10 Gimmick Changes That Saved Dying Careers

#5 Matt Hardy Becomes 'Broken Matt Hardy'

Wonderful!

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.

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.