Professional wrestling legend and TNA World Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy addressed various topics on a recent episode of his podcast, “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy.” Among the discussions was the controversial finish of the Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada match at AEW All In: Texas, focusing on how the company overlooked certain rules during the match.
Hardy said, “Yeah. I mean, that’s totally understandable, and I don’t disagree with you. I mean, they’ve been very, very by the books, when it comes to rules, you know, like the Continental Classic, there can be no interference. And I know there’s some people to get frustrated by that, you know, that are trying to be heels and get heat, whatever else. So it is weird that they pulled the ref out, and he took a face bump, and then he got stomped in the back of the neck. It is weird that that wasn’t a DQ, especially because AEW really prides itself on following the rules and being by the rules. Not crazy about that finish. I would have, I would have tried to do something different.”
On finding another way:
“I think they have pushed the focus on rules so strongly, I think when they break, when they break their own rules, so to say, I think it is disappointing to their fan base, you know, because their fan base expects them to follow by the rules, and they don’t expect, you know, lazy booking like that.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
