Matt Hardy weighs in on the six-sided ring.
The six-sided ring became synonymous with TNA Wrestling during the early days of the promotion, but a change in leadership in January 2010 led to the promotion bringing back the four-sided ring. The company has stuck with the four-sided ring despite going back to the TNA name.
Speaking on the Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, Matt discussed the six-sided ring.
"It was okay. It was a lot more challenging than a four-sided ring. I mean, full transparency, I would rather wrestle in a four-sided ring, but I was okay with the six-sided ring because I liked that it was different and it was part of TNA’s identity. It really made them stand out and it made them different, so I think that is a good thing to an extent.
“The most challenging thing to me about it was that now that there are six sides, they’re each shorter. Each one of the six sides are shorter so sometimes there’s a guy grabbing you to whip you and it’s hard to tell if he’s shooting you into the rope to your right or the rope to your left, so it would be easier to get crossed up like that, especially if a guy is just trying to grab you and throw you real quick. In a four-sided ring, it is very obvious what side you’re going to immediately because on a four-sided ring, the corners are definitely a 90-degree angle. On the six-sided ring, the sides are like this, so it’s a little more challenging to know exactly how your opponent is trying to navigate you in a certain direction.”
Asked if coming off the top rope was different, Hardy replied, “That didn’t change a lot for me. I didn’t mind that. A lot of the times if I would go up to the top, usually it’s like one foot on the rope and one on the turnbuckle so that didn’t make a huge difference to me.”
Hardy returned to TNA Wrestling at TNA Rebellion.
Elsewhere during his podcast, Hardy commented on the possibility of Tony Khan wrestling in AEW. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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