Report: TNA locker room pushing for signing of former MLW wrestler
A former MLW wrestler could be headed to TNA Wrestling.
According to a report from Jon Alba of Sports Illustrated, Richard Holliday’s name has been brought up in the TNA locker room often of late, with Alba writing that several are “outright pushing” management to sign him.
One pitch for Holliday to be brought into the company was said to be in the role of Mr. Elegance, the member of the Elegance Brand who debuted on the AMC debut show. The role of Mr. Elegance ultimately went to former OVW wrestler AJZ.
Holliday joined MLW in 2018 and formed an alliance with Alex Hammerstone and AEW World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman known as The Dynasty. He and MJF held the promotion’s tag titles once in 2019 before dropping them to the Von Erichs that November. The Dynasty continued after MJF left the company until early 2022, when Holliday turned on Hammerstone. That December, Holliday announced that he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He revealed his cancer was in remission the following summer and resumed wrestling on the independent scene.
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