Various: Matt Hardy on The Hardys Not Putting Any Kind of Window for Retirement Plans, Card for 1/9 ROH TV Show, Indies

Jan 9, 2025

Matt Hardy Comments on The Hardys Not “Putting Any Kind of Dare or Window” for Retirement Plans

A recent episode of the Sports Guys Talk Wrestling podcast featured The Hardys, Matt & Jeff Hardy, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Matt Hardy’s thouhgts about the future of The Hardys wrestling career and them not putting any kind of window for potential retirement plans.

“I think if you would have asked us this a couple years ago, maybe it would have. But this run in TNA, and the way we both feel physically, like [Jeff] said, these ice baths, the inflammation is down, and our bodies feel better, and it’s a ritual we do every single morning when we get up, and we’re definitely dedicated to it, it’s in our routine, no doubt. Now, I don’t think so. I don’t think we’re putting any kind of concrete amount of time on this. We’re gonna ride this spiral until it ends. We’re going to give and give and give everything we have until we can’t do this anymore. I love the fact that Dustin is still going so hard. Dustin is an amazing guy, huge fan of Dustin, huge fan of Dustin and his story about getting sober and his sobriety and how serious he takes it. I just love the fact that he’s still killing it in the ring. He’s killing it every time he steps out there. So he’s very inspiring for an older guy, or a guy that’s aged a little more like I am. But yeah, I think Jeff and I, I don’t think we’re necessarily putting any kind of date or window on when to hang it up, when to hang up the boots. I think we’re just gonna go until we feel like we can’t go anymore.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Current Card for Thursday’s ROH TV Show

Ring of Honor recently announced the card for tonight’s ROH TV show on HonorClub.

Current card for January 9th ROH TV show:

ROH Women’s World Television Championship Proving Ground match – mystery oppnent vs. Red Velvet (c)
ROH Throwback match – Sumie Sakai vs. Hazuki
MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. mystery opponents
Rachael Ellering vs. Queen Aminata
Griff Garrison vs. Boulder
Blake Christian vs. Serpentico
Trish Adora vs. Harley Cameron
Billie Starkz vs. mystery opponent
The Learning Tree’s Chris Jericho and Bryan Keith to appear

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Coastal Championship Wrestling announced that Malakai Black will be making his official debut appearance for the company at their HAVOC & HAZE 9 event on January 11th in Tampa, Florida. It was also announced that Black will be facing off against Orion in a singles match at the event.

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus recently announced that she will be getting inducted into the Richmond Hill Sports of Fame as a member of this year’s class of inductees.

As noted before, former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. was charged in April of 2023 with several criminal charges by the United States Department of Justice over his involvement in embezzling welfare funds as part of a larger welfare scandal in the State of Mississippi. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that a hearing was held this past Tuesday before the Mississippi Southern District Court to confirm that the current trial date of August 26th for DiBiase Jr remains intact. Johnson reported that one reason for the hearing was for the court to make sure the legal case is still moving forward and to inform all parties that they would require regular Status Conferences going forward to see where everything stands.

Wrestling author and reporter Jonathan Snowden recently announced that he is currently working with John Pozarowski of The Two Man Power Trip Podcast for an upcoming new book focusing on WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart’s greatest matches in his wrestling career. Snowden stated that the title of this upcoming book is The Era of the Hitman and is currently scheduled to be released in 2026.

Indies wrestler Hyan recently announced on Twitter that she will be appearing on the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Mo television series.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Eric Bischoff will be making a return appearance to the company at their Kings of Colosseum 2025 event on January 11th in North Richland Hills, Texas.

In a recent interview with the Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams podcast, AJ Francis gave his thoughts about his current run in TNA Wrestling and his goals for his career in 2025. Francis stated “It’s been great. I just re-signed with TNA. I had the best year of my career last year. In TNA, the last match I had was for the TNA World Title. This year, the goal is the TNA World Tag Team Champions with my tag team partner KC Navarro. I’m excited for another great year. 2025’s gonna the best year in wrestling ever. It’s the reason why people like you are crossing over the line.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Game Changer Wrestling announced that PCO will be making an appearance for the company at their The People vs. GCW event on January 19th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York:

GCW also announced one new match for the card of their Thank Me Later event on January 11th in Columbus, Ohio: