The problem with Matt Hardy and Twitter
On Wednesday at 3:21am Matt Hardy wrote on his Twitter page: "I am
exhausted from being punished because of someone else's (sic) sins. Good
night one, good night all!"
Now, anyone would assume he was referencing brother Jeff's legal issues
as the reason he wasn't being featured on TV. In fact, that is the
reason he isn't predominately featured on television right now as WWE
officials recently had a meeting and decided Matt wouldn't be pushed
until the situation with Jeff blows over. So, following that cryptic 3am
message many wrestling websites speculated on what Matt wrote.
Fast forward to Thursday 12:34am Matt decided to write a Myspace blog
where he claimed that his Tweet was an elaborate prank to work the
wrestling website reporters into believing he was mad at management for
his lack of push.
His MySpace blog read: "Last night, since almost every WWE personality
was in Boston for The Decade Of Smackdown show, we all went out to eat
after the show last night. A huge tab ended up being comped, which was
very cool. Everyone was gonna leave generous tips because the meal was
free obviously, and we wanted to take care of our servers. I was one of
the last ones to leave, and was figuring up the tip. The tip wasn't as
good as I would have liked it to have been from a couple of the guys. So
I left an extremely large tip at the end before leaving. I joked and
said it was a sin that I had to pay for other people's mistakes and
cheapness. I bet a couple of my closest WWE friends that if I posted a
tweet rephrasing the situation as "I am exhausted from being punished
because of someone else's (sic) sins", that the wrestling media would
pick up that comment and run with it as something completely different.
Low and behold, almost every site did. It's not surprising that I won
the bet, it's exactly what I anticipated happening. Just another example
of how they're looking for any comment they can to translate however
into hits for their site and reader views. So take it from me, don't
believe everything you read-fact is rarely separated from fiction when
it comes to any branch of the media entertainment market. Until then
everyone, be well... Matt"
So, this was Matt's explanation for his Tweet; that he was embarrassed
by the tip his co-workers left and wanted to increase the pot so he was,
as he put it, "punished" by the sins of others - in other words
plausible deniability.
As it turned out Matt did indeed dine with WWE talent en masse Tuesday
night at Kowloon's in Saugus, MA which is regular haunt for the crew
when they visit Boston. If you remember this is the Chinese restaurant
we wrote about a few months ago where a worker there told us the story
about The Iron Sheik attempting to pay his tab with an 8X10 gimmick.
Thursday's Boston Globe even confirmed the story in their celebrity
gossip column: "As they often do when they’re in town, the WWE gang
chowed down at the Kowloon after their sold-out smackdown at the Garden.
Kofi Kingston, a former wrestling champ at Winchester High, showed up
with his former coach Larry Tremblay and a posse that included Chris
Jericho, Batista, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Christian, Mark Henry, Matt
Hardy, Chavo Guerrero, Dave Finlay, Hornswoggle, Cryme Tyme Shad, Dolph
Ziggler, Santino Marella, Jack Swagger, WWE Divas Maria, Eve, Kelly
Kelly, Natalya, and many more. The crowd, which also included WWE
chairman Vince McMahon, stayed at the Park Plaza. (McMahon, we’re
told, paid the Park Plaza chef to stay late one night to prepare a
special room-service order.)"
However, not many people seem to be sold on Matt's explanation.
A WWE source told us: "Yes, [Kowloon] would comp everyone. No, I don't
think that's what Matt was writing about. I think Matt was upset that
he's been off TV, I think Matt wrote about it, and I think he caught
s**t for it."
The source added: "The tip bulls**t is convenient."
In fairness, the story might well be 100 percent correct.
But the question isn't whether the story is true or not.
It's why Matt would work wrestling website reporters into believing his
Tweet was something it wasn't when the company that feeds him ordered he
keep a low profile.
While many will sympathize with his situation, Tweeting cryptic messages
at 3am is probably ill-advised.
credit - WRESTLING GLOBE NEWSLETTER
exhausted from being punished because of someone else's (sic) sins. Good
night one, good night all!"
Now, anyone would assume he was referencing brother Jeff's legal issues
as the reason he wasn't being featured on TV. In fact, that is the
reason he isn't predominately featured on television right now as WWE
officials recently had a meeting and decided Matt wouldn't be pushed
until the situation with Jeff blows over. So, following that cryptic 3am
message many wrestling websites speculated on what Matt wrote.
Fast forward to Thursday 12:34am Matt decided to write a Myspace blog
where he claimed that his Tweet was an elaborate prank to work the
wrestling website reporters into believing he was mad at management for
his lack of push.
His MySpace blog read: "Last night, since almost every WWE personality
was in Boston for The Decade Of Smackdown show, we all went out to eat
after the show last night. A huge tab ended up being comped, which was
very cool. Everyone was gonna leave generous tips because the meal was
free obviously, and we wanted to take care of our servers. I was one of
the last ones to leave, and was figuring up the tip. The tip wasn't as
good as I would have liked it to have been from a couple of the guys. So
I left an extremely large tip at the end before leaving. I joked and
said it was a sin that I had to pay for other people's mistakes and
cheapness. I bet a couple of my closest WWE friends that if I posted a
tweet rephrasing the situation as "I am exhausted from being punished
because of someone else's (sic) sins", that the wrestling media would
pick up that comment and run with it as something completely different.
Low and behold, almost every site did. It's not surprising that I won
the bet, it's exactly what I anticipated happening. Just another example
of how they're looking for any comment they can to translate however
into hits for their site and reader views. So take it from me, don't
believe everything you read-fact is rarely separated from fiction when
it comes to any branch of the media entertainment market. Until then
everyone, be well... Matt"
So, this was Matt's explanation for his Tweet; that he was embarrassed
by the tip his co-workers left and wanted to increase the pot so he was,
as he put it, "punished" by the sins of others - in other words
plausible deniability.
As it turned out Matt did indeed dine with WWE talent en masse Tuesday
night at Kowloon's in Saugus, MA which is regular haunt for the crew
when they visit Boston. If you remember this is the Chinese restaurant
we wrote about a few months ago where a worker there told us the story
about The Iron Sheik attempting to pay his tab with an 8X10 gimmick.
Thursday's Boston Globe even confirmed the story in their celebrity
gossip column: "As they often do when they’re in town, the WWE gang
chowed down at the Kowloon after their sold-out smackdown at the Garden.
Kofi Kingston, a former wrestling champ at Winchester High, showed up
with his former coach Larry Tremblay and a posse that included Chris
Jericho, Batista, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Christian, Mark Henry, Matt
Hardy, Chavo Guerrero, Dave Finlay, Hornswoggle, Cryme Tyme Shad, Dolph
Ziggler, Santino Marella, Jack Swagger, WWE Divas Maria, Eve, Kelly
Kelly, Natalya, and many more. The crowd, which also included WWE
chairman Vince McMahon, stayed at the Park Plaza. (McMahon, we’re
told, paid the Park Plaza chef to stay late one night to prepare a
special room-service order.)"
However, not many people seem to be sold on Matt's explanation.
A WWE source told us: "Yes, [Kowloon] would comp everyone. No, I don't
think that's what Matt was writing about. I think Matt was upset that
he's been off TV, I think Matt wrote about it, and I think he caught
s**t for it."
The source added: "The tip bulls**t is convenient."
In fairness, the story might well be 100 percent correct.
But the question isn't whether the story is true or not.
It's why Matt would work wrestling website reporters into believing his
Tweet was something it wasn't when the company that feeds him ordered he
keep a low profile.
While many will sympathize with his situation, Tweeting cryptic messages
at 3am is probably ill-advised.
credit - WRESTLING GLOBE NEWSLETTER