Awesome Matt News! Backlash!
- WWE.com has announced that Matt Hardy will challenge MVP for the U.S. Title on 4/27 at Backlash.
Matt vs MVP @ Backlash for the US title!
YAY! He is finally on the card. The match we have been waiting for!
Tensions between United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter and Matt Hardy have been heating up for months, but thanks to a United States Championship Match between the two - as first announced in WWE Mobile SmackDown After the Bell - their conflict could be settled at Backlash.
Before MVP put Hardy out of commission for a span of five months with a knee injury, the rivals found a way to coexist as a tag team, going on to become WWE Tag Team Champions. With a common goal in mind - maintaining their championship status - the Superstars were able to set their differences aside and find success in the ring. But now their reign as titleholders is over and the enmity between them is loud and clear.
Although the WWE Tag Team Titles are out of the picture, gold is still the central theme between these two. Hardy is licking his chops over MVP’s United States Championship as well as for a taste of revenge. Meanwhile, MVP is salivating at the chance to get back at Hardy for diminishing his chances of a victory at WrestleMania XXIV when Hardy sent MVP flying to the canvas during the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
In non-title action on the April 4 edition of SmackDown, the returning Superstar defeated the champion, letting MVP get a feel for the idea of losing the United States Title to his former tag team partner. What will happen as the pent up aggression between these two forces explodes in a contest for the gold? Our fans will find out once and for all at Backlash.
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Credit: WWE.Com