Various: TNA Announces The Hardys & Moose Not Medically Cleared to Compete After Sacrifice 2025, Natalya on Her Taking Outside WWE Bookings, Indies/Misc.

Mar 18, 2025

TNA Announces The Hardys & Moose Not Medically Cleared to Compete Following Sacrifice 2025

This past Friday’s Sacrifice 2025 event for TNA Wrestling in El Paso, Texas featured Moose defeating Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match to retain his TNA X-Division Championship and Joe Hendry, Matt Hardy, Elijah, Leon Slater, & Nic Nemeth defeating The System & The Colons in a 10-Man Tag Team Steel Cage match. This event was also notable for Ryan & Nic Nemeth turning heel and attacking Matt Hardy after the match.

TNA recently released a video on Twitter featuring TNA backstage interviewer Gia Miller providing injury updates for several talents following the event.

Miller stated that Matt Hardy was being evaluated for a deviated septum, Jeff Hardy had suffered a lower body injury, and Moose had suffered a hip injury. The Hardys and Moose were also stated to not be medically cleared to compete.

In regards to other injuries, Alisha Edwards was stated to have passed a concussion protocol, Mustafa Ali was evaluated for a jaw injury, Lei Ying Lee had suffered a perforated ear drum injurym and Mike Santana had suffered a left hand injury. All four were also stated to be medically cleared to compete.

Natalya Comments on Her Taking Outside WWE Bookings Being “I Feel Like I Need To Step Outside Of WWE To Work My Way Back In”

A recent episode of The Ariel Helwani Show featured Natayla as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Natalya’s thoughts about the Hart family’s importance in wrestling and if her family is owed a lot by wrestling.

“Thank you, but I just try to wake up with not having that sense of entitlement…I’m so proud of my family, but for me, I never feel like I’m owed anything. I always want to earn my spot. The women’s division in WWE has never been this strong ever. It has never been so competitive. When I look at the women in NXT and I look at the women on Raw and I look at the women on SmackDown, I’m like, as a whole, collectively, this is the strongest that it’s ever been.”

Natalya also gave her thoughts about her upcoming appearances for Game Changer Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance and her reason for taking outside bookings now for her WWE career.

“The thing is though, I don’t rest on all the things that I’ve done. I don’t go, ‘Wow, I did this or I have this, or I did that, or I had this match.’ I’ve had some incredible matches. But I never just rely on great matches or things that I’ve done in the past. For me, I think you’ve got to earn your spot. So in all seriousness, I feel like I need to step outside of WWE to work my way back in.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

House of Glory announced that former WWE talent Cedric Alexander will be making his official debut appearance for the company at their Waging War event on May 9th in Chicago, Illinois.

The Queen of the Ring film based on wrestling legend Mildred Burke reportedly made $47,104 in its second week at the theatrical box office in the United States, according to BoxOfficeMojo. It was reported that the film has made $602,104 domestically over the course of its two week theatrical run.

Stardom announced that Starlight Kid recently suffered a shoulder injury and will be out of action for the company for the foreseeable future. Tokyo Sports reported that their sources stated that Kid had suffered the injury at an indie event on March 10th. Kid had competed in a Falls Count Anywhere Trios match with Mei Seira & AZM vs. Hazuki, Mayu Iwatani, & Saya Iida at the event.

Limitless Wrestling announced that they have pulled Zilla Fatu from their Bissell Brothers Bash event on March 21st in Portland, Main due to him suffering an undisclosed injury this past weekend.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that CMLL talent Esfinge and Matthew Justice are the next official competitors for this year’s Battle Riot match at their Battle Riot VII event on April 5th in Los Angeles, California.

QT Marshall recently announced on Instagram that Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling’s revival will officially end on April 4th. Marshall also announced that 1 Fall Wrestling will be making its return on April 18th in McDonough, Georgia.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Ohio Valley Wrestling’s Wrestlers documentary series was not renewed for a second season. It was reported that Netflix had opted not to renew the series despite having the rights of first refusal. Those spoken to within Netflix reported stated that the company and OVW had planned to host a live event on Netflix as a test of the service’s live streaming ability but these plans were later dropped. OVW’s Wrestlers series had premiered on Netflix in 2023 and ran for seven episodes in length.

Joey Janela recently announced one new match for the card of Game Changer Wrestling’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 event on April 18th in Las Vegas, Nevada: