Following the recent NXT and TNA crossover, former WWE star AJ Francis says he spoke with Triple H “last week.”
AJ Francis, formerly known as Top Dolla, has had two runs with WWE, being featured in the Hit Row stable before he was released in a wave of cuts in November 2021.
Francis returned to the company in August 2022, but was released in another round of cuts in September 2023.
Francis eventually made his TNA debut at TNA Hard To Kill in January 2024 where he now holds the TNA Digital Media Championship.
Speaking on The Angle Podcast, AJ Francis was asked whether the WWE door was always open for him. He answered:
“Yeah, I mean I talked to Paul Heyman and Triple H last week. I still am in communication with everybody there.”
“The thing is, I’m just doing my own thing right now. Before, if you thought that I was just the heavy big man in a crew and just stand there and look big and be that person in Hit Row, if you thought that, you were wrong then.”
“But if you pay attention right now, you’ll see exactly how wrong you are. The best thing that happened to me in TNA is Tommy Dreamer will make sure I get a mic every single episode.”
“I talk every single episode. I have major talking segments in huge spots, and I kill them because there’s no one that talks better than me. There never has been.”
“The fact is, I need a mic. If you give me a mic, I’ll show you that I’m better than everybody else you got.”
“If anyone thinks I’m not, stand six feet away from me with a microphone in your hands, and let’s just see what happens,”
Fightful Select recently revealed that Francis was backstage at the July 9 WWE NXT TV taping.
Francis recently expressed his interest in making a return to WWE NXT, which you can read at this link.
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