They're saying that the other talent are of the mind that if he can't get the money he wanted, nobody will and I think it's a fair point. I can't imagine he'd have asked for anything other than what he thought he was worth either.

Makes you wonder if keeping the great orange one for as long as they did basically bled them dry and put them in this hole ?

Was really bad that, i thought they would have least finally killed park off and brought Abyss back somehow with that one, but they seem to be keeping the Park going, they could have done so much more there, and a lot better.

Rumours hes gone.



Doesn't sound good at all, if indeed true.

I would think that AJ will come back to TNA. I mean, he might float around the indy feds for a bit but where else is he going to go? They might even be trying to swerve us, as TNA love to do.

I know TNA can be really stupid but are they really so stupid to have booked themselves into the corner that they have with the world title angle? Maybe Magnus will have a run of a few months as a heel champion before AJ eventually comes back for the big showdown.

TNA executive Andy Barton has been putting about that they are more successful than WWE in both Germany and UK because they get more viewers

Whilst I accept it's his job to big them up, what he failed to mention is that whilst WWE airs on pay TV in both countries, TNA is on free to air TV. He also fails to recognise that whilst, for example week ending December 1st, IMPACT got 179,000 at 9pm on a Sunday night on free TV, RAW got 130,000 at 1am Tuesday morning on pay TV.

Why can't they be a little bit careful with what they say, it makes them look stupid in the long run

The figures dont lie,TNA reaches more viewers in the uk,its simple. not to mention that TNA actually takes the time to appeal to the uk market. Viewer wise tna is the biggest company here.

And you don't think it's more impressive that 130k will tune into Raw at 1am and only 49k more will watch at 9pm for impact?

NO as TNA is a tiny and in comparison to the wwe a new company,its amazing that they beat the wwe in the ratings at all even on with the wwe on pay tv. do you not find that very fact spectacularly amazing?

On FTA at 9pm.. It's like putting X Factor at 1am on Pay TV and Big Brother on at 9pm on free TV and then saying BB is winning. If it wasn't getting more viewers in primetime than WWE gets in graveyard id be worried

I'm not saying TNA's ratings aren't great, they are, but there are certainly factors involved that help them along

Yeah but TNA are up against main stream tv such as the xfactor and im a celebrity. so wwe being on at 1am on pay tv kind of evens it out out TBH.

Thats it, hes gone

Yup. Bad news.
If it IS a work, then it's a damn good one. But it really doesn't look like it.

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j...4OocFQNF2SEnzw

Its a work,this promotional video was uploaded yesterday by a news paper and a uk wrestling company ajs due to appear in, it shows tna clips etc if Aj wasnt still apart of TNA and didnt have their permission it would be copyright infringement.

No it isn't.

The rumour mill now heavily suggests that it might be! Talk about confusing!

Thing is, if he's as loyal to the company as you'd expect, if someone suggested to him that he lets his contract expire and "leaves" as part of the storyline, he'd probably jump at the chance - he gets to book some lucrative independent dates and also spend more time with his family to potentially heal any nagging injuries.

But then it really could just be nothing more than a power play by his representatives to get the money he wanted - it's probably not the first time someone has said "Pay me what I want or I quit". They probably tried to call his bluff and were taken by surprise when he actually did let his contract expire.

This!!

Its a work......i win,what do i get??

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j...58187178,d.ZGU
NEW DEAL SIGNED APPARENTLY.

Interesting

must be a work surely! hes in a damn cm punk leaving the company as champion storyline for crying out loud.

Apparently styles was earning 350k a year before hes contract expired,then TNA came in with an offer of 200k which aj rejected,but now TNA have met his demands,if this is true TNA deserve to go down the pan,FFS ya'd be lucky to get that as a wwe headliner!!

It's not an entirely black/white situation, certainly. TNA undoubtedly has a bigger profile here than it does in the States and in many other countries.

Bigger than WWE? Probably not. The numbers that WWE draws to UK live events are far beyond TNA and the pay-wall situation with Sky Sports can go some way to explaining the discrepancies in viewer numbers.

The pay-wall argument is, however, massively overstated. The 1AM start-time means nothing considering that Sky subscribers have an easy recording function and RAW is repeated during the week at a more sensible viewing hour too. Moreover, Sky Sports is a channel that can draw millions of viewers to Premier League matches - indeed a top match will draw more viewers to Sky Sports in 2 hours than will tune into Challenge all day. There is NO DOUBT that WWE, despite being behind a pay-wall, still have a wider promotional base than TNA, simply thanks to the massive power of Sky.

It's not a work .. you don't win .. AJ's agent Bill Behrens has released a statement:

It's too late i already won jason.

hes not going anywhere

all just kayfabe to make his on screen storyline seem more real.

and that's the most ridiculous thing about all of this.

in the "real" world, he most likely has walked away over money issues and TNA may have realised he wasn't kidding when he said he'd let his contract expire so are now reaching out to discuss a new deal.

in the world of the average wrestling fan who wants to one-up the next one with "insider" knowledge, they won't believe a word of it and will insist it's a "work" or "kayfabe".

but then i suppose that's the nature of the business really ..