Matt Hardy is happy to see Mike Santana moving towards the World Championship picture in TNA Wrestling.
NXT Superstar Trick Williams is now the TNA Wrestling World Champion. He earned that title by beating Joe Hendry in the main event of WWE NXT Battleground. His first defense will be against Mike Santana on the June 3 episode of WWE NXT.
Speaking about the shake-up in the TNA Wrestling World Championship picture, Matt Hardy told Jon Alba on the latest episode of his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast that he was happy to see Santana getting these opportunities.
"I like the fact that Santana is getting the opportunity to move into the upper echelon of TNA, top-level talent, and work in championship matches and main events. He's a guy who's busted his ass since he left AEW, and big respect for Mike because he bet on himself. He asked for a release from AEW. He left AEW. He didn't see a chance for him to move up the roster. He didn't see a chance to work hard and become something bigger than he already was, or how management perceived him. He took a bet on himself. He went to TNA and he's been killing it," Matt said. "He's been doing great, and I think he's going to do very, very well in these matches against Trick Williams. He is very motivated. He takes so much pride in his sobriety, he takes so much pride in his fatherhood, and in his daughter. That is his motivation to get up and go to work and bust his ass every single day. I think he's going to be great in the spot, in this role. I'm very excited for Mike Santana."
Matt Hardy also said that he believes Frankie Kazarian could be circling the championship picture as well, and he's happy to see the TNA OG move up the ladder.
Fans can learn more about Mike Santana's desire to become the TNA World Champion here.
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