Summary

Matt Hardy believes WWE never found a lasting direction for The Wyatt Sicks before the group was let go on April 24.

Speaking on his podcast, Hardy described the act as a tribute to Bray Wyatt and noted that the group did have a measure of success during its run, including a tag team title win. Still, he said the act eventually stalled out because creative seemed unsure how to evolve it.

The comments come not long after a separate report on a possible reason behind the Wyatt Sicks cuts, adding another layer to the discussion around why the group never became a longer-term fixture on WWE television.

Quote from Matt Hardy

"I felt like that was very much a love letter to Bray Wyatt."

Hardy later went on to say:

"I guess the fact that they ended up finding some success and winning the tag titles, so they could be deemed as a successful act at that time, that was something that was beneficial to them. But when it was all said and done, it just really fizzled out. It's just like the creative just didn't know what to do with them. They didn't know how to take them in a new direction, or a different direction, or what to do with them. I mean, that's how it felt from the outside looking in. Obviously, I don't know. Those things can be tricky. I mean, I feel like if you have an act like that, you have to put a lot of time and thought into it. And maybe it's too much time and too much thought for the people that are doing creative. Maybe they are overwhelmed, and they don't have the time to do that, you know."

What Hardy's Wyatt Sicks take says about WWE

Hardy's comments frame The Wyatt Sicks as a concept WWE could introduce, but not fully sustain. That matters now because the group's release already turned them into one of the more discussed cuts from April 24, and his read on the situation points directly at creative follow-through as the issue.

For WWE fans, the bigger takeaway is that an act tied so closely to Bray Wyatt needed a clear long-term plan to avoid feeling incomplete. Once that direction faded, the group lost momentum, even after finding some success on screen.

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Matt Hardy while speaking on his podcast