Matt Hardy Opens Up About Working In A Six-sided Ring For TNA Wrestling

Matt Hardy recently spoke on his podcast, โ€œExtreme Life of Matt Hardy,โ€ about a variety of professional wrestling topics including his time working in a six-sided ring for TNA Wrestling.

โ€œIt 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 TNAโ€™s identity. It really made them stand out and it made them different, so I think that is a good thing to an extent.โ€

โ€œThe most challenging thing to me about it was that now that there are six sides, theyโ€™re each shorter. Each one of the six sides are shorter so sometimes thereโ€™s a guy grabbing you to whip you and itโ€™s hard to tell if heโ€™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 youโ€™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 itโ€™s a little more challenging to know exactly how your opponent is trying to navigate you in a certain direction.โ€

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(quotes courtesy of Fightful.com)