James Storm On Why He Chose TNA Over NXT And More

James Storm recently spoke to Real Sport 101 abut why he decided to return to TNA, reforming Beer Money and more. You can check out the full interview here and read some highlights below.

You’re back in in TNA after a short period in NXT. What was behind your decision to return and leave the WWE behind?

“I’ve been with TNA since the very beginning and I want to see them succeed, I feel like I have a lot to give not just to TNA but the wrestling business as a whole, I just felt that right now I can help TNA out a lot.”

Speaking of TNA starting out, you’ve come through from the start of TNA with other guys who are now house hold names, the likes of yourself, Bobby (Roode) Ajay Styles who obviously debuted in WWE last night. If you had had those type of people around you at NXT would you had possibly stayed or was it always going to be a decision to come back to TNA?

“No, it was never an all-out decision to come back to TNA, Me and Hunter (Triple H) had a talk and as far as I’m aware left the door open, Hunter has done some great things for NXT, no matter what people may think of his on screen character, behind the scenes he’s one of the most passionate guys in the business.”

Your on screen character is so often completely different to the person you are behind the scenes, it seems to me that your on-screen character, especially when you are operating within beer money, seems to be something that really resonates with you. Is that because you find it easier to play a character that is a little bit closer to your real life personality?

“Yeah I find it really easy to do the beer money stuff, but even the stuff I was doing down at NXT, I spoke to hunter and he said, I just want you to be you, I was like okay cool ha-ha.

I just love going out there and having fun, because people want to see a great wrestling match but they also want to be involved and entertained at the same time, so it can be tricky to combine all those things in the short time that you get while you’re out there.”