{"id":15892,"date":"2018-03-21T20:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=15892"},"modified":"2018-03-21T20:30:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T00:30:17","slug":"the-ultimate-deletion-a-historical-summary-and-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/03\/21\/the-ultimate-deletion-a-historical-summary-and-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Deletion: A Historical Summary and Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em>Bray Wyatt looks to finish off \u201cWoken\u201d Matt Hardy in the confines of the Hardy Compound with The Ultimate Deletion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">November 27, 2017 &#8211; After a hard defeat to <strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong>, <strong>Matt Hardy<\/strong> would sit in the corner in pain, screaming \u201cdelete\u201d in a forward arm motion hinting the return of the \u201cBroken\u201d character made famous on <em>Impact Wrestling<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt: Raw, Nov. 27, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IeJJFzBwyWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A week later, on the December 4th edition of <em>Monday Night Raw<\/em>, Hardy would debut the \u201cWoken\u201d character in a unique back and forth promo between him and Wyatt stating his intentions to sentence Wyatt to \u201cDeletion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matt Hardy vows to \u201cdelete\u201d Bray Wyatt: Raw, Dec. 4, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blgS56pESPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Throughout the months Wyatt and Hardy would go head to head in many vignettes and matches. Wyatt would win the Raw 25 Match, Hardy and Wyatt would eliminate each other at the Royal Rumble match and the \u201cWoken\u201d one would get his win back in 50-50 fashion against Wyatt at Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Woken&quot; Matt Hardy surveys the gates to The Sacred Land of Deletion: Exclusive, March 19, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3ws1_Sq4R0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the March 5th edition of Raw, Wyatt would challenge Hardy to a rematch in order to settle the score. Hardy would then accept on the catch of it being in the \u201cHardy Compound.\u201d The following week, Hardy would give the WWE Universe a look at his \u201chumble abode.\u201d In the vignette, it showed the debut on WWE television the likes of Reby Hardy, Senior Benjamin (Reby\u2019s Father), King Maxel &amp; Lord Wolfgang (Matt\u2019s sons), as well as Vanguard 1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Ultimate Deletion is set for next week: Raw, March 12, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5YaXIylcpEw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong>A History of Deletion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Matt Hardy\u2019s History of Deletion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/11\/30\/deletion-files-complete-broken-storyline-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">really comes from the Impact Wrestling<\/a> during his feud with brother Jeff Hardy during the Spring and early summer of 2016. After a Swanson Bomb through a table by Jeff on the April 19th 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling leaving them both injured. Matt was considered a \u201cbroken man.\u201d Jeff and Matt would feud with Jeff getting a few wins in matches like Full Metal Mayhem and Six Sides of Steel until \u201cThe Final Deletion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the July 5th 2016 edition of Impact, \u201cThe Final Deletion\u201d would premiere to the world, giving Impact Wrestling a buzz that hadn\u2019t been seen in a very long time. In what was a short film of sorts seeing the Hardy brothers going to the extreme, Matt would be the victor as Jeff\u2019s high risk style of offense would fail him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Following that, the Jeff would be considered an \u201cObsolete Mule,\u201d constantly being ridiculed by Matt until he would be \u201cbroken\u201d himself. With the two broken minds as one, Jeff and Matt looks towards the Impact Tag Team Championships and the rising tag team Decay by defeating The Tribunal &amp; The Helms Dynasty in a ladder match for the right to face Decay. On the September 5th 2016 edition of Impact, \u201cDelete or Decay\u201d the sequel to \u201cThe Final Deletion\u201d saw the Hardy family go against Decay as Rosemary would attempt to kidnap Maxel. Although unsuccessful and Rosemary getting her most reversed, Decay left Vanguard One shut down, Brother Nero mutilated and Senior Benjamin kidnapped. Their rivalry would continue until Bound for Glory 2016 as the Broken Hardy\u2019s successfully won the Tag Team Championships against Decay in \u201cThe Great War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The last Impact Wrestling event of \u201cFinal Deletion\u201d proportions was \u201cTotal Nonstop Deletion\u201d that was hosted by The Hardy\u2019s at Matt\u2019s home where the tag team won the theme \u201cTag Team Apocalypto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Review:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The match was a whirlwind of comedic timing, serious rivalry and deeper meaning with its use of clever Easter eggs. The \u201cCity of Deletion\u201d brought out memories of Wyatt\u2019s \u201chome\u201d being burned down last year by Randy Orton. Some of the comedic spots like the \u201cChair of Wheels\u201d or \u201cThe Mower of Lawns\u201d contemplation by Hardy was goofy and it went back on the to the roots of what made the \u201cDeletion Series\u201d so memorable. Even the clever use of Wyatt\u2019s \u201cThe Whole World In His Hands\u201d gimmick as Senior Benjamin gave him the globe as he and Brother Nero sing the song as a reminder of Wyatt having the world in his hands and amounting to absolutely nothing, a play on what was the fans consider Bray Wyatt to be.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bray Wyatt enters The Hardy Compound - The Ultimate Deletion: Raw, March 19, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1Xzw_CqUzE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hardy brutalizes Wyatt inside The Dome of Deletion - The Ultimate Deletion: Raw, March 19, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wgaJaqyIUPs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hardy &amp; Wyatt play a twisted game of Hide and Seek - The Ultimate Deletion: Raw, March 19, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ufHg23WF4co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vanguard 1 initiates &quot;The Boomstick Protocol&quot; - The Ultimate Deletion: Raw, March 19, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5qFK4rNKtLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bray Wyatt&#039;s fate is sealed on The Lake of Reincarnation - The Ultimate Deletion: Raw, Mar. 19, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qjCYqSFc7x0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Ultimate Deletion was witty, fun and one of the best things that WWE has done in a long time. It really proved a lot of the doubters wrong as the match trended worldwide on Twitter as the #1 trending hashtag. It was a wonderful sight to see and it was a great change of pace from the same formulaic <i>Raw <\/i>main event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Grade: B<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bray Wyatt looks to finish off \u201cWoken\u201d Matt Hardy in the confines of the Hardy Compound with The Ultimate Deletion. November 27, 2017 &#8211; After a hard defeat to Bray Wyatt, Matt Hardy would sit in the corner in pain, screaming \u201cdelete\u201d in a forward arm motion hinting the return of the \u201cBroken\u201d character made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2484,"featured_media":15841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[224,127,128,123,1796,2309,1780],"class_list":["post-15892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-wwe-universe","tag-bray-wyatt","tag-broken","tag-brother-nero","tag-matt-hardy","tag-senor-benjamin","tag-ultimate-deletion","tag-woken"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2484"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}