"TNA Is Not Going Out Of Business!" - 10 Questions With Matt Hardy

8. Do you get fed up with hearing constant speculation about TNA€™s future or is it something that you learn to live with?

I'm pretty good at reading things and letting them bounce off me, so I€™ve just learned to live with it. The biggest thing that€™s frustrating to me right now is not these rumours that are around, but just how much people try to just have negative shots towards TNA. I think TNA and the people who represent TNA would say, €œYes sure, we€™ve made mistakes along the way€ and I don€™t think there€™s any question of that. But we would do live events and we would have a great house, and people would then try and lower the number that was reported from the event by a third or a fourth of how many people were actually there, which is just crazy to me. I€™ve never seen so many people give a promotion such a hard time. Tell me any true wrestling fan would want to see a wrestling promotion go out of business? The fact of the matter is, TNA is not going out of business. There€™s never even been a point where it€™s been considered that TNA is going out of business. There have been growing pains along the way, no doubt about it, and there€™s going to be some switches as we leave 2015 and go into 2016. But I think TNA right now, their core, their nucleus, is a really strong unit. I think we learned a lot this year and 2016 is going to be a huge year for TNA. There was new management. Big John Gaburick is new to the Talent Relations job. I think they€™ve figured out what it€™s going to take to bring talents in and how much to pay them, and still make it economically smart. And I think they€™ve also learned really well as far as communication goes with the talent, with the television stations, with people who are promoting the events. I just think that everyone is on board right now. There was a point where wires were getting crossed and people weren€™t communicating with one another, and communication is the thing that makes everyone stronger. Right now, we€™ve got this thing down to where we know what we need to do. I can€™t speak for the office because I€™m not in the office, I€™m strictly a talent, but this is my observation: I think the office has a good idea of the mistakes they€™ve made in the past. I€™m not going to sit here and say, €œOh, these are the things they€™ve done wrong€, but I€™m going to go into the things they€™ve done right. The things they€™ve done right is that they€™ve brought in young talent. The Wolves were a great acquisition. Trevor Lee is in. We€™re going to start looking at scouting new talent, and then we€™ve got EC3 who I think is the hottest young talent and the biggest prospect that is in wrestling right now. I think he is going to be the biggest star that TNA has ever known that has been a homegrown star. I think they€™ve realised to focus on these points and then go, €œOK well, there€™s some guys who€™ve got experience, maybe Matt and Jeff Hardy, we can utilise them at a fair price€ but you can€™t have a Hulk Hogan come in, demand a huge sum of money and not get a return on that. I think that€™s a big lesson they€™ve learned. Going forward, we€™re going to financially streamline things where we€™re still making a profit, and we start putting out a great product, week in, week out.