Matt Hardy Says Carlos Silva Compensated TNA Talent Pulled from TNA-AEW Matches In Indies & Feels Those Matches Shouldn’t Have Been Cleared Due to TNA’s WWE Partnership

As noted before, TNA Wrestling recently changed their policy no longer allowing contracted TNA talents to work on the same indies shows as AEW talents, specifically in regards to matches involving TNA talents competing against contracted AEW talents. Several matches were revealed to have been recently pulled by TNA President Carlos Silva due to this new policy.

A recent episode of The Ariel Helwani Show featured Matt Hardy as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Hardy’s thoughts about Silva’s decision to pull those matches and his belief that those matches shouldn’t have been cleared to begin with due to TNA’s current partnership with WWE and AEW’s status as a rival promotion.

“In my honest opinion, if we are partners with WWE, and WWE has laid it out that ‘we’re working together with TNA,’ and AEW is its own entity, we probably, from that point on should’ve said, ‘If you’re doing indie booking, we probably shouldn’t do TNA-AEW.’ That would’ve been my guess. These things happen. I think in these finishes they had, things were going to work for both parties. It probably should’ve never been set from the beginning. Going forward, that would be the case now. They were set and things were there. If these things could’ve happened and all parties could’ve been happy, it would’ve been great if it could’ve continued, especially because it was advertised, but what should’ve happened, most likely, is that because we’re partners with WWE, and AEW is its own entity that is a competing force, these matches probably shouldn’t have ever been cleared.”

Hardy also gave his thoughts about Silva had compensated TNA talent who had their matches against AEW talents recently pulled from the indies.

“The thing that I can tell you is the guys who he pulled out of those matches, he compensated them and paid them their full fee. I know he talked to Mike at Highspots and compensated him for the plane ticket and everything else. He did everything he could to try and make it right.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com