Mike Santana: AMC Has Produced Some Of The Best Stories, Now It’s TNA’s Turn To Put These Cool Stories Out There

Mike Santana speaks on the TNA-AMC deal.

Anticipation continues to rise for the partnership, which is set to officially kick off on Thursday, January 15 with a live episode from Dallas, Texas.

Speaking with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp for a new interview, Mike Santana spoke about the deal coming together and how the real work will start when the media rights deal officially kicks off.

“It means a lot, man, and it goes back again to what we just spoke about as far as believing in who I say I am, right? I think I’ve been putting in my absolute best along with the entire team at TNA. It’s been something that the hard work is paying off every day. I’m thankful to be on the forefront and be one of the reasons why we’re in the position that we’re in. I look forward to keeping it going. Like I said, when this TV deal goes into effect and we hit that first show on January 15th, the real work starts.”

Santana went on to talk about how he wants TNA to bring cool stories to the network that is famous for producing some of the best television shows of all time.

“So I knew there were some rumblings about things that I had heard about. As you know, in wrestling, everything is all talk until it happens. So I went into it with that same mindset of like, ‘Alright, all this sounds good, but let’s see the action now. Let’s see what comes of all this,’ and man, when, it finally hit, I was like, ‘Yeah, you damn right. You damn right.’ It’s exciting that the entire world is going to get to see what TNA is about now. The fact that we could take advantage of being partners with a channel that has produced some of the best stories. So now it’s TNA’s turn to now show like, ‘Hey, let’s put these cool stories together and put them out there.’”

Santana finished off the topic by talking about his love of ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Breaking Bad’.

“Of course I started watching Walking Dead when it premiered. I read the graphic novel. I read it maybe two years before the show came out and I was excited when they announced the show. So I was like, ‘Oh, man, this is going to be awesome.’ I followed it for I think the first three seasons and then I fell off like after that because I just got caught up in other things. Breaking Bad, course. Legendary show. It was awesome. I actually just rewatched it maybe three months ago. Yeah, great shows. I am excited to see what integrations happen now that TNA is going to be on the network and it’s an exciting time for sure for everyone involved. I’ve heard nothing but great things from the people at AMC and how excited they are to have us and it’s going to be a fun time.”

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