AJ Styles Reveals How His 2025 TNA Appearance Came About, Why He Didn’t Wrestle There

AJ Styles made an appearance at last year’s TNA Slammiversary, something he spoke about in a new interview. The WWE Hall of Famer made an appearance at last July’s show for TNA, showing up to appear in the ring with then-X-Division Champion Leon Slater after Slater won the title from Moose.

There was a lot of speculation at the time that Styles could wrestle in TNA through the company’s partnership with WWE, but it didn’t happen. Styles spoke about the matter on Insight With Chris Van Vliet and you can see highlights below:

On His TNA Appearance:

“Well, I think that TNA just asked, he doesn’t have to wrestle, we just wanted to come out there and have a moment with Leon Slater, I think the youngest X Division champion in TNA.”

On if a Match In TNA Was Possible At That Time:

“I don’t think there was ever a possibility of me having a match in TNA, and I think I know why. Because once I did that appearance with Leon where Chelsea Green came up to me and said, ‘Oh, I would love to go back there and have a match.’ I go, ‘Oh, that’s why I want to. I’ll never have a match over there, because once you open that door, it’s open now, and people are going to want to do it. ‘So I knew after talking to Chelsea, and she wasn’t saying anything bad. She’s just saying the idea of being able to wrestle there would be great again. I knew that it never happened.”