When Matt Hardy introduced the world to the Broken Universe in 2016 it quickly caught on, and he tried his best to bring the concept to WWE when he returned to the company following his run with Impact Wrestling. Hardy ended up facing off against Bray Wyatt in a cinematic match called The Ultimate Deletion which much like The Final Deletion took place at the Hardy Compound.
Matt Hardy discussed the match on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast and he noted that Vince McMahon wasn’t on site, but he did communicate with the crew via telephone. He then went on to explain that Vince pitched an idea that involved putting a fish in Bray Wyatt’s mouth.
“One of my favorite suggestions, he said, ‘I like this lake concept. I like this how it changes a character. That’s great sh**, pal. What I could see is Bray gets knocked into the lake and then all of a sudden we have a false finish where he pops out of the lake but he’s got a fish in his mouth and then sinks back down,'” Matt recalled. “And they mentioned something about this. They said, ‘Can we get a fish?’
I’m like, dude, we’re in Cameron, North Carolina. When they’re telling me this it’s 2 o’clock in the morning. It’s not like you can just go to a Bait and Tackle store that’s open 24 hours. I don’t think we want to spend time catching a fish out by the Lake of Reincarnation either. He said, ‘Well if we can’t do it, we can’t do it, but it would be great.'”
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