AJ Francis & KC Navarro Cost Mike Santana TNA World Title Match On WWE NXT

K.C. Navarro debuts and A.J. Francis returns.

The main event of the June 3rd NXT on The CW saw Trick Williams defending his TNA World Championship against Mike Santana.

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While Santana was making his entrance, he gave a fist bump to Elijah, who was seated in the front row. Elijah is challenging for the TNA World Title at Against All Odds on June 6th.

There came a point in the bout when Williams went over to Elijah, snatched his guitar, and smashed it. While the referee was handling that situation, Santana was attacked by First Cla$$ (K.C. Navarro & A.J. Francis).

Francis chokeslammed Santana onto the announce desk. They tossed him back into the ring and Trick followed up to retain the TNA World Title.

It was Francis' first WWE appearance since being released from WWE in 2023.

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