JBL says he was originally set to appear at TNA Slammiversary as part of dropped storyline
Whatever was going on with JBL & TNA, it’s been dropped.
During an appearance on the Something to Wrestle With podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer revealed details about his TNA run that ultimately never came into fruition, revealing he was originally set to play a part in Sunday’s Slammiversary event.
“Last night at the show I was supposed to be there initially and I was originally supposed to have…really a part that people wouldn’t have believed how big it was,” he said. “That did not work out. The reason that got ended in TNA, it wasn’t because of me..it was a decision made by someone that was no longer there.”
JBL revealed further details, saying he was training and getting in shape for the role until getting a phone call saying TNA had changed their minds.
“I was supposed to have a real escalation of what we were doing in TNA. We had the whole thing planned out…all that stuff was going somewhere. I told everybody it was and it was, it was going somewhere and I thought it was. I was very, very excited about it. I was training for it, I got in really good shape for it. I was ready to go and then they called me one day and said hey, we’re changing our mind. And that’s their prerogative…the person that said it is no longer there and what they changed to it never happened…I never got brought back into it after that. There is a reason it all kind of got put on, not on the backburner, taken off the burner completely.”
JBL further elaborated it was not a decision made by Tommy Dreamer or TNA President Carlos Silva.
In 2024, JBL made headlines by appearing in TNA, AAA, and GCW by simply clotheslining people then leaving. He first appeared in TNA at last year’s Emergence, whispering something to Nic Nemeth before departing. At Bound for Glory, he clotheslined Joe Hendry, costing him the TNA World title. At this year’s Genesis event, he appeared once again, this time preventing Kazarian from cashing in on his Call Your Shot title match, allowing Hendry to win the title from Nemeth.
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