be stars. Instant heat in ROH. Hardy could even put together a team of "future Superstars" to help him gain control of the ROH "brand." He could bring Kimo in with him, since they seem to be friends, and perhaps even the amazingly talented (but also seeming to be slipping into douchebaggery) Shane Helms. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett could be the first guy who signs up with them, and you could get a pretty fucking awesome heel stable going.

I can just imagine guys like Homicide and Christopher Daniels really taking issue with Hardy being there, and talking about how ROH doesn't want to be like the WWE, and especially not TNA.

For all the solid wrestling that still goes on in ROH to this day, they haven't had the best of years. I don't know how they are doing financially, and I do hope they are turning a profit, but something like this (providing Hardy is willing to work cheap), could be a storyline that gets people buzzing about ROH. Especially if Matt Hardy brings his working boots, and is willing to go out of his way to put over the honourable guys.

To be honest, I'd much prefer this over Matt Hardy showing up and being part of Immortal -- or fighting against them. I was a mark for Matt even before Mattitude, but I just don't feel like cheering him, and I don't want to see another guy given a ticket to the top in front of guys who have been busting their asses in TNA for longer, and are actually at the stage where they could be more relevant.

12-16-2010, 02:21 AM	#1
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,536	If Matt Hardy HAD to go to either TNA or ROH, which would you rather see? I just read a Matt Hardy interview where he doesn't sound like a complete tool for the first time in months. In that interview, he talks about how he has a good relationship with Dixie Carter, but it's not a foregone conclusion he goes to TNA. He mentions ROH and how he likes the promotion and it reminds him of ECW in how guys would grow there, and then get plucked by either WWE or WCW (now known as TNA). It got me thinking: Would Matt Hardy in ROH be a bad thing? The guy seeming bat-shit crazy aside, he's quite capable of stringing together a great match in the ring. And regardless of how loony he is, the man has lived, slept and breathed wrestling and being an attention whore for essentially his whole adult life. Imagine if ROH picked up Matt Hardy. The guy gets booed out of the building by the smarks there. Hardy says that he has signed a contract with HDNet or whatever, and he is here to get ROH the fame and recognition in the wrestling world it deserves. It could almost be a parody of Hulk Hogan's relationship with TNA. Hardy talks about how there is so much "potential" in ROH, but the guys are so boring and don't know how to be stars. Instant heat in ROH. Hardy could even put together a team of "future Superstars" to help him gain control of the ROH "brand." He could bring Kimo in with him, since they seem to be friends, and perhaps even the amazingly talented (but also seeming to be slipping into douchebaggery) Shane Helms. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett could be the first guy who signs up with them, and you could get a pretty fucking awesome heel stable going. I can just imagine guys like Homicide and Christopher Daniels really taking issue with Hardy being there, and talking about how ROH doesn't want to be like the WWE, and especially not TNA. For all the solid wrestling that still goes on in ROH to this day, they haven't had the best of years. I don't know how they are doing financially, and I do hope they are turning a profit, but something like this (providing Hardy is willing to work cheap), could be a storyline that gets people buzzing about ROH. Especially if Matt Hardy brings his working boots, and is willing to go out of his way to put over the honourable guys. To be honest, I'd much prefer this over Matt Hardy showing up and being part of Immortal -- or fighting against them. I was a mark for Matt even before Mattitude, but I just don't feel like cheering him, and I don't want to see another guy given a ticket to the top in front of guys who have been busting their asses in TNA for longer, and are actually at the stage where they could be more relevant.