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FREE POST: TNA NEWS, AEW Themes, Mike Santana

Added 2025-07-17 20:19:10 +0000 UTC

TNA Wrestling confirmed to Fightful Select that all floor seats are officially sold-out for this Sunday's showcase event at the UBS Arena in New York. Plus, Slammiversary will be the biggest attendance of any TNA show in more than 10 years -- and it is projected to be the largest crowd at any TNA Wrestling live event in the U.S. in company history.
Our interview with TNA head Carlos Silva is at this link.
Sean Ross Sapp's new Fightful Studios video is up talking about interviewing Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
Mikey Rukus didn't produce either of the new AEW themes Hot Mulligan did Kyle Fletcher's theme, and One OK Rock, Paledusk and Chico Carlito did Kazuchika Okada's theme.
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Mike Santana

Fightful Select interviewed Mike Santana ahead of TNA Slammiversary. It will be publicly released on Friday.

Santana told Fightful he had about five or six months left on his AEW contract when he was let out of it. He doesn't regret his time there, and has a lot of great memories and moments tied to it. Specifically the Parking Lot Fight and being on the first Dynamite main event.

He called Joe Hendry the corniest dude in the world, but respects him for what he's done in the ring.

He made many of his goals clear to TNA and said it's satisfying to prove doubters wrong after many people limited him. He spoke highly of TNA understanding his goals, visions and aspirations. Versatility and adaptability in the ring are very important to him and contributed to his in-ring success so far.

He only found out he'd be appearing on NXT for the first time two days before, and called it very validating, but he treated it as another day at work.

He said Jordynne Grace hit him so hard once he had to ask if they had heat. He also said AJ Francis having a lot of doubters and looking to prove them wrong was something that was a recipe for success with them in the ring. He also put over Marcus Mathews as a future star.

The full interview is up for tier 2 members of Fightful Select.

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