Last week, “Woken” Matt Hardy seemingly vanished Bray Wyatt from the face of the earth at the end of the bizarre, Internet-breaking match known as The Ultimate Deletion. This week, The Woken One followed up his triumph by booking his ticket to WrestleMania as Raw’s latest entrant in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. His warning that anyone who opposes him would face deletion for their actions may have seemed like bizarre bluster just weeks ago, but given the events of The Ultimate Deletion, it may well end up being a most potent premonition.
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The Ultimate Deletion was one of the most bewildering, confusing and, dare we say it, delightful matches in the history of sports-entertainment. The WWE Universe was enthralled by “Woken” Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt’s over-the-top battle on The Hardy Compound, but there was one person who was less-than-enthused by the unorthodox main event.
Just prior to the start of The Ultimate Deletion, Michael Cole dismissed the anticipated affair as “obnoxious,” which didn’t sit well with The Woken One later in the night after The Eater of Worlds vanished into the murky, mystical waters of The Lake of Reincarnation.
YEEAAAAAASSSSS, #WOKENWarrior.. I've learned of the BLASPHEMY that the OBSOLETE MULE @MichaelCole SPEWED from his MUZZLE.. @Vanguard1AAR, put this HERETIC on your SURVEILLANCE schedule. If this continues, he must be DELETED! #UltimateDELETION https://t.co/UmgS0viWNv
— #WOKEN Matt Hardy (@MATTHARDYBRAND) March 20, 2018
“I’ve learned of the BLASPHEMY that the OBSOLETE MULE @Michael Cole SPEWED from his MUZZLE,” Hardy tweeted. “@Vanguard1AAR, put the HERETIC on your SURVEILLANCE schedule. If this continues, he must be DELETED!”
The Woken One’s sentient drone was more than happy to oblige.
SURVEILLANCE ORDER CONFIRMED:@MICHAELCOLE CURRENT LOCATION: DALLAS, TX
THE EYE IN THE SKY IS WATCHING https://t.co/DfQqSaRLrP
— Vanguard1 (@Vanguard1AAR) March 20, 2018
Look to the skies, Michael Cole. Vanguard 1 is watching.
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“Woken” Matt Hardy has fulfilled the promise he made upon his rebirth several months ago: Bray Wyatt has been deleted.
Their highly-anticipated final battle, dubbed “The Ultimate Deletion” and set within the sprawling grounds of The Hardy Compound, began as a one-on-one contest in a ring, but it quickly turned into a pursuit across the compound once Hardy’s drone, Vanguard 1, ignited the “Boomstick Protocol” and showered the ring in fireworks to allow The Woken One to escape his opponent.
The Eater of Worlds pursued his foe through “The Dilapidated City” (which bore an eerie resemblance to Wyatt’s own destroyed compound), lost track of Hardy in “The Land of Obsolete Men” (where The Woken One led Wyatt on a frantic pursuit among a yard of ornate tombstones) and nearly met his doom in “The Dome of Deletion,” when Hardy commandeered a lawnmower and drove it toward Wyatt while “Ode to Joy” blared through the Compound.
Wyatt recovered, however, and their battle culminated on the shores of The Lake of Reincarnation, when several members of The Woken Family convened to save their patriarch from defeat. Vanguard 1 distracted Wyatt as he was about to administer Sister Abigail, while Hardy ran for cover underneath Skarsgård, his trusty dilapidated boat. When Wyatt moved the boat aside, however, it wasn’t Hardy waiting for him but Señor Benjamin, who tossed a globe at Wyatt and began to sing “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” with an assist from a zombie-eyed Jeff Hardy.
With Wyatt thrown, Matt re-emerged with a Twist of Fate that ended the match, and The Woken One charged The Reaper of Souls to send him tumbling into The Lake of Reincarnation. When Señor Benjamin attempted to retrieve Wyatt from the Lake, he found that the former WWE Champion had vanished altogether. As Hardy celebrated his “delightful” victory, Vanguard 1 flew away with a message flashing across its display: “Deletion: Complete.”
In other words? It’s OVAH.
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