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#4 "What is this delete s***?"- AEW star Matt Hardy reveals the weird reaction of Vince McMahon on his Broken gimmick

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AEW star Matt Hardy recently revealed that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon had no idea why people were chanting 'delete' back in the day.

Back in 2016, when Matt Hardy was working with IMPACT Wrestling, he introduced his Broken Gimmick during his feud with Jeff Hardy. His new persona involved a lot of bizarre matches and storylines. Surprisingly, his innovation became very popular among the fans.

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Appearing on his first-ever Twitch stream on his YouTube channel, AEW star Matt Hardy discussed numerous topics, including Vince McMahon's reaction to Broken Gimmick. Matt Hardy stated that WWE's boss didn't really understand the in-depth about the character:

"One of the reasons I think we were asked to come back is because Vince kept saying ‘Why do these people keep saying delete? What is this delete s**t? Why do people keep going delete?’ Eventually, we spoke to him and that’s how we ended up back there. We came back, we were the Hardy Boyz and once Jeff got hurt, I was going to do a Woken Matt Hardy run,” said Hardy. (H/T - WrestlingInc)

Although Vince McMahon couldn't understand the concept behind the Broken character, he quickly acknowledged its popularity. Within a year, WWE brought Hardy Boyz back at WrestleMania 33.