Matt Hardy = WTH?!?!

The latest addition to the Matt Hardy Saga is that he was arrested AGAIN last Monday, September 12, 2011 for driving under the influence.  Matt Hardy tweeted that he was framed because he blew a 0.0 on the Breathalyzer.  According to the police report that leaked on-line, he nearly two cars three times.  When pulled over, he did blow a 0.0 on the Breathalyzer, but failed all the other sobriety field tests which led to his arrest.  His speech was slurred and his balance was off.  Further details can be found on-line.

My reaction to this story was, AGAIN?!?!?  Why does he still have a driver’s license?  If he has a record of driving under the influence, why isn’t his driver’s license suspended?  Since he didn’t have any alcohol on his breath, then the logical conclusion would be he was on drugs.  Now whether those drugs are prescription or non-prescription drugs has yet to be determined.  Blood was drawn at the Wake County Jail so we will have to wait for the blood report for the public to know.  The only person who knows what he took is Matt Hardy himself.  I don’t think that he even told his girlfriend Reby Sky, as to if he was taking drugs or not.  What amazes me is that a people know if there head is clear enough to drive or not, and to drive knowing that you are impaired is a blatant disregard to public safety. 

Personally, I think he’s going through a mid-life crisis as well as suffering from the effects of all the extreme stunts he’s done throughout his life.  He started wrestling when he was around 20 years old.  He started as a jobber in the WWE in 1994, to only build his reputation up and become a top performer for the WWE.  Fast-forward to 16 years later with traveling 4-6 days a week doing shows, beating his body up in the ring, and toward the end, getting less and less of a push, you can see how such a stressful life can lead a person to break down and not care about who they effect in their life.  I really don’t know the real reason why he’s like this.  Every thing I’m writing about is based on pure observation and speculation. 

It’s just sad to see someone like this hit rock bottom, and I can see why many wrestlers who have traveled the path he is in, turn to religion, which in turn, saves their life.  When you don’t have religion, you tend to seek your own gratification.  When you have religion, you look beyond your own gratification and seek to please a higher being.  The gist of this concept is looking beyond yourself.  This is what Matt Hardy seems to not be doing.  He’s still focusing on himself.  If he cares about others (girlfriend, brother, family, friends) more than himself, he will learn that can’t be irresponsible.  His irresponsibility hurts them, which is very sad thing for a person to do.

How do you fix this?  I don’t know.  Change of environment?  Counseling?  Rehab?  Maybe, but the old saying goes, you can take a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.  Hopefully, everything will workout for him.  Though I’m a fan of his work, I’m more concerned for his humanity.  To wrestle or not wrestle again is his choice, but to no care about himself, his family, and his friends is sad.  Hope you learn what you need to learn, Matt Hardy.  Life is too short to just piss it away.