The relationship between The Hardys and Impact Wrestling has never been worst.
Yesterday (Fri. March 10, 2017) ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy defended their Ring Of Honor (ROH) Tag Team Championships at the ROH 15th Anniversary pay-per-view (PPV). PWInsider reports that due to legal issues Hardy was unable to act out his ‘Broken’ gimmick on the PPV, as Anthem issued a cease and desist order to the PPV providers. The report also suggests that this is not an order from Jeff Jarret, but Anthem who believes that the gimmick is ‘their intellectual property.’
Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordholm took to Twitter to thank Matt for his time with the company, and noted that his ‘Broken Brilliance’ will be left behind in Impact:
We thank @matthardybrand for a superb performance in Broken Universe. May the seven deities guide with their Broken Brilliance left behind
— Ed Nordholm (@EdNordholm) March 10, 2017
Broken Universe will always be here. Kudos to the creative team behind the vision @JeremyBorash @paradysexoxo @Lagana @Billy
— Ed Nordholm (@EdNordholm) March 10, 2017
This sparked a vicious Twitter rant from Matt’s wife, Reby Hardy, who revealed that Impact is suing The Hardys over their ‘Broken’ gimmick, and even tried to attack her father as well. She also stated “Good luck explaining to your talent that their pay checks are late (again) because you’re spending all your $$ suing the Hardys.” Check it out:
“LMAO F–K YOU GUYS @EdNordholm @RealJeffJarrett @IMPACTWRESTLING. MORE than happy to play this game Can we just talk about how many times Matt’s contract could have been broken due to NUMEROUS issues on TNA end and never made a fuss about sh*t, but MFers wanna try & come at us NOW, *after the fact*?! Don’t you have an owl to promote or some sh*t!? Or – I dunno – a company to “make great”? Instead of acting like the petty little bi**hes you are????
“Speaking of petty, nice video package on TNA’s “history”: with NO visual or mention of Jeff – who gave his all for 7 YEARS – or Kurt?! But y’all sure made sure to get those two video ID shoots of Jeff Jarrett in there LMAO. But it’s “just business, brother”, right? PETTY. Everything these boys have done for the company & you wanna try & f–k us for the sake of it. Literally no other reason except YOU MAD lol.
“How about my husband leaving me A DAY AFTER GIVING BIRTH to make your TV tapings? That’s how dedicated this MFer was to the company. How about how the 3 highest rated TV segments of 2016 were financed by HARDYS solely to help the product & because they BELIEVED IN TNA. Or ALL THE SH*T TALKING BY JJ throughout contract negotiations & Matt was STILL THERE, professional & trying to make things work for 2017!
“Oh & this the best part…these MFers trying to come after SEÑOR BENJAMIN. LMAO I CANT. “Señor Benjamin” – my dad, by the way – who was never paid a dime by the company & who was obviously never under contract. Not that those contract things mean anything to TNA. Until after they’re over or until 3 days before they expire, apparently.
“Funny thing is, everyone who ever actually had anything to do with #BROKEN Matt Hardy has our back on this. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU? D**n near 20% of your roster leaving in the span of a week, all citing the same reasons or none at all. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
“And then a fakea** “wishing you well” tweet from @EdNordholm, mere HOURS before threatening to sue us. SUCH A FITTING END, MAN. Seriously, you couldn’t write this sh*t. Well. TNA couldn’t write this sh*t. Any writers worth a sh*t left too! Real cute how TNA can go radio silent for WEEKS (with exception of nonsensical drunk texts from JJ) but we get a 2 hour deadline to respond. F–k you think this is, “Taken”? LOL I can’t.
“Good luck explaining to your talent that their pay checks are late (again) because you’re spending all your $$ suing the Hardys. And f–k that owl.”
