Matt Taven is glad Honor No More presented a unified front from the start.
In an interview with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, Matt Taven spoke about coming into IMPACT Wrestling with Honor No More instead of making an individual debut. Asked if there was a time where they thought about appearing in a different format, Taven said he felt like doing multiple debuts would have watered down the effect the group had.
“If all of us came into IMPACT and we all had individual debuts and kind of appearances, it would dilute each and every one of us because ‘Oh, you’re debuting, well I just saw a debut last week.’ So you’re kind of like, I forgot the one that happened three weeks ago because there’s been six since then. So when we all came in at once, I think it established all of us right away, and for me personally, I’m in a new place for the first time, I didn’t expect it to happen, and I have three members of The Kingdom, who have been traveling up the roads for years with. Kenny King’s a close personal friend of mine, Eddie Edwards and me, we came up together in New England, he’s another really close friend of mine, and Carl [PCO] is crazy. You’ve always gotta have a wildcard around with PCO. So it’s one of those things that, I really couldn’t have picked a better group as far as just me personally being around my friends coming into a new place.
“At the same time, I think just because we all came from the same place and everyone knew it, it made sense to just all come in, and it’s worked so well that we’ve all stuck together for the time being. Who knows what the future leads to, if we end up going our different ways and then I have an opportunity to do solo stuff then, or whatever the case may be. But there’s a little bit of comfort in a time when those couple months, when so many things were up in the air, to have your friends around you, going through it with you, you’re all kind of looking around like, ‘I don’t know what’s happening, but at least we’re gonna do this together, let’s see what we can make work out of this.’ So for me selfishly, it definitely was a fun opportunity to go through a real trying time but with all of my closest friends around me.”
Matt Taven spoke about being in IMPACT Wrestling while Ring Of Honor, a promotion he called home for 12 years, has returned under the ownership of Tony Khan. Taven said he isn’t sure what happens down the line as far as a return to ROH is concerned, but he also couldn’t have predicted what happened with ROH going on hiatus last year either.
“It’s one of those things where if you told me last year that hey, the first six months of [2022], you’re gonna be all over IMPACT, I’d be like what are you talking about? But at the same time, it’s part of this crazy adventure called wrestling that for the last 14-plus years, I’ve been living by the seat of my pants and just kinda, there’s ebbs and flows to everything and luckily there’s been more highs than lows, so it’s very cool to land on my feet at IMPACT Wrestling and see what the future holds for me there.
“I mean if you were to ask me a couple of months ago if I would be in an IMPACT ring, I would think, ‘What are you talking about?’ So wrestling is one of those things where I have, yes, no, who has, I have no idea. Currently, I’m with IMPACT Wrestling, I’ve been there for six months. I know I’ll be there for a little bit longer. Who knows what happens after that? Who knows what could happen tomorrow? In wrestling, it’s one of those crazy businesses where honestly, if it was a year ago and I said to myself, ‘The whole company’s gonna go under, tire gonna be fired, you’re gonna end up at IMPACT Wrestling before your contract even expires, and now you’re gonna find yourself in a situation where everything’s up in the air,’ it’s like no, that’s not gonna happen. I’m under contract for another two-and-a-half years. So it’s crazy.”
Taven also spoke about original plans to use him at Supercard of Honor before the company was bought by Tony Khan and how it didn’t pan out. Read more about Taven taking things with a grain of salt at this link.
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