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'''[[MattHardy Matthew Moore Hardy]]''' is a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}}, where he began as part of the Hardy Boyz tag team with his RealLife brother [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Jeff]]. He also joined Jeff in Wrestling/{{TNA}} for the better part of 2011. He is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-euro.html WWE European Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-us-h.html WWE United States Heavyweight Champion]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Champion]], a former 6x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]] with Jeff, a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion]] with MVP, a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]][[note]]In 2001, near the end of the InVasion[=/=]Alliance feud[[/note]] with Jeff and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html WWE ECW Heavyweight Champion]].

After spending several years as a jobber in the WWF, taking part in matches against [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] and [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin The Ringmaster]], Matt finally rose to prominence after forming a tag team with Jeff, known as the Hardy Boyz. They had a variety of managers in their early years, including Michael Hayes, [[Characters/WWEDivas Terri Runnels]], and Gangrel (during which they were known as The New Brood and started their long-standing feud with Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/{{Christian}}. They gained most success when managed by Matt's real life girlfriend Wrestling/{{Lita}}, as the trio Team Xtreme.

Although both were known for a high-flying style of wrestling, Matt was always known as the more calculated and restrained of the two, known more for his "Twist of Fate" finisher than for his dives.

Over the years, Matt and Jeff would split, feud against each other, or feud against other people.

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!!'''Tropes associated with Matt Hardy:'''

* AlterEgoActing: "MattHardy Brand" and "THE MATTHEW BRAND"
* AlwaysSecondBest: Something of an Unfortunate TruthInTelevision. Jeff ultimately ended up being the Most Over Hardy in the long run, getting main even pushes while Matt wallowed in the mid/lower card. Even with Jeff's demons concerning drugs, both TNA and WWE saw more stock in him than Matt. Several of Matt's [[CainAndAbel feuds with Jeff]] involved this trope, making one wonder if Matt actually does have a chip on his shoulder.
* ArchEnemy: Edge, for many reasons, both {{Kayfabe}} and RealLife.
** Not as much in recent years. He wished Wrestling/{{Edge}} well after his retirement, stating that they have both started and ended as friends.
* TheArtifact: Even though Matt no longer uses the "Version 1" gimmick, he and his fans still flash the "V1" hand signal as shown.
* AttentionWhore: The entire thing of what seemed to be his life spiraling down and him planning to commit suicide. After tons of cryptic messages that gave the outright impression he was going to commit suicide. End result of it was him doing a work and just doing it to "test his fans" and advertise his "rebirth".
** The fake suicide note caused a genuine panic, with many people actually calling the area police department and getting them to check on him. There was a '''massive''' backlash when it was revealed to be fake. In addition to angering fans, this stunt also upset his friends and his sister-in-law.
* BerserkButton: Don't you dare give him purple grapes; MATTHEW only eats green grapes.
* BreakupBreakout: At first, Matt was the Michaels during his Matt Hardy V1 gimmick, during Jeff's first run in TNA. Then the whole Matt/Lita/Edge love-triangle happened, Jeff re-signed with the WWE and became world champion, and Matt became the Jannety whilst still remaining successful. However, after Jeff left the WWE, Matt squandered in the lower card before they both wound up in TNA, where Jeff became the centerpiece of [[PowerStable Immortal]] whilst Matt [[DemotedToExtra became a background player in the same stable]].
** At least until Jeff's drug problems got to the point where TNA decided he couldn't work and sent him home. Now Matt's suddenly become one of the main wrestlers of the group...
*** ...until Matt got put on suspension for chronic lateness and then fired after a DWI.
* CainAndAbel: With Jeff when feuding against each other.
* CloudCuckooLander: He has two Website/YouTube channels, one for "MattHardy", in which he acts weird, but is a typical vlog-style channel, and one for "MATTHEW" ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS "ALL CAPS!"]]) where he speaks vague pseudo-philosophy, burns money, shows off his weapon collection, drinks beer, and eats grapes. Lots of grapes.
* FinishingMove: Twist of Fate/Hate in Wrestling/{{WWE}}[=/=]Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Ice Pick in Wrestling/{{TNA}}. Early on in WWF he also had a nice 450 splash.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He pulled off his heel turns better than Jeff.
* IncomingHam: As Version 1 - It started with a web search for Matt Hardy, which then "loaded" the titantron before Matt made his way to the ring, with the screen formated to resemble the then-current look of Windows Media Player, whilst "Matt Facts" appeared on the left of the screen (Usually, these were useless bits of trivia).
* LargeHam: As Matt Hardy Version 1.
* [[WomanScorned Man Scorned]]: Infamously during 2005.
* RedOniBlueOni: Matt is the Blue Oni to Jeff's Red.
* RedBaron: "Cold Blooded"
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: After his DWI arrest in August 2011, Hardy was released from TNA.
* [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Screw the Money, I have Grapes]]: In one MATTHEW video, he claims the million dollars or so he has earned in the past decade is worthless, save to buy grapes.
* SiblingTeam: Guess who...
* SmallNameBigEgo:
** As Version 1.
** Claimed on Twitter that it was because of him that TNA saw an increase in their ratings following his debut in the company. Apparently, he thinks he's a bigger draw than Wrestling/KurtAngle, who returned at the same time Matt made his debut.
* [[SpellMyNameWithAThe Spell My URL With a The]]: Originally named his official site [=http://www.thematthardy.com=], later changed to [=http://www.thematthardyshow.com=], leading to [[Wrestling/GailKim other]] [[Wrestling/ShawnMichaels wrestlers]] taking the same approach for their sites.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Grapes.
* WorkedShoot[=/=]RealLifeWritesThePlot: The whole Lita/Edge affair. Long story short, Lita and Edge were having an affair and Matt was fired after talking about it. Eventually he was re-hired, and the whole scandal was made into a storyline, albeit they made it look like a shoot.
** The "MATTHEW" videos were a work to get himself fired from WWE, as he had wanted a release for a while, but some people took them seriously including [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]].
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