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Matt Hardy and WWE Exchange BROKEN Tweets on Social Media

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The situation between WWE, ROH, Impact Wrestling and the Hardys continues to get weirder. The current belief is the Hardys’ contracts with ROH do not extend passed Supercard of Honor. It is believed they will be headed to WWE after that.

WWE and Matt Hardy exchanged a few ominous tweets recently. Tweets which made reference to the #BROKEN universe which Impact is attempting to claim as their creation.

Notice the all-caps treatment of the word “Broken”. Matt Hardy responded:

Who Owns the #BROKEN Universe?

When the Hardy brothers signed with Ring of Honor wrestling, Anthem Sports and Entertainment (Impact owners) sent out cease and desist letters to the promotion and the cable companies carrying ROH PPVs. Anthem is claiming that the #BROKEN storyline was an Impact Wrestling creation, and thus belongs to them.

The Hardy family, most notably Reby, dispute that Impact played a role in developing the characters. In response Impact has placed “TM” trademark signs next to all of the YouTube videos featuring Matt Hardy and his family.

There is also vagueness in the law here, as Matt Hardy has been using the character on the indie scene in addition to on Impact. As such his claims to ownership of his character might fit under the “Gangrel” precedent. David Heath, former leader of the Brood, was involved in a legal battle over the name “Gangrel” with WWE and the makers of a vampire-based roleplaying game which claimed the character was based on one which appeared in their game. A judge in that case eventually ruled that since Gangrel had been using the name while performing for years, he was the true owner of the name.

Regardless, we should find out in a few weeks if WWE (assuming the Hardys go there) decides to run with the #BROKEN angle, or go back to the old Hardy team previously used in the WWE.

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