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ParanoidObsessive 12/08/17 3:51:14 PM #476:	Zeus posted... Wait, has Woken Matt become a thing on television now? Yes. Matt filed a claim on the "Broken" gimmick, and because of how legal stuff works, Impact would have had to step up and file an objection and then be willing to fight him in open court over it. But Impact is basically hemorrhaging money, so they openly admitted they're not going to bother. So, for all intents and purposes, Matt owns the "Broken" gimmick now. He's going to use "Woken" Matt Hardy in the WWE though, because apparently he worked out a deal with Vince where it will essentially be the same character, but the WWE can trademark and sell merch based on it, and if he ever leaves, he can still go back to being "Broken" in the indies or in other promotions. It's pretty much the best-case scenario in terms of how the rights are going to be handled. So now all we have to do is wait and see how the WWE manages to fuck the gimmick up with poor writing and not supporting Matt's vision. (That being said, supposedly Vince is currently strongly behind Matt having creative freedom to do what he wants with it, so a combination of TV time and doing his own thing online might still keep him strongly over. As long as the creative department doesn't resent him for it and constantly book him in bullshit angles, and as long as Vince doesn't sour on the idea eventually, it could be good.) --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:891837711] in All Geek's... [t:75748636]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Wait, has Woken Matt become a thing on television now? </quote> Yes. Matt filed a claim on the "Broken" gimmick, and because of how legal stuff works, Impact would have had to step up and file an objection and then be willing to fight him in open court over it. But Impact is basically hemorrhaging money, so they openly admitted they're not going to bother. So, for all intents and purposes, Matt owns the "Broken" gimmick now. He's going to use "Woken" Matt Hardy in the WWE though, because apparently he worked out a deal with Vince where it will essentially be the same character, but the WWE can trademark and sell merch based on it, and if he ever leaves, he can still go back to being "Broken" in the indies or in other promotions. It's pretty much the best-case scenario in terms of how the rights are going to be handled. So now all we have to do is wait and see how the WWE manages to fuck the gimmick up with poor writing and not supporting Matt's vision. (That being said, supposedly Vince is currently strongly behind Matt having creative freedom to do what he wants with it, so a combination of TV time and doing his own thing online might still keep him strongly over. As long as the creative department doesn't resent him for it and constantly book him in bullshit angles, and as long as Vince doesn't sour on the idea eventually, it could be good.) --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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