However he was never going to get a World Title run, and the suggestion that he deserves it for years of service is IMO a stupid argument.
No it isn't. Why do you think KANE got his run now? He hasn't sold anywhere close to the merch that Matt Hardy does. That is a huge factor in who gets the belt. Matt is always over at live events. He'd sometimes get the 3rd biggest pop behind Taker and Rey and that is when he was stuck in some shitty feud.
Kane got his push because he is the storyline brother of the undertaker and with bringing Paul Bearer back it made sense. Plus he has already been Champion and been involved in World title pictures.
Matt Hardy was decent as a heel, but you could not run your company based on him as a champion IMO.
RVD was the biggest pop at every ECW show, but needed to wait until the ECW-WWE years to be World Champion. Pops and selling Merch is great, but thats doesn't mean your a credible champion.
Now im not saying that every World Champ has been credible, but IMO Matt Hardy would not have been credible. He was fantastic at what he did, warm up the crowd.
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