Ever since the blockbuster announcement was made that AEW President and CEO Tony Khan purchased Ring, there were more questions than answers such as how will the AEW President and CEO run ROH, will it be a separate brand from AEW and will talents be shared from one company to the other. Top AEW Star Matt Hardy recently took to a recent episode of his “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast and said that almost nothing shocks me in this day and age, but it was pretty epic that Tony Khan bought ROH as the one thing he is looking forward to is the Ring of Honor footage, which they did a lot of trailblazing stuff themselves, is going to stay alive and live on forever.
Matt Hardy also spoke about how he believes ROH will be a developmental for AEW and he also thinks it will be like the NXT of old.
This is what Matt Hardy said:
“Almost nothing shocks me in this day and age, but it was pretty epic that Tony Khan bought this.” “The first thing that he said was, ‘I got all your footage from ROH!’ Total Tony Khan mind. But it’s cool and once again, it will ensure that the Ring of Honor footage, which they did a lot of trailblazing stuff themselves, it’s going to stay alive and be circulated, and live on forever.”
“I would almost guess Ring of Honor will be like a developmental for AEW, and I feel like ROH will be our NXT in their old system. I think they’ll have guys that can go over there exclusively and pull guys up, and also just have the two brands like that. If you do it the right way, you can have someone on one brand for a long time, then once their programs are played out, you can switch them to the other brand. It helps keep acts fresh.”
Matt Hardy also talked about how when he retires from in-ring competition he would like to still be a part of the pro wrestling business and he would like to still be involved by coaching young talent.
This is what Matt Hardy said:
“Definitely, I think I’m going to do that in the future without a doubt.” “That way I can still be involved and it feels like you still have an active part in pro wrestling even if you physically can’t wrestle that much anymore.”
