We can all talk about the Hardy/Edge/Lita issue. Matt was hurt and we all know that. Matt blew up the internet, Matt blew up the support of fans and Matt got the world on his side. However I want to examine some reasons that I feel that Matt isn't telling us the truth concerning his reasons for coming back to the WWE. In fact I want to turn some of them around to say what I think Matt was really saying. Keep in mind, I support Matt, I believe he was in a bad situation but on one hand Matt says one thing and then his reasons don't support what I think he stands for. Ok, here goes. These reasons may not be word for word what Matt has said but these are what I pulled from what I read and so I am wording these reasons based on my own opinion and what I made of this.

1. TV Exposure of the WWE vs. TNA

Matt had said that he was concerned about TNA not having a major TV deal. Ok, with that said Matt then why did you talk about you were happy to be free and be able to do everything you wanted to do" Matt tells us, his adoring fans that he was concerned about his exposure. This may be a valid concern but Matt, I thought it was all about freedom with you, I thought it was all about being your own man. Matt gives me the impression that unless his face is on the tube each week that he feels his wrestling career is based on that. It is not how many people see you on TV, it is how many people come to see you at the shows. The viewing public may contribute but the paying fans who are there live are who you should worry about. The WWE crowds may be bigger but what you are saying to the fans that support you is that you care more about being seen on TV than having faith in yourself in an arena full of people who came to see you. TNA does need a major TV deal and they should get one soon as they can, however does that mean that people like yourself could not have changed that" I find it strange that this man who talks about his independence doesn't seem to want to show that somewhere else and go to a place that knows how to use him properly. The TV may be the reason but I feel that Matt doesn't have faith in wrestling itself. People know that the TV helps but what goes on in the arenas is the real deal. Had Matt been a top star in the WWE which he was not then I could see the argument but here again, Matt Hardy was NOT bringing in the ratings. He wants to use his judgement for something that he does not affect or control and especially when it wasn't he the world was focused on as well. The WWE will be putting more time in Muhammad Hassan and Cena than him so the TV exposure he is worried about will be short lived at best and then what" Would it not have been better to at least test the waters and get back to wrestling grassroots like TNA is and make sure you did not burn your bridges"

2. Not being worried about money

Now Matt talks about he will be ok, he talked time and time again about how many shows he had booked and trips overseas and returning calls. Perhaps Matt was not telling us the truth. What he is really saying here is that " I don't want to worry about booking myself, when the WWE did it things were easier". It is a whole lot easier to let somebody else handle what shows you are doing and going to because if you are doing it yourself that takes up more time than you want for other things you want to do. Matt told us that he had shows booked up through the early parts of next year if not through the next year as well. If that was true then why did Matt just not go ahead and start working those shows" For a man to stand there and say he isn't worried and then do that says something totally different about what is really going on. I am sure he was being paid well but if money was the issue then the WWE must have been paying him better. So much in fact that I bet he didn't want to risk losing a regular salary and then be concerned about what happens when the buzz dies down" Matt knows that this is going to be short lived, he has to. The five minutes of fame is already over and most people are ready to move on now that he is back in the WWE. Matt is just like a lot of the other wrestlers, they don't want to work but so hard. Working too hard means you don't know where your paycheck is coming from and that makes the biggest difference in the long run doesn't it Matt" You may love your fans but you still have to eat and pay the bills and the WWE gives you that security does it not" How independent is that and does that show you have faith in yourself and controlling your own destiny" I would say no.

3. Lita

Matt has called Lita or "Amy" as she is legally named all these names. I won't say them here because I think people get the point without the trash talk. On one hand Matt says " I hate Lita" but what he is really saying is different. Matt does not tell anybody but he still loves the woman. There are pictures of his new girlfriend on his website and all of that but Matt is trying to show that he can move on in the face of despair. Is this true" I hate to say I don't believe you Matt but I do not. A lot of the fans who have a brain do not believe you either because if you want to move on then why be right back in the same hell hole around the same people that caused you the pain in the first place" I, as well as others can see that eventually he is going to take Lita back. Ever stopped to think that Matt may be doing this so that he can stay close to her" Edge and Lita are not together in real life but who would know that watching WWE TV" Matt isn't ready to let go of Lita as much as he may say it, so he needs to admit he still loves her and let that be that.

4. The angle will help boost his career

This has not come out of Matt's mouth directly however, I tend to read between the lines. By choosing the WWE after Matt was so outspoken and then to go back shows the possibility of two things. Either this was a work as some people are now calling it or Matt is in fact afraid to step out on his own. I have heard rumors that he is going to wrestle at some of the shows he supposedly set up. Matt can't possibly believe that he will be better off in the WWE for short lived success. In about a month or two this angle will be very stale. Hatred can only go on for so long until people become bored with it. He may hate Lita and Edge for years to come but the viewers won't be interested in that past the Great American Bash if they feature the angle there. Matt was a mid card guy at best and he was never a top choice for the management to push. It is true to say that Matt is one of the few guys that got every fan he earned on his own. He really did work to reach the popularity he has now. The only problem is, the WWE will put him right back into mid card hell in a few months. You can not build a career off one angle. People want to see it but one big problem that people are not recognizing is that when they played Matt's music to see what the crowd reaction, it was never needed in the first place. I never saw the WWE do something like that before to "test" a crowd reaction. As long as Matt had been wrestling there why "test" the crowd" The truth we will never know but this sounds more and more like a work every day. If Matt dreamed this up then I can not hate him for that but I can hate him for using us to get there. This angle does not have what it takes to get Matt to the top and Matt won't be a World Champion because of this and when was he traded to RAW" Is he going to be on RAW now" Interesting how he ducked the draft and was not a part of that "official" decision. If a man things that he is better off for short term benefits then he can't possibly be telling the truth. Search your mind and heart and think about it.

5. His position in WWE

If anybody thinks Matt got a new contract, more money, perhaps some perks because of this then you are wrong. If I were Matt and they wanted me to come back then I would have made some demands of my own. I guess being on RAW was the only thing Matt could get out of this. If so then that is sad. Matt never commented one time on his website about anything he may have done contract wise to get anything special for all he went through. A man as loud as he was about this should have shared the facts. I would guess contracts are legal issues but Matt seemed to want to shoot on Edge and Lita so what would stop him from telling his adoring fans that he negotiated a run with the World Title for coming back" If that had been me or you and you knew the WWE was hot for the angle then it's time to bargain. Matt will never see a World Title in the WWE and this was his perfect chance to make that happen and he didn't. If he is going to fight the power after all he has been through then why not fight for a better contract" If NWA-TNA wanted him so badly or he had all of these options, would not the job environment itself have been a factor" You don't have to be in WWE to be respected, you don't have to be on TV to be a great wrestler if you are good at what you do. Guys like CM Punk and Samoa Joe have their respect and they haven't had hardly a shred of the TV time Matt has had. Something does not sound right. Plus with the WWE firing people how do we know that Matt won't be out on his rump in a few months after this" Vince is a cold guy and if this was not a work then Vince will get Matt back by firing him after using him for what little he was worth. Vince does not have long term plans for Matt Hardy, just as he does not for Chris Jericho who I think is facing the twilight of his WWE stint. They are letting guys go to make way for guys they WANT to market. Matt does not see that after all he has been through" Brock Lesnar comes back to the WWE and they let 16 guys go and Matt does not feel the hand on his shoulder coming" Matt can't be that stupid if he thinks this situation is going to fix things and he didn't get Vince to do anything for him to come back. If they were going to do something with Matt then take a look at how long they had to do it. They never had World Title plans for Matt and Edge is closer to that title than Matt will ever be and any wrestling fan with any brains can see that something is wrong. A man who wants to be free will take his freedom and Matt hardy ran right back into bondage.

Then again that is the business of wrestling isn't it" Good luck Matt we wish you well.

by James Chason ..