Anthony Greene Says TNA Called Him For More Appearances, Was Already In Japan By Then

Anthony Greene had a short run in TNA and he says the company wanted him to come back for more, but he was already off to Japan by then. Green spoke with Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert and SP3 on In the Weeds and talked about appearing at the TNA tapings, noting that the company reached out a month later but he was already committed to Japan.

“I got that call like a week before the show happened,” he said of the original taping. “I went down to Miami to do the tapings. I wrestled [Beast Mortos] and Mike Bailey in the same day. I thought me and [Mortos] went well, but me and Mike Bailey was incredible. We had a seven-minute X Division sprint style match. Everyone was really happy with it. Scott D’Amore was super happy with it. Dreamer, Gail Kim, everyone seemed please. Stayed in contact with them. A month later, I was on a plane to Japan to do a four and a half month tour (with NOAH). I got a text from Tommy Dreamer as I landed saying, ‘Are you available this Friday in Orlando?’ ‘No, I’m not. I’m in Japan until May.’ That’s kind of where the conversation ended at that point.”

He continued, “Up until now, I’ve been full time with NOAH until December. I haven’t really had talks with anybody. December, when I got home, the first thing I did was went to the MLW taping in New York to show face and meet Court Bauer and MSL. That’s how this whole thing got rolling. All I needed was the opportunity to be in the United States long enough to have a chance to be in front of a national wrestling company and MLW happened to be the one I chose.”

Greene will make his MLW debut at Battle RIOT VII this weekend.