Executive Vice President of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Ed Nordholm did an interview with Sports Illustrated where he said he’s done with talking to Matt and Jeff Hardy. Ed said Anthem and the Hardy Boyz couldn’t come to any kind of deal. While Dave Meltzer said on a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio that this is probably a negotiation tactic it does mean GFW is playing hardball.
Meltzer summarized the Anthem exec’s statement by saying “‘it’s our property, if they want to get it they can sue us’. The whole thing is they believe in a court that they will come out on top because of the contract” Dave continued. “And whatever terms [Anthem] wanted, I guess they didn’t get it. The Hardys thought there was an agreement in place and then [Anthem] stalled on the agreement.”
“The reason [The Hardys] started teasing the gimmick hard a couple of weeks ago on Raw was because they thought that the deal was done and they were just waiting for the signature and then the signature never came. Jeff Jarrett did the interview saying they weren’t even close to a deal and The Hardys found out through that interview that in fact even if they thought they had a deal they weren’t even close to a deal.”
Matt and Jeff were using Billy Corgan as an intermediary in discussions with Anthem, but things unraveled from there.
But in the end, Anthem Sports has a very valuable asset on their side and that is time. The longer they drag this situation out could mean the less value the Broken Universe has. WWE won’t touch the Broken gimmick until the Hardys own it and Anthem knows that.
It might be possible to come to some kind of agreement, but Anthem doesn’t seem to be getting any softer in their negotiation techniques.
It’s been a busy week full of news. If you’d like to catch up on some of the top stories from this week, check out some of the links below:
- Seth Rollins and Reby Hardy respond to Donald Trump banning transgenders in the military
- Alberto El Patron remains suspended from GFW despite being cleared in Orlando airport incident
- Rumor Killer On Paige Arrest Warrant Story
- Road Dogg responds in epic fashion to all those #FireRoadDogg tweets
- This is personal…Reby Hardy rips on Jeff Jarrett, Ed Nordholm and Global Force Wrestling again
- AJ Styles was supposed to win his match against Kevin Owens at WWE Battleground
- Update on possible SummerSlam plans for The Great Khali
- SummerSlam plans for Big Cass, is he working out as a top heel?
- Kurt Angle receives praise for his acting in Jason Jordan story line
- WATCH: AJ Styles throws out first pitch at Phillies baseball game
- Two Japanese pro wrestlers involved in stabbing incident
- WATCH: Roman Reigns is back to putting Braun Strowman through a table
- Alberto El Patron reportedly no longer suspect in domestic violence investigation
