On the latest episode of the “Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast, the TNA star discussed a wide range of topics.
During the podcast, Hardy discussed Ricky Starks having his contract extended a year by AEW despite not using him since March.
“I can’t speak into the reasoning they’re not using them, because I don’t know those details obviously. I can say, I grew to like Ricky Starks so much. I love me some Ricky Starks. We had a greeting, he would always hit me and said, ‘What’s up RN’. That’s what he would call me every time that I ran into him and that kind of became our thing back and forth. I’ll leave that to your imagination what it might be. I got a lot of love for Ricky Starks, I think he’s extremely talented, he’s extremely charismatic, I think he gets the wrestling business and I can see him being a big star in the future, especially if he gets the correct opportunity.
“As far as guys being there under contract, I guess if there is a dispute and maybe someone voices an opinion that is contrary to your company or saying he doesn’t want to work there or whatever it may be, once again, I don’t know any of this, but I get Tony Khan holding someone under contract until the end of their deal, I mean, if they’re being paid, it is what it is. You signed a contract. That happens in business all the time, so that’s nothing new in pro wrestling. That’s one of those things that I’m not going to be too critical of because that’s just kind of how business is conducted in the big scheme of things.”
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