TNA star Sting commented to Fighting Spirit Magazine in a new interview that he "knew there was trouble" with Jeff Hardy a few hours before their infamous 90-second PPV main event in March that led to Hardy's departure from TNA.

"I had high hopes that by some miracle it would pan out — and we would be able to actually have a match — because we had something pretty good worked out," Sting said. "It didn't happen that way. It just deteriorated, it got to the point that what happened, had to happen. I knew going into it that if it had to happen like that, then you've got people who are buying the pay-per-view who would be disgruntled. You'd have a live audience that's p***ed off and confused, as well as the wrestlers in the back. The ripple effect is gigantic — it affects a lot of people."

As for Hardy's return to TNA, Sting said, "He seems to be great. I've talked to him a couple of times, he seems really, really good and he is remorseful. But he understands that his words mean nothing at this point — time is going to be the only thing. He's going to have to build the bridge of trust back one brick at a time — and he knows it."