Matt Hardy has provided an update in regards to TNA Wrestling‘s next media rights deal for its weekly iMPACT show.
On the latest episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the current WWE NXT and TNA Tag Team Champion teased that an announcement regarding TNA’s new media rights deal would be coming by the end of the year.
“I think some very exciting things are on the horizon,” Matt Hardy teased. “I think, from what I’m hearing, by the end of this year, first of next year, there is going to be a new media rights deal announced. It’s going to be huge.
“It’s going to be huge for TNA. Just being somewhere where we get more eyeballs on the product. We do have a very solid product, and I like what we’re doing. The fact that we’ve grown, especially in attendance, ticket sales, and buy rates. I’m proud of everybody. Everybody has busted their ass and worked really hard.” [H/T: Fightful]
Matt Hardy believes it’s time for Chris Jericho to return to WWE
On the same episode, Hardy also chimed in on the rumors surrounding Chris Jericho’s current status with All Elite Wrestling and noted he believes it’s time for the former WWE Champion to return to his old stomping grounds.
“I’ll start by saying I love Chris Jericho,” Matt Hardy said. “I think Chris has contributed so so much to the business over the years. I almost think it’s one of those things where I just think the AEW fan base has had their share of Chris Jericho in many, many ways. And I think creatively, he’s done pretty much everything he can do there.
“Chris has always been really good at understanding when it’s time to go away or take time off and come back and recharge or refresh. I feel like if he came back to WWE, it’d be a huge moment. Especially in a Royal Rumble, whatever, wherever that appearance would be, it would be massive. And then I feel like there would be a good a good run he could do, even if it is his last run and he retires at the end of it, like Cena did.”
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