What Happened To Matt Morgan?

[Cracka Jack]

Late last year, Matt Morgan was in a feud with the Main-Event Mafia, specifically Kurt Angle, which saw him involved in a few World Title matches, including AJ Styles' title win at No Surrender. He appeared to be on the verge of the main-event, with loads of crowd support behind him, and all the tools to be a star. Now, look at where he's at: hanging around in the mid-card, feuding with Hernandez. Not to say a program with Hernandez is a bad place to be, but it feels like he should be doing much bigger things.

His current spot could easily be blamed on the arrival of Hogan and Bischoff, but his slide down the card started before that. He seems to be kept busy by tedious feuds that lead nowhere. Why is a man with such potential being wasted? Thus, a few questions must be asked:

Why did Morgan's momentum die? Is there someone to specifically blame?

Is he where he should be on the roster? Where does Morgan go from here?

Can Morgan break into the ME soon? What must he do to accomplish this?

 

[LegendKiller716]

I definately think Morgan's slide was due to the Hogan era. I'm not bashing Hulk, it just seems he wasn't too high on Morgan (but for some reason he was all for a face Abyss).

If he wants to break into the main event he just needs to continue to work hard and train hard and come up with a better finisher (every time i see the Hellevator I think his move got countered into a DDT).

As for where he should be on the roster, he should be feuding with Rob Terry for the Global championship....yea, you guys remember that title right? I haven't seen it in some time now.

 

[goldbergiswrestling]

I honestly think it is bischoff and hogan, but I dont think its a bad thing, his solo tag title reign I greatly enjoyed and he needs time to develop his character and in order for him to be beleivable competition for all the big names they brought in such as Anderson, RVD Hardy

I definately think Morgan's slide was due to the Hogan era. I'm not bashing Hulk, it just seems he wasn't too high on Morgan (but for some reason he was all for a face Abyss).

Hogan said awhile back on bubba the love sponge I believe (back when he was still with TNA) that abyss was going to turn on him at some point so the abyss angle might have more depth and thought than any of us realize

 

[marklouis]

I think Morgan has done pretty well over the last couple of months. His feud with Hernandez has been pretty entertaining, as was his reign as a "solo" tag team champion. I think he's really hitting stride with this character & I can see him getting a main event push in the not too distant future, considering TNA really lacks main event heels. Of course, Morgan is another guy who could actually do something with the Global title, if TNA would ever acknowledge it's existence. Seriously, what is the point of that title? Hopefulyy they are re-naming & re-packaging the title, because they need a mid-card belt. There are plenty of guys who could benefit from feuding over it.

 

[biziorek]

i dont understand why he isnt in the main event! y arent they pushing him as the face of the company aka cena! i dont know who is to blame but i honestly believe that matt morgan has the potential if used correctly to be not only the face of tna but the face of professional wrestling like the title hulk hogan has held for many decades! i am happy to make the statement that if he was used right, he could be as big as hogan!!!

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

Not everybody can be in the main event all the time. When Hulk Hogan came in he brought with him guys like Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam. There are a lot of high profile wresters in TNA, and it's sometimes difficult to determine where the main event ends and the mid card starts. I mean, right now we've got Abyss going crazy, the ECW thing, the World Title picture, Sting vs. TNA management, and an interesting side angle between Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson. We're supposed to feel like these are all main event angles, and so of course you would look at Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan as a mid card feud. But it's still not a bad feud to be in, and it gives them something to do until room in the main event clears up. There's just a ton of things going on right now...

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

i dont understand why he isnt in the main event! y arent they pushing him as the face of the company aka cena! i dont know who is to blame but i honestly believe that matt morgan has the potential if used correctly to be not only the face of tna but the face of professional wrestling like the title hulk hogan has held for many decades! i am happy to make the statement that if he was used right, he could be as big as hogan!!!

Let's not just jump overboard here...calm down! Matt Morgan is a great talent, and they're definitely using him 10x better than the WWE ever did, that's for sure. Which is surprising considering Vince's love for big, muscular men...take that however you want it. But I don't look at Morgan and think Hulk Hogan, Rock, Steve Austin...and yes...John Cena. He's a great talent, but I don't think he's ever going to be quite over enough to carry TNA, let alone the entire wrestling business.

 

[info62]

I thought Matt Morgan started losing steam when they made the decision to place him in a tag team with Hernandez.

He was getting over as a tweener-face when he feuded with the MEM, then all of that momentum died out within a month of being placed in that tag team (Hernandez also lost momentum from that... lose-lose situation)

I do think, however, that Matt Morgan is getting over again as a heel and will eventually be in the main event. I don't think Hogan is to blame for Morgan not being in the mainevent, I think it was just a bad booking decision for him to be placed in a tag team and it ended up halting the pushes of both Matt Morgan and Hernandez.

 

[Remy LaCroix]

Who knows. But I feel it was smart to not move him to main event status. I mean, look at the main event scene now. It's pretty packed after the arrival of Hardy, RVD, and Anderson... Anderson? I can't help but feel that he was just thrown there all of the sudden. Anyway, by putting Morgan off for a bit so he can turn heel, it'll help out even the ME scene seeing how they have too many faces as it is.

 

[Ruthless-RKO]

Why did Morgan's momentum die? Is there someone to specifically blame?
I wouldn't actually blame anyone, but when Hogan/Bischoff era started, did you notice the new stars they have brought in??? Hardy, Anderson, RVD etc...they decided to put Abyss in the ME as well...

Is he where he should be on the roster? Where does Morgan go from here?
I think he deserves to be in the main event, he got like half a push whilst feuding with the MEM, if it wasn't for the new era, I've got the feeling he may have had more title opportunities and maybe even a world title run...right now feuding with Hernandez is okay for him as he is the heel who attacked his partner, but if he wins the cage match, he can go up from there, if he loses he may go further down!!

Can Morgan break into the ME soon? What must he do to accomplish this?
I believe he has the potential to do so...I mean we have seen him in a ppv ME haven't we and he was like the huge dominator in the match...when you put him in the ring with anyone, he is double there size...He would be good the in ME scene, but I don't see it happening anytime soon, not until at least after BFG ppv...
What must he do? Well, I don't think there is anything for him to do, the ME scene is full at the moment, just go to keep his momentum going and if it is meant to be Hogan/Bischoff will put him into the main event scene by the end of the year again!!

 

[Reddannihilation]

What happened to Matt Morgan? He walked into Bound For Glory against the companies top heel and was booed out of the building. Matt Morgan has plenty of athletic talent and his mic. work has gotten much better since he ditched the WWE. His problem is that he can only play a heel character. He was being built up as a face but it was just after BFG that Hogan and Bischoff was announced and because of that his push stalled because no one knew how they'd be used. Matt Morgan has earnt a run in the main event and hopefully we'll see him step up as a heel. However, he's not anymore deserving than any other upper-midcard heel and I'm guessing that once the Hernandez feud is over he'll probably get boosted up.

 

[MancMark]

He's just paying some dues while the whole sideshow of these big guys TNA signed calms down. His solo tag title run was a joy to watch. When he's established a better character (which will come with time in the midcard) he'll be all the more successful for it.

 

[RicSpade]

Honestly I think part of Matt Morgans problem and no I am not making this up, is his problem with ADHD (which he has documented he has on more then one occasion). I honestly think part of the problem is that Morgan has problems with overdoing the showboating and not setting up wrestlers to not look weak, as a matter of fact when the MEM was still around they said Sting botched the ending of their match, but it was something that could be easily explained by Morgans ADHD...

 

[Sting's Bat]

The big problem with morgan is he goes from face to heel sometimes from month to month its difficult to keep crowd support up with that kind of skitzo booking.

 

[Reddannihilation]

The big problem with morgan is he goes from face to heel sometimes from month to month its difficult to keep crowd support up with that kind of skitzo booking.

What are you talking about? He's been a straight up heel for months and his transitions have been fine, he had a brief face run with Abyss, spent most of 2009 heel, turning just after he realised the MEM was using him as an errand boy. Came into 2010 a face and then turned heel on Hernandez, 3 years 3 turns. Pretty simple to keep up with that.

 

[Steve Rogers]

Speaking as a person who does not watch TNA that much, this might sound a bit ignorant so bear with me. From what I see with Morgan he does not seem to have much about him that would want to be picked up on by people like me. The crowd that is not hardcore-TNA but do care for the product, aka the people who would know the product but do not watch it often. Personally I would take a shit generic face Abyss over Matt Morgan period. The guy just does not do it for me. He comes off on TV as a "meathead bro". Someone I would hang out with at a bar.

I just think he needs a better personality to connect to. From what little TNA I see, he has none. Thats just my opinion.

 

[Chauncy Talon]

Matt Morgan was only there to get exposure because numerous wrestlers were taking time off. He was hit with the John Morrison card.

"Main Event for the next 3 months. After use of this card put it on the bottom of the deck and reshuffle."

 

[It's Damn Real!]

I don't understand what the problem is with you folks and this obsession with all the so-called "underrated" in the business not being in the "main event". It baffles me, to be honest. How is Matt Morgan suffering by any means because of where he is? Is he not in a successful and one of the most popular angles among fans with Hernandez right now? Did he not just come off a major run with the TNA World Tag Team Championships that preceded his Hernandez feud?

Worse yet, because he was feuding with the MEM momentarily last year, it's a fall from grace just because he's not World Heavyweight Champion right now?

Look, I want to see Morgan with gold, too, but he's young and has a huge future ahead of him – while he could certainly be useful, I have no issue with slowly building him to the WHC scene again the way he's been handled right now.

At least TNA are doing what you ask of them here – following up on their stories. What, you'd rather they drop this Hernandez feud entirely so he can get a title run? Christ, people, are you ever happy – honestly?