Various: Ridge Holland Says He’s Cleared for Unrestricted Physical Exercise From His Lisfranc Injury, Matt Hardy Provides Update on Jeff Hardy Dealing with Bulging Disks in Neck Issues, Indies/Misc.

Jan 17, 2026

Ridge Holland Lisfranc Injury Update – Holland Says He’s Cleared For Unrestricted Physical Exercise

As noted before, former WWE talent Ridge Holland, real name Luke Menzies, has been out of action from wrestling since this past September due to a lisfranc injury.

Menzies provided an update on Friday on Twitter stating that he has been fully cleared for unrestricted physical exercise for his rehab.

“As of today I’m fully cleared to return to unrestricted physical exercise after my 2 level cervical disc replacement I had 8 weeks ago…UNREAL. I just need to get these screws out of my foot next. You can call me the Bionic Yorkshireman!”

As of today I’m fully cleared to return to unrestricted physical exercise after my 2 level cervical disc replacement I had 8 weeks ago…UNREAL. I just need to get these screws out of my foot next. You can call me the Bionic Yorkshireman! 🙌🏻🦾 pic.twitter.com/cQLjsuNfHE
— Luke Menzies (@LDMenzies) January 17, 2026

Matt Hardy Provides Update on Jeff Hardy Dealing with Bulging Disks in Neck Issues

Jeff Hardy revealed in a recent interview with the Budget Cut podcast that he has been dealing with bulging disk issues in his neck since this past October.

A recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast featured co-host Matt Hardy providing an update on the health status of his brother Jeff’s neck.

“He’s feeling better. It’s a very slow process. We’re actually going to talk to some of the doctors, and a special person is coming in to discuss the best way to ease the pain. ‘Can you manipulate the disks?’ They aren’t tripping too bad and they have gotten better. He’s been doing things that he can do. There have been some guys who have gotten procedures where they’ve shaved off part of the discs, and they continue to go, and they are okay. He has options and possibilities of what he can do. First and foremost, he would rather do it as naturally and as organically as possible. That’s what he’s working on. We’re trying to keep him working smart. In some ways, I think Jeff having this and being a little freaked out by it is going to turn him into a smarter worker, which isn’t a bad thing at his age.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

TNA reportedly has sold and distributed around 3,299 tickets for tonight’s Genesis 2026 event at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas as of Saturday afternoon, according to WrestleTix.

TNA reportedly drew an attendance of 2,768 for their Jan. 15th Impact! AMC premiere show at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, TX, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez reported that his sources confirmed that everyone who TNA claimed missed their scheduled appearances during this past Thursday’s Impact! AMC premiere show was legitimately true. Those specifically announced during the show were Dani Luna and Leon Slater who TNA also announced would not be appearing at Saturday’s Genesis 2026 event as well for similar issues.

This past Thursday’s live TNA Impact! AMC premiere show featured AJ Styles making a special appearance. Styles’ appearance was notable for Styles being involved in a backstage confrontation segment with then TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian and Styles eyeing the title teasing him potentially going after the title in the future. Current TNA World Champion Mike Santana recently responded on Twitter offering Styles the opportunity to come after his title. Santana stated “Good. Now come and get it. @AJStylesOrg“

In a recent interview with the Busted Open After Dark podcast, Ryan Nemeth gave his thoughts about the pre-show jitters he felt prior to TNA’s premiere show on AMC and Bully Ray giving a surprise rallying speech to the TNA locker room during the pre-show meeting. Nemeth stated “We had a pre-show meeting as we often do. Carlos spoke, some of our executives spoke. Tommy Dreamer made a pretty emotional and historical speech going through his entire career leading up to this point. I’ll just tell tales out of school, he’s talking about the roster and saying everyone is handpicked and here for a reason, we don’t hire everybody, everybody is here for a strategic piece of the puzzle. I know that we all felt respected and honored and I started to get some goosebumps. He got a little emotional. We had a surprise speech by Bully Ray, which kind of got me fired up. Not kind of, I was massively fired up. I had, for the first time in a long time, pre-show jitters. It’s just because the stage is so big, the awareness and the platform is so huge. It feels like we’ve all put in this work for the past year to get to this point. It’s like we’re all simultaneously crossing a finish line but also entering a new race, which is much bigger of a mountain to climb.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Friday’s CMLL International Weekend event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico featured Roderick Strong defeating Hechicero in a #1 Contender match for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

Stardom reportedly drew a paid attendance of 1,346 for their Jan. 10th New Year Stars 2026 event in Tokyo and 1,356 for their Jan. 11th New Year Stars 2026 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Pro Wrestling EVE announced one new match for the card of their Wrestle Queendom VIII event on March 8th in London, England:

Amira Blair vs. Harley Cameron

ACTION Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their You Could Be Mine event on January 23rd in Fayetteville, Georgia:

Lee Johnson vs. Grayson Pierce

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their The Coldest Winter 4 event on February 14th in Los Angeles, California:

1 Called Manders vs. Hammerstone

GCW also recently announced one new match for the card of their Code Of The Streets event on January 17th in Dallas, Texas:

Jordan Oliver vs. Terry Yaki

Jersey Championship Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their co-promoted Superpower Slam benefit event with Orange Crush and GCW on February 1st in New York City, New York:

Six-Man Tag Team match – Gringo Loco, Latigo, & Vengador vs. Komander, Rey Horus, & Mascarita Sagarada