“Woken” MattHardy debuted in WWE this past week, and rumour has it that Vince McMahon has granted Matt Hardy full creative control over this character. Gilbertti can’t trust that this character will be a success in WWE because he thinks that Impact’s Jeremy Borash played a pivotal role in developing and shooting the Broken Hardy vignettes, which were crucial to the character’s rise in TNA.
Russo has a very hard time believing that McMahon is actually going to give Matt Hardy full creative control over this character, because McMahon has basically been involved in the development of every character in WWE’s history. He also points out that if McMahon didn’t come up with a certain character, he’s proven to be reluctant to position them strongly on his programming.
Lane informs that Sting has apparently been putting off his neck surgery in the hopes of having one last match. Russo questions why Sting would even want to return for one more match at this point in his career, but Gilbertti points out that Undertaker returns for one month of the year and makes $1 Million. If Sting has that type of an opportunity, who can really blame him for saying yes?
Gilbertti adds that it wouldn’t surprise him if Undertaker and Sting occurred at WrestleMania this year because apart from Roman Reigns versus Brock Lesnar, this year’s card isn’t looking very appealing right now.
That sums up today’s episode of Vince Russo’s The Brand. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya tomorrow for another recap!
