John Skyler Reveals The Great Hands Had To Fight To Rejoin Ladder Match at TNA Slammiversary

During a recent interview with PWInsider’s Mike Johnson, John Skyler of The Great Hands revealed that the team had to fight to be put back into the Ladder Match for the TNA World Tag Team Titles at Slammiversary 2026. Below are some highlights:

John Skyler on How He Feels Creatively in TNA and the Ladder Match at Slammiversary

“Amazing! For me, obviously, selfishly, me and Jason (Hotch) put a lot of pressure on ourselves, and I don’t mind saying this: we were originally supposed to be in the Ladder match, and we were taken out, and we had to fight to get back in, and that was a talk that we had to have, and we got put back in. So we put a lot of pressure on ourselves on that specific night, with everything else going on in the company, to really deliver a great performance for us. But you’re exactly right, that Slammiversary show from top to bottom was the show that the company needed, and I think that’s always been the story of TNA, is that if all else fails, you can always rely on the talent to go out and hit a home run there, and that’s been from day one, you know?”

On the Best Advice He Received From Mustafa Ali

“One of the best pieces of advice I’ve gotten since being a part of Order 4 came from Mustafa Ali, and it was: ‘Closed mouths don’t get fed.’ So it’s: Do we speak up about this and feel strongly about it and maybe get a chance and an opportunity, or do we keep our mouths shut and just sit on the sidelines? We’ve done that now, so it was time for us to speak up… I don’t think we have the reputation of being complainers or anything like that, and we wanted to make that known as well, but we had what we felt was like a valid argument, and they agreed, and so we got back in. Right now, I can honestly tell you I haven’t felt more creatively fulfilled than I do right now in a very long time, and I think that’s really good. Obviously the money is great, but also I’m—being a fan of this for so long, I really need to feel creatively fulfilled, and I feel creatively fulfilled right now… I don’t foresee myself leaving TNA anytime soon.”

The match saw The Hardys win in order to regain the titles from The System. The Righteous were also part of the bout.