#3 Manager

This might arguably be the best option on the table. While Matt Hardy is a very experienced in-ring worker, his exploits in recent years have garnered more attention outside of the ring.
Matt Hardy birthed a wonderful character in the Broken version of himself, and just because he's no longer wrestling doesn't mean that we can't have the character as a manager for someone else - say an upcoming NXT talent, Bray Wyatt or even his own brother Jeff Hardy.
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Jeff Hardy has been veering more towards the Brother Nero and Willow characters we've saw him become in the past, so becoming a fully-fledged Woken Warrior, as we've only seen glimpses of in WWE, may be a great idea, and with Matt in his corner, Jeff could be unstoppable!

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