#1 His prior success as a singles star
Even if the Broken gimmick is absent from the WWE, the question still remains. Why Jeff Hardy and not Matt Hardy? After all, Matt has shown himself to be a superb singles competitor over the course of his final year on the indie circuit. Well, that question was answered in part earlier in this article.
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But, the major reason beyond the physical aspect is that Jeff Hardy has shown prior success as a singles star during his time in the WWE. He has won the WWE Championship on multiple occasions and is always massively over with the WWE Universe.
Matt's singles success has all been on the indie scene and he has always fallen short of expectations when it comes to his time as a singles star in the WWE. And, we know that the WWE places more importance in the achievements of wrestlers in the company rather than outside.
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