10 Gimmick Changes That Saved Dying Careers

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#5 Matt Hardy Becomes 'Broken Matt Hardy'

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After some time spent climbing through the ranks in TNA, Matt Hardy won the World Heavyweight Championship in 2015. He would vacate it shortly after, and win it a second time from EC3 in January 2016, turning heel in the process.

Matt's heel run was decent, but didn't really offer anything in a heel, that we hadn't seen previously, especially with him having similar traits to EC3. It almost seemed like Matt was becoming a little washed up, until he took a huge risk and did something crazy. Like, actually crazy.

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Matt proclaimed himself to be a 'Broken' man, blaming Jeff Hardy for breaking him. Matt bleached part of his hair blonde and spoke with a strange sophisticated accent. Matt then introduced us to The Final Deletion. His goofy, b-movie antics and acting would not only turn him into a babyface but make him, perhaps, the most talked about wrestler in all of 2016.

Even to this day, WWE has allowed Matt to have a WWE version of the character, 'Woken' Matt Hardy, which hasn't been as entertaining, but still has time to repeat the incredible success he had in TNA.

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