No Matt didn't have the skill, but that's not quite what I meant. He has the same power as his father and I'm certain Maury could have pulled it off... what I meant was that the Hatian can only mind wipe - he can't overwrite... that was what was supposed to happen, kind of like overwriting a computer with a new operating system.

Simply wiping his mind wouldn't have turned him into Nathan, it would have just left him with Amnesia.