History Wrestling / MattHardy

** '''DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!'''

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: He and Mike Bennett, working together for Adam Cole while he was Ring Of Honor World Champion. They crossover into TerribleTrio if you include Mike Bennett's valet, Wrestling/MariaKanellis and right into FourIsDeath with Adam Cole himself.

* FountainOfYouth: The lake on the Hardy estate is seemingly able to revert people (at least temporarily) into previous gimmicks, and heal them. Jeff Hardy to Willow during the Final Deletion, Jeff to the Antichrist and back to Brother Nero and Abyss to Joseph Park during Delete or Decay. In Tag Team Apocalypto it turns Gregory Helms into both his 3 Count and Hurricane Helms gimmicks. [[spoiler: The end of "The Ultimate Deletion" has Matt submerge Bray into it — which doesn't turn Bray himself into any previous gimmick, but reforms the "possessing entity" of Bray's character, the Archangel Samael, back into who he was before Sister Abigail got to him.]]

** The whole Lita/Edge affair. Long story short, Lita and Edge [[YourCheatingHeart were having an affair]] and Matt was fired after talking about it. Eventually he was re-hired, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot and the whole scandal was made into a 'storyline']], albeit they made it look like a shoot.

* SpockSpeak: In his Broken/Woken persona, Matt tends to call something differently like [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling New Wrestling in Japan]], [[RingOfHonor The Honorable Ring]], [[Wrestling/TripleH Man with Three H's]] and [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Consumer of Terrestrial Entities]].

Matthew Moore Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er that is a former champion of The Carolinia Wrestling Federation, Maryland Championship Wrestling, New England Wrestling Alliance, Pro Wrestling Syndicate, New Frontier Wrestling Association and Wrestle Cradle. He's shown up from time to time in Wrestling/RingOfHonor and wrestled for members of the Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA too.

Ever since the introduction of the Broken Universe, he and Brother Nero became possibly the most popular element on TNA, and one of the most must-see acts in the wrestling industry. Their segments and "matches" have been analyzed everywhere and referenced all around the world, and chants of "DELETE" have become a thing between fans going throughout promotions all over the world. His new way of doing wrestling travelled all the way to WWE itself who made a segment/match between Wrestling/TheNewDay vs. Wrestling/TheWyattFamily in the style of the Broken Universe battles long before Matt returned to the company. Now, even after he let his WWE contract end and left, everyone still credits him for revolutionizing the style of cinematic wrestling that, among other things, took Wrestlemania 36 from 'disaster in the making' to 'DELIGHTFUL SUCCESS'.

More info on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Hardy his page]] at [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

* AscendedExtra: Matt and Jeff spent years as TV jobbers for WWE, and they were used to open the doors for the wrestlers at ''King of the Ring 95.''

* HarmlessElectrocution: Matt insisted to Reby Sky that a tazer wouldn't hurt too much and had Jeff demonstrate on him, [[SubvertedTrope which did nothing to convince her]].

* 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). The [[BigYes "OHHH YEAH!"]] which started off his theme music qualifies as well.

* RunningGag: Post ''Wrestlemania 34'', anytime he or Bray see a wrestler perform a fantastic move. He states that it's "WONDERFUL!" and applauds, along with asking the audience to rise in standing ovation.

** With Wretsling/{{Lita}} in WWE during the early 2000s.

However, Matt Hardy is 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/ImpactWrestling 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 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]] with [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP]], Jeff and Wrestling/BrayWyatt, 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 traveling the world seeking titles their journey lead them to the grandest stage of them all. And that's how, at ''Wrestlemania XXXIII'', after weeks of speculation and teasing, the Hardys made their return to Wrestlemania as a surprise 4th team to enter into ladder match for the tag-team titles, which they won. And with it, successfully completing their legendary Expedition of Gold.

Matt and Jeff remained battling as a tag team and competed with the current elite of tag teams on the RAW roster. Eventually they lost the titles to Cesaro and Sheamus, but despite this they remained competing on the tag division and all seemed to have landed right back on Earth for good old Matt, his "condition" having been fixed, it seemed he was "Broken" no more...

However, even then, it was clear this would be a temporary respite, as the madness clearly remained, underneath the veneer of sanity, waiting to "break" once more. And then Jeff got injured, he was repeatedly defeated by Bray Wyatt, and all of this finally took its toll on Matt; after having a new breakdown in the ring, Matt was once again engulfed in insanity. More specifically, he wasn't just Broken, but "Woken". Since then, he slowly started introducing the Broken Universe in the plane known as WWE. The buildup of his feud with Wyatt would culminate in the match referred as "The Ultimate Deletion". And just like his matches in TNA, this one must be seen to be believed.

* BattleCouple: With Reby Sky in Vendetta Pro.

Ever since the introduction of the Broken Universe, he and Brother Nero became possibly the most popular element on TNA, and one of the most must-see acts in the wrestling industry. Their segments and "matches" have been analyzed everywhere and referenced all around the world, and chants of "DELETE" have become a thing between fans going throughout promotions all over the world. His new way of doing wrestling went all the way to WWE itself who did a segment between Wrestling/TheNewDay vs. Wrestling/TheWyattFamily on WWE long before Matt came back to the company, and even after he's gone from the company, everyone credits him for revolutionize the style of cinematic wrestling that took Wrestlemania 36 from 'disaster in the making' to 'DELIGHTFUL SUCCESS'.

Ever since the introduction of the Broken Universe, he and Brother Nero became possibly the most popular element on TNA, and one of the most must-see acts in the wrestling industry. Their segments and "matches" have been analyzed everywhere and referenced all around the world (even in a Wrestling/TheNewDay vs. Wrestling/TheWyattFamily promo on WWE long before Matt came back to the company). Chants of "DELETE" have become a thing between fans going throughout promotions all over the world.

* ChekhovsGun: During the Final Deletion segment, after being thrown into Matt's lake, his nefarious brother suddenly emerged as Willow and took advantage in the fight, albeit briefly. Come Delete or Decay, it's officially called the Lake of Reincarnation and its functions is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Cranked UpToEleven. His weird attempts to mimic a British accent, often resulting in an almost unintelligible manner of speaking, fashion sense of a character created by Creator/TimBurton, excessive theatrics all add up to insanity.
* CompanionCube: Has two, Skarsgård, the golden dilapidated boat (which may or may not be sentient if ''Tag Team Apocalypto'' is to go buy) and Vanguard-1, a drone with a name that goes back to his Version 1 gimmick.

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: With some help from his wife Reby Sky and Tyrus, Matt defeated Wrestling/{{EC3}} in the Last Man Standing match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. In the process, he gave him his first official loss (although EC3 would have yet to be pinned/submitted for another few months). Had Hardy lost he would've had to leave TNA for good, though that premise was all just part of the plan.

** His current feud with Wrestling/BrayWyatt apparently falls into this, considering their bizarre gimmicks and personas.

** Thankfully, for Roman, Bray Wyatt got in the way.

** Oh yes, and, as it mentions below... Wrestling/BrayWyatt, You had to decide to get into a feud with Matt, which left him battered, beaten... oh yes, and Broken. Guess what happened over the following month?

* WhamLine: {{Subverted|Trope}}? At the 2016 ''Final Battle'' Broken Matt had certainly had something to say but whatever it was wasn't audible on the VOD due to reaction that resulted from the Hammerstein Ballroom crowd simply seeing him on the ROH screens. When they quieted down a little he announced he was coming back to get revenge on the ramshackle rednecks and make the spot monkeys obsolete… so one can assume Broken Matt still hates Jay and the WorthyOpponent status of The Young Bucks has been revoked.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: His "Broken" condition comes with a skunk stripe in his now wild hair. In his AEW debut, the white stripe is now red.

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* LockedIntoStrangeness: His "Broken" condition comes with a skunk stripe in his now wild hair.

* ActionDad: He has two children. He introduced his sons King Maxel and Lord Wolfgang to Wrestling/BrayWyatt and the WWE Universe.

However, Matt Hardy is 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 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE Tag Team Champion]] with [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP]], Jeff and Wrestling/BrayWyatt, 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]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After a heartbreaking betrayal in his personal life kicked off a decade of shaky backstage relationships, creative frustrations, multiple failed rebirths[[labelnote:see]]every "Year of Matt Hardy" claim he's given over the years[[/labelnote]] and falls off the wagon[[labelnote:see]]the multiple rows of DUI arrests that got him fired from TNA the first time[[/labelnote]], and even reaching the ultimate low of faking a thinly veiled suicide note to test his fandom, which was finally enough to piss off his friends into setting him straight; Matt has gradually picked himself back up over the past few years. Apologizing to wrestling fans in [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} some companies]] and reinventing himself as an iconic heel to them in [[Wrestling/RingOfHonor others]], he has turned his life around for the most part, earned back most of the respect he'd lost in his downfall, and become a husband to Reby Sky, father to their son Maxel, and finally, the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tna/tna-h.html TNA World Heavyweight Champion]].

* 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. For a while, the Mattitude diving legdrop on Smackdown.

** Later his little Mattitude movement became one when he added Crash Holly alongside Shannon Moore.

** ''<Insert Malaproper/NicknamingTheEnemy here>''! I knew you'd come!!

!! "I Will DELETE These Tropes" (General tropes):

** Aside from Brother Nero, the defining rivals of his Broken/Woken gimmick have been demonic characters such as Wrestling/BrayWyatt and Wrestling/{{Rosemary}} (the latter with her Decay group).

* {{CatchPhrase}}: As Broken/Woken Matt Hardy:
** Delete!
** Delightful!
** Wonderful!
** Obsolete!
** [Person's name], I knew you will come!

** "Broken" Matt Hardy is this cranked UpToEleven. His weird attempts to mimic a British accent, often resulting in an almost unintelligible manner of speaking, fashion sense of a character created by Creator/TimBurton, excessive theatrics all add up to insanity.
* CompositeCharacter: His 2017 WWE return didn't feature Matt going fully "Broken", creating a mix of his current and classic gimmicks, claiming that the ovation he and Jeff received had contained his condition. In reality, Matt and Impact Wrestling were still engaged in a lawsuit over the ownership of the "Broken" gimmick, so obviously he couldn't use it.

*** During a feud with Wrestling/BrayWyatt, though... Bray Wyatt should have noted he was still somewhat, ahem, unstable... as he was, rather than broken, WOKEN once more...
** During the European Tour the month after his Wrestlemania return, his twitter handle included [=#DELETE=] in other languages, like [=#LOSCHEN=].

* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: With some help from his wife Reby Sky and Tyrus, Matt defeated Wrestling/EC3 in the Last Man Standing match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. In the process, he gave him his first official loss (although EC3 would have yet to be pinned/submitted for another few months). Had Hardy lost he would've had to leave TNA for good, though that premise was all just part of the plan.

** Then he actually ''did'' begin to carry the TNA brand as BROKEN Matt.

* 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). The [[BigYes "OHHH YEAH!"]] which started off his theme music qualifies as well.
** When you turn on ''Impact Wrestling'' and hear the soothing sounds of Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's Moonlight Sonata, you know you're about to hear something ridiculous.

* LargeHam:
** As Matt Hardy Version 1.
** Taken to eleven (at least) as "Broken" Matt Hardy
* LaughablyEvil: His "Broken" gimmick is unlike anything in pro wrestling and it is ''hilariously'' cheese.

** (in WWE): The New Brood, with Jeff and Gangrel

* PowerTrio: Team Xtreme with Jeff and Lita, who at times bordered on the above trope, since Trish sometimes served as an unofficial fourth member. Later his little Mattitude movement became one when he added Crash Holly alongside Shannon Moore.

* RedOniBlueOni: Matt is the Blue Oni to Jeff's Red. Although "Broken" Matt is the Red, to both Jeff Hardy and Brother Nero, at least until Willow comes out.

* SiblingTeam: Guess who...

* SpockSpeak: In his Broken/Woken persona, Matt tends to call something differently like [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling New Wrestling in Japan]], [[RingOfHonor The Honorable Ring]], [[Wrestling/TripleH Man with Three H's]] and [[Wrestling/BrayWyatt Consumer of Terrestrial Entities]].

* StartOfDarkness: Edge and Lita's affair was the final nail in the coffin for the original Matt Hardy. After that, there was no going back for him, and it eventually paved the way for "BROKEN" Matt.
* TakeThatUs: Before the Eleventh Ring Of Honor Anniversary show it was announced Matt Hardy would be facing Adam Cole for the television title at the next taping. Cue Matt Hardy coming out and announcing the match between Matt Taven and Cole [[ForegoneConclusion was made as an after thought]]. Sure enough, Adam Cole lost the title to Taven so Hardy did not get a title shot [[NeverTrustATrailer as advertised]].

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Matt Hardy loves green grapes while BROKEN Matt Hardy is more into green beans.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: There is no shortage of instigators through Matt Hardy's career who had a hand in sending him on the path to becoming BROKEN, both emotionally and as a character.
** One of if not the first major "break" in his path can be attributed to Kane, Lita, and Edge. The Matt Hardy that was always in love with either Lita or his own Mattitude, the one whose biggest problems with other wrestlers were your typical onscreen feuding fare and had no negative bearing on his job security, probably would've never left WWE or would've left on good terms, nor would he have had his faux-suicide meltdown in 2011. Of course, that Matt Hardy died in 2005 and gave way to a vengeful and bitter man bent on retribution when he went through a year of futilely defending his love from Kane only to end up in the hospital, helpless to stop Kane from forcing Lita into a loveless marriage, then finding out that she'd turned romantically to his former close friend Edge behind the backs of everyone involved.
** Reby Sky and Wrestling/EC3 can safely be considered his penultimate major "break". After a path through personal hell and redemption culminated in a marriage to Reby and a son with her named Maxel, he returned to TNA to team with his brother once again, only for said brother to get injured and for both men to go singles, which ultimately led to Matt taking advantage of opportunity to beat Ethan for the TNA World Heavyweight Title. Then he effectively lost the title back to Ethan in a straight-up match at the end of a 32-wrestler tournament, and Reby encouraged him to "stop giving and start taking", setting him on the path to becoming a brand-obsessed heel schemer and declaring himself iconic.
** The ultimate "break" of course came with Jeff H…erm, Brother Nero. With Nero's disapproval of the way Matt regained the TNA World Title and then the methods he used to defend it, the brothers found themselves at odds once again.[[note]]That "once again" is another point — they've feuded with each other several times before thanks to Matt's frustration and ego kicking in.[[/note]] This only continued after he lost the championship to Drew Galloway and then they both went after it. Inevitably, this led to the Full Metal Mayhem match in which Jef…Nero dove off the top of the stage with a Swanton onto Matt through a table. The rest is history.
** Oh yes, and, as it mentions below... Wrestling/BrayWyatt, You had to decide to get into a feud with Matt, which left him battered, beaten... oh yes, and Broken. Guess what happened over the following month?

!! "BROTHER NERO TROPER! I knew you'd come." (BROKEN[=/=]WOKEN Matt Hardy tropes):

* ImTakingHimHomeWithMe: On a Reddit AMA on r/squaredcircle, someone asked if Matt was to take his BROKEN persona to WWE, who would be the first deleted. His answer? Wrestling/RomanReigns. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/4tzc2y/the_brilliance_of_matt_hardy_is_upon_you_ask_me/d5lix7q/ r/squaredcircle promptly dubbed him their new mascot.]]

* TimeAbyss: In his broken condition Matt Hardy believes his soul has existed for thousands of years and he was given access to its memories gained through other fleshy vessels. Not all souls actually live very long though, only great ones. Eventually he and Brother Nero train with the soul of the boxer Joe Frazier, reincarnated into a ''kangaroo''.

*** To gain an edge over Bray Wyatt in their feud, he told him that he and Bray's beloved Sister Abigail were lovers millennia ago, walking hand in hand in the streets of ''Atlantis''.

* KickTheDog: He constantly berated and beat on his "Mattitude Follower", Shannon Moore, for every slight and perceived failure. Then he and Shannon finally had a match on Velocity, where Matt won, but they shook hands in respect and made up afterwards.

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. After attacking his brother several times, including trying to blow him up with pyro and insinuating that he had something to do with the fire that destroyed Jeff's house and killed his beloved dog, on top of costing his brother the WWE Championship to Edge, Matt begged for Jeff's forgiveness during their "I Quit" match, in which he was hogtied to a table while Jeff was preparing a double leg drop from a rather tall ladder, including saying "I quit." It ''looked'' like Jeff was going to back down after that...only to vault himself over the ladder and leg drop Matt anyway, breaking Matt's arm in the process. Matt wouldn't be forgiven until several months down the line during his brother's famous feud with Wrestling/CMPunk, in which he had to prove himself by helping Jeff several times.

* Bu

* FountainOfYouth: The lake on the Hardy estate is seemingly able to revert people (at least temporarily) into previous gimmicks, and heal them. Jeff Hardy to Willow during the Final Deletion, Jeff to the Antichrist and back to Brother Nero and Abyss to Joseph Park during Delete Or Decay. In Tag Team Apocalypto it turns Gregory Helms into both his 3 Count and Hurricane Helms gimmicks. [[spoiler: The end of "The Ultimate Deletion" has Matt submerge Bray into it.]]

** Upon taking on his WOKEN persona and through the start of his feud with Wrestling/BrayWyatt, he has taken to referring to the latter as "the Consumer of Terrestrial Entities"[[labelnote:*]]A play on Wyatt's "Eater of Worlds" nickname.[[/labelnote]]
* OhCrap: The first part of "The Final Deletion" has Matt shooting Jeff with a "Roman candle assault rifle" while screaming "DELETE!" at him over and over. Then, Jeff gets his hands on one of his own...
-->'''Matt''': Brother Neeeero? Brother Neero? It's OVAH! ...OH SHIT! ''[[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flees]]]''\\

** The general concession of the WWE fanbase when he returned, wanting Broken Matt on WWE. At the start of 2018, [[HesBack They got him.]]
* WhamLine: {{Subverted|Trope}}? At the 2016 ''Final Battle'' Broken Matt had certainly had something to say but whatever it was wasn't audible on the VOD due to reaction that resulted from the Hammerstein Ballroom crowd simply seeing him on the ROH screens. When they quieted down a little he announced he was coming back to get revenge on the ramshackle rednecks and make the spot monkeys obsolete...so one can assume Broken Matt still hates Jay and the WorthyOpponent status of The Young Bucks has been revoked.
** After a short match against Bray Wyatt on November 27th 2017, Matt started breathing heavily from frustration... [[spoiler: [[HesBack before completely snapping and screaming "DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!"]] while performing his signature gesture. Just a week later, a video package confirmed what fans suspected. It may be [[WritingAroundTrademarks in a new "Woken" form]], but ''Broken Matt's Back''.]]

* WhereItAllBegan: His third match in the saga to rid himself of Jeff...Brother Nero...ended up taking place in a backyard.

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 [[Wrestling/DavidHeath 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.

* SincerityMode: On the ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Monday Night Raw]]'' following 1999's ''No Mercy'' PPV, Matt and Jeff go out to have a promo against Edge and Christian, when the crowd gives them a standing ovation. [[note]]As a midcarder, he expected a modicum of fan reaction, but this was a cheer worthy of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin.[[/note]] Matt was so moved that you can see him [[ManlyTears fighting not to cry.]]

* DietEpisode: During his feud with Wrestling/ReyMisterio in early 2003, Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon told Matt if he could get down to the Cruiserweight weight limit of 220 pounds (he weighed 227 at the time), she would make their match at Wrestling/WrestleMania 19 a Cruiserweight title match, as Rey was champion at the time. Cue Matt wrestling in a sauna suit for the weeks leading up to the event.