Moose Announces He Is “Taking A Step Back” from TNA Following Slammiversary 2025
Moose recently announced on Instagram that he will be taking a break from TNA following this past Sunday’s Slammiversary 2025 event in order to get healthy again and determine what is next for his career in the company.
“I’ve accomplished almost everything here at @tnawrestling ……. @leonslater_ I have the ultimate respect for you and the x division is now in your hands….. SHOW THEM HELL For me it’s time to take a step back…. Get healthy and see what’s next…I’ll be back soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️ TRUSTTHESYSTEM”
JBL Comments on He Was Originally Set to Appear at TNA Slammiversary 2025 But Creative Plans for Him Are “Off The Burner”
A recent episode of the Something To Wrestle with John Layfield podcast featured WWE Hall of Famer and co-host John Bradshaw Layfield revealing that he was originally scheduled to make an appearance at TNA’s Slammiversary 2025 event before the plans were dropped.
“Somebody sent me a note on social media and they said, ‘I hope they finish this storyline with so and so, unlike what they did with JBL.’ I want to tell people that last night at [TNA Slammiversary], I was supposed to be there, initially, and I was supposed to have a part that people wouldn’t have believed how big it was. That did not work out. There is a reason. The reason that got ended in TNA wasn’t because of me. Maybe it was, maybe it was because I’m not any good, but it was a decision made by someone who is no longer there.
I’ll tell the basic story. I love Tommy (Dreamer). Tommy was not the one who made the decision. I was supposed to have a real escalation of what we were doing with TNA. We had the whole thing planned out. I don’t want to take any fun away from what these guys are doing now because it’s not about me. Those guys did a great job last night. Very happy for all of them. (Mike) Santana, Trick Williams, the Hardys, these guys are rockstars and I think they’re going to do incredibly well. I really loved being part of it, and I was supposed to be a part of it going forward. All of a sudden, I agreed to what I was going to do, and there was a huge escalation that was happening. All that stuff was going somewhere, I told everybody it was, and it was. It was going somewhere. I was very excited about it. I was training for it, I got in really good shape for it. I was ready to go. They called me one day and said, ‘Hey, we’re changing our mind.’ That’s their prerogative. Somebody is no longer there. It was not Tommy and Carlos (Silva). Those guys are fantastic. I want to say that because those guys were a benefit to me. When they said it was just business, what they wanted to change, I thought it made absolutely no sense. The person that said it is no longer there and what they changed it to never happened. In hindsight, I was 100% correct because nobody else wanted to do it either. I never got brought back into it after that. There is a reason it all kind of got put on, not on the backburner, got taken off the burner completely.”
JBL also gave his thoughts about the negative online reception to the TNA World Championship Three-way match and how the original plans for him at the event included him getting involved in the match.
“I hope it would have been because it involved me. I would have been there throughout the rest of the year. It would have done something that I thought would’ve left the business and left things on people that I thought would have drawn money and done a good job for the company. I would have been there throughout the rest of the year. I’m not going to leave without putting somebody over and make somebody. Mike Santana was probably the guy. I don’t know that for sure. I think he’s the guy. It’s just a matter of when he becomes the guy.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
TNA News & Notes
This past Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary 2025 event in Elmont, New York featured TNA Director of Authority Santino Marella announcing that Tessa Blanchard has been “indefinitely suspended” from TNA following her attack on backstage interviewer and pre-show host Gia Miller on the show. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that TNA officials are currently considering plans for a potential program between Miller and Blanchard for the reason for the angle at the show.
This past Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary 2025 event also featured Mustafa Ali being involved in a scary incident following a botched suicide dive catch spot during his match against Cedric Alexander that resulted in Ali hitting his head onto the floor. Ali recently provided an update on Twitter stating “Appreciate everyone’s concern. Unfortunately, I have to pull the curtain back here because the talent ringside was absolutely not responsible for that scary fall in any way and they are getting all the blame. They did exactly what they were instructed to do. I tried to do a variation of a dive and simply slipped off my opponent. No one to blame but me. I am all good. See ya on #TNAiMPACT“
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that AJ Francis was feeling fine following his fall from a big ladder that resulted in him crotching himself onto another ladder on the outside.
Fightful Select also reported that their sources stated that Moose was feeling sore after his TNX X-Division Championship match against Leon Slater at this past Sunday’s Slammiversary 2025 event. Those spoken to reportedly stated that Moose dealt with some soreness in his hip and back following a hard bump on the apron during the match. It was reported that despite his discomfort, Moose is currently doing well overall.
Fightful Select also reported that their sources stated that numerous talents gathered at the backstage curtain area to watch AJ Styles’ segment on the show. Styles reportedly spent time throughout the evening catching up with talent backstage.
Former MLW and AEW/ROH talent EJ Nduka and former WWE NXT talent Bull James reportedly was in attendance backstage at this past Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary 2025 event in Elmont, according to PWInsider.
Former WWE talent Shayna Baszler made a video appearance during this past Sunday’s TNA Slammiversary 2025 event. During the Countdown to Slammiversary pre-show, Baszler appeared in a video ad promoting Invicta FC. Baszler previously worked for the promotion from 2012 to 2013.
In a response to recent comments from Bodyslam.net’s Cory Hayes on Twitter, Leon Slater stated that he had no clue beforehand that AJ Styles would be an appearance following his TNA X-Division Championship at Slammiversary 2025. Hays stated “Leon Slater was jumping with joy when AJ’s music hit last night” and Slater responded stating “I HAD NO CLUE 😭“
TNA Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of this week’s live Impact! show on July 24th in Kingston, Rhode Island:
- Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana
Kyle Fletcher on Being a Rising Star and Living His Dream in AEW, Kevin Knight Being in Same Star Position He Was Two Years Ago, & Wrestling Kazuchika Okada Two Years in a Row in AEW’s Continental Classic
Various: Jimmy Hart’s Iconic Megaphone Stolen at WrestleCade Event, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara Wins Stardom Goddess of Stardom Tag League 2025, Jushin Thunder Liger Makes Surprise In-Ring Return at 11/29 WrestleCade SuperShow 2025 Event
WWE NXT Notes: Corey Graves Fills In for Booker T, Izzi Dame Explains Why The Culling Turned on Tatum Paxley, Paxley vs. Dame and NXT North American Title Matches Set for NXT Deadline 2025, Myles Borne Gets To Pick His Entry Spot for Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge
