AJ Styles is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion, and he’s also one of the top stars in the company. For many years AJ was the face of TNA, but in 2013 he decided to walk away from the company and bet on himself.
At one point wrestling fans had high hopes for TNA, but some mistakes made by management seemed to hurt the company in a big way, and AJ recently opened up about what went wrong with TNA while streaming on Twitch.
The Phenomenal One shared his thoughts on Vince Russo and noted that while they did butt heads, he loves Russo on a personal level. He also noted that they ended up butting heads when Dixie Carter got involved.
“Vince, as a person, I love the guy, and we butted heads as far as him writing, even in TNA, but I realized when we butted heads, it was because he was getting things from Dixie the whole time. It must have been very difficult to work with this woman who has no idea how wrestling works and wanted everything to be done to it and it didn’t make any sense. We butted heads with him as a writer, but due to Dixie Carter getting involved a lot with creative.”
The former TNA World Champion then went on to say that he believes Dixie Carter 100% ruined TNA.
“Do I believe Dixie ruined IMPACT? Well, it was TNA back then, and 100%. IMPACT, there was a time when it was really gaining ground. The problem was, Dixie wanted to be WWE-lite and that’s not what people wanted. They wanted to see something else. All she had to do was let us do what we do, it was really that simple. Had she left it to the writers, I think TNA would still be around and be bigger than what they are, but not knowing what’s best for business, she hurt TNA.”
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