AJ Styles: I Don’t Think There Was Ever A Possibility Of Me Having A Match In TNA Again

AJ Styles does not think he was going to have a match for TNA.

It was back at TNA Wrestling’s Slammiversary 2025 pay-per-view that A.J. Styles returned to the promotion. He had an in-ring segment with Leon Slater and spoke highly of the then-X Division Champion.

Styles spoke about that appearance while appearing on Insight with Chris Van Vliet.

“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.”

Following up on that, Styles was asked if there was ever a chance of him wrestling for TNA again, and he said the following;

“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 (Slater) 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.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Styles commented on the possibility of him coming out of retirement.