Matt Hardy Injured

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Matt Hardy Injured

At the Smackdown tapings on Tuesday night, Matt Hardy suffered a pretty severe cut that required 35 stitches to close.
Injured
The stars of Raw, Smackdown, and ECW had recently returned from a tour of Europe and were settling back into their usual road schedule in the United States. Smackdown and ECW made their first stop in Kansas City.
During the tapings, Matt Hardy teamed up with MVP to face Rey Mysterio and Finlay.
The match was pretty routine until Matt Hardy went for a splash on Rey Mysterio. His head was severely cut (the gash was 7 inches) when it struck Rey Mysterio's knee brace. The injury caused Matt Hardy to bleed so profusely that the Great Muta would have squirmed in his seat.
The ring crew had to change the mat so Smackdown could continue.
Status Unclear
The early word on Matt Hardy is that his status is uncertain for the Cyber Sunday pay per view this upcoming Sunday.
Matt Hardy is scheduled for a match with long time rival MVP where the fans get to vote for the match type. The two would have wrestled in either a regular wrestling match, a boxing match, or an MMA (mixed martial arts) match.
The build up between these two have been quite superb the last few months.

Cyber Sunday
There's really no need to rush Matt Hardy back into things. If he's not ready to work on Sunday at the pay per view, then management should keep him on the sidelines.
The feud between MVP and Matt Hardy has been done so well that both wrestlers have benefitted greatly from it. Right now, either guy has enough momentum to where they can be paired up against a lower level wrestler on a pay per view and still be able to generate interest.
With that in mind, this is a great opportunity for WWE to give some exposure to a low level wrestler like Chuck Palumbo. Ever since coming back to Smackdown, Chuck Palumbo has been stuck in meaningless matches. He's done a good job in the ring, but without a meaningful feud or rivalry, the fans are having troubel connecting with him. He's a perfect candidate to replace Matt Hardy at Cyber Sunday.
Matt Hardy is a tough individual, though. More than likely, it's going to take management to stop him from working at Cyber Sunday. To prevent the feud from growing stale, management knows that they're going to have to pull the trigger on Matt Hardy's title shot. The Cyber Sunday pay per view is not for the WWE United States Heavyweight Championship. Matt Hardy needs to get the win on Sunday to earn himself a title shot at a later date.
Closing Thoughts
Hopefully Matt Hardy recovers from this and resumes his schedule. He's been Smackdown's best overall performer this year and is a solid candidate for Wrestler of the Year.


Matt Hardy Injured