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AJ Styles Shoots On Dixie Carter’s Involvement In TNA’s Creative Process

AJ Styles Shoots On Dixie Carter’s Involvement In TNA’s Creative Process
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Now that Mixer is no more, AJ Styles have moved on to Twitch, but he is still taking fan’s questions and doesn’t hold back with his answers. When Vince Russo and Dixie Carter’s names came up in regards to his time in TNA, he shared his disdain for the former TNA President.

Vince, as a person, I love the guy, and we butted heads as far as him writing, even in TNA, but I realized when we butted heads, it was because he was getting things from Dixie the whole time. It must have been very difficult to work with this woman who has no idea how wrestling works and wanted everything to be done to it, and it didn’t make any sense. We butted heads with him as a writer, but due to Dixie Carter getting involved a lot with creative.AJ Styles
Do I believe Dixie ruined IMPACT? Well, it was TNA back then, and 100%. IMPACT, there was a time when it was really gaining ground. The problem was, Dixie wanted to be WWE-lite, and that’s not what people wanted. They wanted to see something else. All she had to do was let us do what we do, it was really that simple. Had she left it to the writers, I think TNA would still be around and be bigger than what they are, but not knowing what’s best for business, she hurt TNA.AJ Styles

While Dixie Carter is often criticized for her time in TNA, she did save them going out of business after HealthSouth Corporation cut its financial support of the promotion. Dixie convinced her parents, who owned Panda Energy International, to purchase 71% of TNA for $250,000. She would go on to become TNA President, but after the promotion failed to challenge WWE, her parents reduced their support for TNA. After legal issues involving owing money to Billy Corgan, the company was sold to Anthem Sports and Entertainment, who rebranded TNA as Impact Wrestling.

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