WWE: Would They Eventually Welcome Back Matt Hardy?

It's August 24th, 2011, and the biggest story of the day has to be Matt Hardy being taken to the emergency room. It's unclear what circumstances led to him collapsing at his home in North Carolina, but it's expected that he'll be released from the hospital tomorrow.

This week has been a collection of Matt Hardy news bytes.

A few days ago, Matt Hardy was released from his TNA contract due to circumstances involving his arrest of driving while intoxicated. Hardy had been under suspension for the last several weeks, apparently due to a variety of reasons including him showing up late to shows.

Obviously, this decade hasn't been too kind to Matt Hardy so far.

We're only a little less than two years into this decade and in that span of time, Hardy has fallen off the map—both in the ring and psychologically-wise.

Hardy started off the decade by being placed in a one-sided feud on Smackdown with Drew McIntyre that consistently saw McIntyre get the better of Hardy. In the storyline, Drew beat Hardy down so badly that Matt was sidelined for a few weeks to recover from his injuries.

This feud never culminated in a PPV match, which signals where Hardy was in the company's pecking order in 2010. He only won one time versus McIntyre on an episode of Raw in June of 2010 compared to the numerous times McIntyre had defeated Hardy.

Hardy eventually started posting cryptic videos talking about a new era of Matt Hardy and how he needed to start anew at another company, such as TNA.

After several months of Youtube videos voicing his displeasure with his standing in the WWE, Hardy got his wish in September of 2010 when he was released from his contract.

He eventually signed with TNA where he debuted in January of 2011 with the heel stable Immortal, helping his brother Jeff Hardy in his quest to retain the TNA Championship.

Hardy's first couple of feuds and PPV matches were with main eventers, such as RVD and AJ Styles. It was safe to say that he was being treated better in TNA than he was in his last days in the WWE.

Hardy was involved in one of the biggest feuds that has taken place in TNA in this calendar year involving Immortal and Fortune. Hell, Hardy even received a TNA Championship match on Impact vs. Sting several months ago.

The bottom started falling out around that time. What was first reported was that Hardy was inactive due to a virus that caused him to lose a good amount of weight. What followed after that was Hardy's announced suspension due to rumored tardiness.

The straw that broke the camel's back was obviously the DWI arrest this past weekend.

Now the question finally is, would the WWE welcome back Matt Hardy? Should they welcome back Matt Hardy?

Before Hardy's latest stumble (no pun intended), Hardy had voiced his hopes of returning to the WWE. We know how Hardy feels about the situation, but what does the WWE feel about the situation?

A lot of people are probably thinking to themselves that at this point in time, Matt has bigger concerns. Apparently, friends have voiced their concerns over his mental and physical well-being, including longtime friend Shane Helms, who recently posted on his Twitter account that as of the moment, Jeff is basically in a better place than Matt.

A lot of people probably also believe that the WWE won't welcome back Matt because they simply don't need him, and his negatives now outweigh his positives.

The WWE has welcomed back a lot of people with drug/steroid/out-of-the-ring problems: Chris Masters, Scott Hall, Jeff Hardy, RVD, etc.

Obviously, with the exception of Masters, Matt simply doesn't have the star power that all of those previous names have or have had.

But assuming Matt does want to go to rehab and better himself, should the WWE take a risk on the Hardy that used to be the safe option?

Matt will probably never achieve his goal of being a main eventer. As sad as it is to come to that conclusion, Hardy has had his chances and he's on the verge of turning 37 years old. With all of these problems out of the ring, it's unlikely a large wrestling company such as the WWE or TNA gives a main event slot to a guy who has never been seen as a legit main eventer.

However, Hardy has proven himself to be one of the best mid-carders of his generation. He formed one-half of one of the best tag teams of all time with his brother Jeff as the Hardy Boyz.

If Hardy can put aside his inflated self-ego for a roster spot to re-join the WWE and wrestle as an established mid-carder to put over younger talent and maybe even form a tag team with another veteran wrestler, Hardy could easily find another established role in the WWE.

Think of Hardy's new role as the role that William Regal currently occupies in the WWE.

Knowing Hardy's love of wrestling, Hardy could eventually become a trainer for WWE's future young talent, such as what other wrestlers of his generation have done (Dean Malenko, Jamie Noble and Billy Kidman, just to name a few).

In the process of putting his ego aside, Hardy will have hopefully cleaned up his act, wrestled a few more years with the WWE and retired on good terms with the intention of becoming one of WWE's trainers after his retirement.

It sure as hell is a better alternative than being arrested and unemployed.

The question remains, will the WWE give Hardy another chance? Will Hardy put aside his dream of being a main eventer for a job? Will Hardy finally clean up his act?

Do the fans even care anymore?