Legend’s heartfelt message as AJ Styles returns to Slammiversary

One erstwhile WWE World Champion decided to publically amusement his respect and enactment aft the quality was confirmed that AJ Styles, the antheral who marked an era, volition beryllium returning to the spot wherever it each began - successful TNA.

The celebrated wrestler, known by the nickname The Phenomenal One, volition instrumentality to Slammiversary 2025, which volition extremity a ten-year hiatus from appearances successful this organization. Styles has agelong been a awesome of the TNA promotion, and galore subordinate him with it.

A instrumentality that awakens emotions and triggers memories

Nic Nemeth, the antheral who held the satellite rubric doubly successful WWE and is besides remembered by fans arsenic Dolph Ziggler, took to societal media and sent a almighty connection regarding the instrumentality of the legendary fighter:

"This is simply a immense play for TNA. A existent squad effort, from those successful and astir the ring, to everyone down the scenes, to the champion locker country successful the world. Having AJ [Styles] backmost to beryllium a portion of SLAM not lone cements a palmy narration with New York, but bringing backmost idiosyncratic who is astir synonymous with TNA excites the fans arsenic overmuch arsenic each of america involved. He didn't person to bash this, but helium knows however overmuch it means to pro wrestling."

"This play is the commencement of thing large that has been simmering for years, and we tin each consciousness it successful the air. The preparations and promotion by everyone progressive volition not and cannot spell unnoticed. And now, determination is lone 1 much happening near to do."

The awesome 44-year-old Nemeth volition besides beryllium successful the event. He and his member Ryan, performing arsenic The Nemeths, volition support the tag squad titles successful a four-way ladder match.

When antecedently asked wherefore helium declined the TNA Hall of Fame successful 2024, Styles bluntly stated:

“There was a clip erstwhile they wanted maine to spell into the TNA Hall of Fame. I thought it would beryllium a small disrespectful to WWE astatine the clip to judge the TNA Hall of Fame. I privation to spell into the Hall of Fame erstwhile I’m done wrestling. I deliberation it’s much fitting. I’ve wrestled a batch of places and I’m grateful to beryllium successful immoderate Hall of Fame. But I’ll hold until I’m done.”