In a recent appearance on the “Brass Ring Media” podcast, TNA Digital Media Champion AJ Francis discussed the variances in working with TNA Wrestling and WWE.
Francis said, “Absolutely. Everybody’s champing at the bit for their opportunity to do something with NXT or people from NXT in TNA. I want to go to NXT. I think it would be hilarious for me to walk into NXT as a guy who, when he was in WWE, never really got the opportunities he deserved, and come back as a champion and be like, ‘Hey, look what looks when you actually let me do me.’ Then also, personally, I would train in the PC all the time, so there’s a lot of guys and girls from Kelani [Jordan] to Lola [Vice] to Oba Femi, guys that I’ve trained with and helped them find themselves, Trick Williams, that are now at the forefront of NXT. We already have in-ring chemistry, we’ve already done a lot of cool things together, so it’d be cool to do it on a bigger stage. Lola Vice used to kick the s*it out of me. Sometimes, I would think that she thought she was still doing MMA. I’m like, ‘Oh!’ I had to go like, ‘Hey, relax,’ and throw you in the corner [laughs]. She would kick and punch the s*it out of me. That backhand fist, she be knocking people out. That s*it is for real. She be hitting the hell out of people.”
Formerly known as Top Dolla, Francis had two separate tenures at WWE as a member of the Hit Row stable. His WWE contract was terminated in September 2023.
