JBL: I Almost Made My In-Ring Return For TNA, They Had a Creative Change and I Didn’t Like It

JBL reflects on what almost was.

During an appearance on TMZ Sports, former WWE Undisputed Champion and WWE Hall of Famer, JBL spoke about nearly making his in-ring return to compete for promotions like TNA and Lucha Libre AAA, and how creative changes and company buyouts changed his plans.

“Yeah, you know, I was going to do it last year and it didn’t work out. I was going to do something in TNA and it didn’t work out. They had a creative change and I didn’t like what the creative was. I think it was very good. It was good for business or good for me or good for anything. And so I told ’em, I said, I’m not really interested in doing it. And so I walked out of it and I still have a good relationship with them. The guy who made the creative change got fired about a week or two later and then WWE partnered with them and so it just never came back to fruition,” he said. “I was going to do something in AAA down in Mexico and then all of a sudden WWE buys them and they made me a commentator [laughs]. So I’m glad they kept me, [but they] took me out of the ring. Maybe that was a hint they were giving to me.”

JBL has continued to tease the idea of him coming back to the ring, rather than hitting a blinded opponent with a Clothesline from Hell like he has been doing for the last couple of years.

h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.

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