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* CreatorBacklash: Matt would later apologize for the infamous "suicide note" video, which he meant to symbolize a persona change, but ended up coming off in poor taste.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: His friendship with Wrestling/{{Edge}} was completely wrecked after he found out about Edge's affair with Lita. It took years for them to repair the damage, and while they're friends again, by all accounts they're not as close as they used to be.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: His friendship with Wrestling/{{Edge}} Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}} was completely wrecked after he found out about Edge's affair with Lita. It took years for them to repair the damage, and while they're friends again, by all accounts they're not as close as they used to be.



* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have three sons together.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}.Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have three sons together.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: His friendship with Wrestling/{{Edge}} was completely wrecked after he found out about Edge's affair with Lita. It took years for them to repair the damage, and while they're friends again, by all accounts they're not as close as they used to be.



* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Universe" gimmick belonged to them. This was the main reason why Matt couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick when he made his return to WWE. After something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally became the sole owner of all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights (name-wise at least) in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" Matt Hardy was (re)born.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble Double J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Universe" gimmick belonged to them. This was the main reason why Matt couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick when he made his return to WWE. After something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally became the sole owner of all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights (name-wise at least) in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" Matt Hardy was (re)born.
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* FanNickname: Fat Hardy, sometimes spelled with two Ts.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was a major candidate for being the Wrestling/DarkOrder's Exalted One in AEW.

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* BigNameFan: Wrestling/TheYoungBucks/Generation Me are this to him and Jeff. So much that they got supporting roles on the concluding episodes of Matt's [=#FreeTheDELETE!=] video series.



* TechnologyMarchesOn: The "Matt Facts" graphic from his Version 1 run was modelled to resemble the then-current version of Windows Media Player. When it returned in AEW (as "Matter of Fact"), it was updated to instead resemble [=YouTube=]'s video player.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The "Matt Facts" graphic from his Version 1 run was modelled to resemble the then-current version of Windows Media Player. When it returned in AEW (as "Matter of Fact"), it was updated to instead resemble [=YouTube=]'s Website/YouTube's video player.player.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Universe" gimmick belonged to them. This was the main reason why Matt couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick when he made his return to WWE. After something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally became the sole owner of all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights (name-wise at least) in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" Matt Hardy was (re)born.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Universe" gimmick belonged to them. This was the main reason why Matt couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick when he made his return to WWE. After something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally became the sole owner of all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights (name-wise at least) in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" Matt Hardy was (re)born.(re)born.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The "Matt Facts" graphic from his Version 1 run was modelled to resemble the then-current version of Windows Media Player. When it returned in AEW (as "Matter of Fact"), it was updated to instead resemble [=YouTube=]'s video player.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have two sons together.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have two three sons together.
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* BigNameFan: Wrestling/TheYoungBucks/Generation Me are this of he and Jeff.

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* BigNameFan: Wrestling/TheYoungBucks/Generation Me are this of he to him and Jeff.Jeff. So much that they got supporting roles on the concluding episodes of Matt's [=#FreeTheDELETE!=] video series.
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** 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, while Jeff was given a second chance and redeemed himself.
** And then right back into things as Matt's taken on the "Broken" persona, almost single handedly running the feud with Jeff, as despite having being considered for years to have been ''the'' {{Cloudcuckoolander}}/BunnyEarsLawyer of pro wrestling, Jeff now can't seem to hold a candle to the kind of [[LargeHam ham]] Matt's been pulling out.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: After his DWI arrest in August 2011, Hardy was released from TNA.

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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: After his DWI DUI arrest in August 2011, Hardy was released from TNA.

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** By the time he introduced his "WOKEN" persona in his recent WWE run, he's now used the term "WOKEN Warriors" towards the fans.



* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Universe" gimmick belonged to them. This was the main reason why Matt couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick when he made his return to WWE. After something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally became the sole owner of all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" Matt Hardy was (re)born.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Universe" gimmick belonged to them. This was the main reason why Matt couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick when he made his return to WWE. After something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally became the sole owner of all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights (name-wise at least) in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" Matt Hardy was (re)born.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE. After a few months, Matt finally got it back and started using a variant of it called "Woken" in the WWE so he can hold on to the Broken Matt gimmick rights himself.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who lawyers (later revealed to have been sent by none other than [[Wrestling/JeffJarrett Doble J]] himself), who made the claim that the "Broken Matt" Universe" gimmick belongs belonged to them. This is was the main reason why Matt cannot couldn't use the "Broken" gimmick in when he made his return to WWE. After a few something close to eight months, and plenty of nasty public and private fights between House Hardy and the Owl, Matt finally got it back and started using a variant became the sole owner of it called all the rights for use of the "Broken Universe" gimmick on any promotion he wished to. Of course, WWE being who they are, preferred to create a modified version in order to keep the rights in case Matt leaves. And thus "Woken" in the WWE so he can hold on to the Broken Matt gimmick rights himself.Hardy was (re)born.
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* CreatorBreakdown: After Lita cheated on him with Edge, Matt's personal life went into a complete downward spiral, as he was completely unable to move on from it (as indicated by how he posted a reenactment of their breakup on his [=YouTube=] channel no less than three years after they broke up). This translated into his WWE career, where he found his position on the card slowly and gradually diminished, and by 2010 he was making attempts to get himself fired (which he eventually was). Then came 2011, where, after his brother Wrestling/JeffHardy's infamous ''Victory Road 2011'' disaster, Matt somehow made Jeff the more ''responsible'' Hardy brother by posting a fake suicide note video on his [=YouTube=] channel. People were genuinely distressed and called the cops on him, and when it was revealed to be a ''work'' to advertise the "rebirth" of his career, there was massive backlash, not only from his fans, but also from his friends, including his sister-in-law. Since then, Matt has worked to get his life back together and has mostly succeeded, and now used the fodder from all this as fuel for his "Broken" gimmick, which many consider to be the greatest work of his career.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE. After a few months, Matt finally got it back and started using it in WWE.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE. After a few months, Matt finally got it back and started using a variant of it called "Woken" in WWE.the WWE so he can hold on to the Broken Matt gimmick rights himself.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE.

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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE. After a few months, Matt finally got it back and started using it in WWE.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son two sons together.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.together.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.together.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: By Impact Wrestling's lawyers, who have made the claim that the "Broken Matt" gimmick belongs to them. This is the reason why Matt cannot use the gimmick in WWE.
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* FanCommunityNickname: "The Broken Bandwagon". They all want to jump on, he does not need you! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction On the other hand]], you are either with him or you are a brother Nero, so...

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* FanCommunityNickname: "The Broken Bandwagon". They all want to jump on, he does not need you! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction On the other hand]], you are either with him or you are a brother Nero, and those he deems more useful/loyal to the cause of the "Great War" are instead referred to as "The Broken ''Brotherhood''", so...
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* FandomCommunityNickname: "The Broken Bandwagon". They all want to jump on, he does not need you! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction On the other hand]], you are either with him or you are a brother Nero, so...

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* FandomCommunityNickname: FanCommunityNickname: "The Broken Bandwagon". They all want to jump on, he does not need you! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction On the other hand]], you are either with him or you are a brother Nero, so...
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* FandomCommunityNickname: "The Broken Bandwagon". They all want to jump on, he does not need you! [[ImmediateSelfContradiction On the other hand]], you are either with him or you are a brother Nero, so...
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* BigNameFan: The Young Bucks/Generation Me

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* BigNameFan: The Young Bucks/Generation MeWrestling/TheYoungBucks/Generation Me are this of he and Jeff.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}. Eventually, he got married to fellow professional wrestler Reby Sky, and the couple have a son together.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Ashley Massaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}.

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* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Ashley Massaro Wrestling/AshleyMassaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}.
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* FanNickname: Fat Hardy, sometimes spelled with two Ts.
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* FakeNationality: American, billed from UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} during their short-lived Jynx Brothers gimmick in WWE in 1995.

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* FakeNationality: American, billed from UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} during their short-lived Jynx Brothers gimmick in WWE in 1995.1995.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: After his DWI arrest in August 2011, Hardy was released from TNA.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Reportedly dated Ashley Massaro for a little while. And of course, there's the whole debacle with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Edge}}.
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* FakeNationality: American, billed from UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} during their short-lived Jynx Brothers gimmick in WWE in 1995.

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