nah TNA low-balling him in 2014 was the best thing that ever happened for AJ financially. Man made more his first year in WWE than TNA or NJPW ever would have paid him and is now probably within their top 10 highest paid stars which means he's making bank and there are few who have really earned it like he has
@@amysmileyreid95 his first year was "only" $600,000. Sources I've seen say his downside is currently $1,000,000 so $3,000,000 is probably an overestimate though not by much
This was a great storyline. After defeating Aces and Eights, the lone warrior AJ Styles became the target of the evil Dixie Carter and her chosen superstars Magnus and EC3. It had the opportunity to be a long lasting epic, but due to contract problems, AJ Styles left TNA. Although it was probably the greatest thing he ever did. After TNA, his already great career became legendary with incredible runs in New Japan and WWE.
Contract problems meaning they tried to low ball the best wrestler TNA ever had. The face of the company. So he left and did better after. Dixie screwed TNA
Ruined?! WTF ARE you talking about man? He's a grand slam winner. He is the second longest reigning WWE champion in Smackdown history. He's the last opponent of The Undertaker. He defeated John Cena twice. He had a pretty successful WWE career.@@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780
This is a problem in every organization, they take the loyalists for granted and use them as punching bags instead of incentivizing till they cant take it anymore and leave the organisation
This was the original house that AJ Styles build. Sad that they pay him what he was owed, because TNA/impact lost a phenomenal talent. No pun intended.
@@youtubeuserxix Lmao no, no he isn't. Shawn Michaels & The Undertaker were more popular and better wrestlers. Sting was a joke after he left WCW and showed up in TNA. There's a reason WWE didn't see him as anything more than a stepping stone for Rollins to go over.
Idk how many people in this space watch mma but I always think about him and Michael chandler together on the smaller promotion but two of the best in the world at there craft
He likely won't. He's already stated he's planning on retiring in WWE which was where he always wanted to retire at. He plans on being a talent scout and trainer in the future
Oh dixie wtf what she thinking not paying this man his money he deserved he helped start this company a tna original but nope expected him to take a pay cut I don't blame him for leaving it sure as hell worked out for him. I also stopped watching tna after this exact moment
This was arguably one of the most ridiculous matches of all time. How does the entire TNA practically came to beat up Aj... Terrible booking. . TNA died when Aj left
@@Kinami20 That would be interesting. I don't remember him being an exceptional promo, but he does have that distinguished British thing, ala William Regal. So it could work.
TNA was sliding down the relevance scale thanks to Hogan but this nosedived the company and it has its fans but TNA died and the corpse is still around. I'm glad AJ got an extraordinary career, but it got bigger after with Bullet Club and so on. love his work. He deserved every penny that they shafted him
