TNA reportedly has interest in several former Wyatt Sicks members, but Matt Hardy doesn’t think the company should simply hit copy and paste. If those wrestlers do end up in TNA, Hardy believes there’s a smarter way to use them than trying to recreate what fans already saw in WWE.
Recent reports have suggested TNA has serious interest in multiple former members of the Wyatt Sicks following their WWE departures, with Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis among the names already being discussed internally for creative plans.
That topic came up on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy when John Alba referenced those reports and asked Hardy how he would use performers like Taylor Rotunda, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan and Nikki Cross if they eventually landed in TNA.
Hardy made it clear right away that he wasn’t speaking from inside knowledge. While he praised the group as performers, he stressed he had no idea where things stood regarding negotiations or contracts.
“I mean, I think they’re all very talented individuals that can, you know, on top of playing these over-the-top characters, I also think they’re all very talented when it comes to being performers in the ring and whatnot. So I certainly would think there’d be a home for them. And, you know, once again, that’s kind of above my pay grade. You know, I don’t know what the exact status is, but that was an interesting rumor just floating around. Who knows? I guess in time, in time we will see. Time will tell.”
Once the conversation shifted from rumors to creative ideas, Hardy had a much stronger opinion. Rather than bringing the Wyatt Sicks into TNA exactly as they existed in WWE, he thinks the company should evolve the characters into something that feels more authentic.
“I feel like, since they’re, for the majority of them, their biggest stardom was obviously doing the Wyatt Sicks, I would almost feel like some sort of hybrid, like the real person with a little bit of the Wyatt Sicks character kind of rolled into one. Maybe not as intense as the whole Wyatt Six thing was as far as, like, going super deep, you know, in the deep end of supernatural conduct, but I would like to see a little bit of a mixture of them because I think people are going to, anybody who sees them and whenever they watch them on an indie show or whatever else, they’re going to think about that Wyatt Sicks.”
Hardy also believes some members of the group will never completely escape that association, particularly the younger talent whose profiles grew significantly because of the faction.
“They will forever be known for that, those people, and they’ll be linked together by it. Especially the younger guys, the Sam Shaws and the Joe Gacys and the Bo Dallas, those guys will definitely always be associated with the Wyatt Sicks for sure.”
Instead of trying to fight that connection, Hardy thinks TNA should embrace it while giving the performers room to show more of themselves.
“But I would like to see a little bit more of a hybrid version of them where they seem real, but maybe they do have this other alter ego they could go to if they need to.”
John Alba then questioned whether leaning too heavily into supernatural storytelling would risk making the act feel like a watered-down version of the Wyatt Sicks. Hardy understood the concern, but he also reminded listeners that some of TNA’s biggest television success has come from embracing unconventional ideas.
“It just, I mean, it kind of depends. I mean, one thing that is undeniable right now, the only time TNA has broken 300,000 viewers and the highest, the biggest audience we’ve ever had, and I know it did really good on replays and on the streaming version as well later on throughout the week, is the show that was built around the Righteous Deletion. So, I don’t know.”
Whether any former Wyatt Sicks members actually sign with TNA remains to be seen. If they do, though, Hardy believes fans shouldn’t expect a carbon copy of the WWE faction—instead, he’d rather see those wrestlers take what made the group memorable and build something new from it.
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