Matt Hardy names the TNA talent pro wrestling fans should keep a close eye on

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)’s roster features immoderate of the brightest young endowment successful the manufacture who person mixed successful good with the veterans successful the organization.

On Thursday nights, pro wrestling fans tin tune into "Impact" and spot a fistful of wrestlers who are definite to beryllium household names successful the adjacent fewer years if they aren’t already.

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Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy participate the ringing during NXT astatine Andrew J. Brady Center successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected Feb. 25, 2025. (WWE via Getty Images)

Matt Hardy, 1 fractional of the TNA satellite tag squad champions, named a fistful of wrestlers fans should beryllium paying attraction to successful a caller interrogation with Fox News Digital, particularly with the company’s Lockdown pay-per-view astir the corner.

"I deliberation idiosyncratic who is, good idiosyncratic who has been a prima for a while, and I deliberation close present he's successful his champion epoch ever, he's successful his prime, that is Mustafa Ali," helium said. "And the feline he's moving with, Jason Hotch, is conscionable starting to go a prima and I deliberation he's going to beryllium a large woody erstwhile it's each said and done astatine TNA. See truthful overmuch imaginable successful him."

Hotch won the TNA International Championship against Ali successful an epic lucifer connected "Impact." The 2 are acceptable for a rematch astatine Lockdown connected Aug. 23.

"Leon Slater is simply a feline that's there. He benignant of sat underneath myself and Jeff's learning tree. For 21 years old, helium has it successful here," Hardy continued. "So, it's truthful almighty however overmuch cognition and however bully helium is and however alert helium is and however helium knows what's going connected astatine 21 years old."

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Leon Slater enters the arena during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected Oct. 21, 2025. (WWE via Getty Images)

Slater was astir the longest reigning TNA X Division champion successful the company’s past earlier Cedric Alexander defeated him for the title. Alexander volition enactment the rubric connected the enactment astatine Lockdown. If Slater loses, his near-300-day reign volition beryllium erased from the TNA past books.

Hardy besides told Fox News Digital that Ricky Sosa is different endowment to watch. Sosa signed with TNA earlier this twelvemonth arsenic helium became a viral sensation for his entranceway portion connected the autarkic scene.

"Also, Ricky Sosa, different guy's 21. I deliberation he's going to beryllium a large prima there," Hardy said. "Leon, hopefully helium stays with TNA for a small portion longer. He whitethorn extremity up leaving, going to WWE oregon AEW, immoderate else, but helium is going to beryllium a large star. Leon Slater, Ricky Sosa, ticker retired for Jason Hotch. Those are 3 guys that uh that are truly ascending close now, those three."

Matt and Jeff Hardy are acceptable to support the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Nic and Ryan Nemeth astatine Lockdown.

Mustafa Ali enters the arena during Showdown astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected Oct. 7, 2025. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE via Getty Images)

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Lockdown volition instrumentality spot astatine the Credit Union 1 Arena successful Chicago. Each lucifer volition instrumentality spot wrong of a alloy cage.