TNA World Champion Frankie Kazarian on Possible AJ Styles Match: “We’re Waiting On One Guy To Sign Off”
During an appearance on the Crown Jewel Kickoff Show in Perth, Australia back in October, AJ Styles said that he is indeed retiring in 2026, adding, “I am getting older. The fear of embarrassing myself is getting closer.”
While speaking on Busted Open Radio yesterday, Frankie Kazarian discusses a potential match with AJ Styles, says ‘one guy’ needs to sign off on it:
“AJ and myself have both put it out there over the last few months that he’s ready to go. I’m ready to go… I know AJ wants this to happen. I want it to happen. More importantly, the fans want it to happen.
AJ’s hanging it up. Our history speaks for itself. There’s nobody I respect more. There’s nobody I’m a bigger fan of. With his history with this company and me now being the guy here, the stakes just went up. So this match could mean even more than it would have.
We’re waiting on one guy to sign off, and I hope that guy does sign off on it because that would be a great button on not only both of our careers, but our friendship.”
Frankie also talked about what he’s done to earn the TNA World Title.
“I’ve earned it (the TNA World Championship). I have more than earned it.
Talking about putting in your reps and putting in your time, specifically for this company. I earned this title in 2007. I earned this title in 2010. I earned this title on the road for TNA, busting my ass, doing everything they asked me.
Never b*tching, never complaining, being passed over, being looked over, falling on swords for other talent. That’s where I earned this title. Last night was just the icing on the cake. This title was earned in the trenches years ago.”
While it hasn’t been revealed who that “one guy” is, that Frankie references, fans can speculate either Paul Levesque or Nick Khan would be they final signature/word of approval to allow AJ to do the match.
Obviously this would be a huge match – whether it happens in a TNA ring or a WWE ring.
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