Posted in: TNA AJ Styles Says TNA Will Compete With WWE On Monday Nights (Interview)
By Michael Bluth
Nov 30, 2009 - 2:02:40 PM
TNA Wrestling World champion A.J. Styles was interviewed by Perth, Australia's 91.3 SportFM and spoke TNA's desire to compete with WWE.
Radio host Jason Dattilo asked Styles about the rumor that TNA Wrestling could be moving their programming to Monday nights to compete with WWE Raw and start a new Monday Night War. When asked whether TNA on Monday nights will ever happen, Styles responded confidently by saying, "Absolutely. One day it will happen, there's no doubt about it. I know we can run with them."
This brought the conversation to whether TNA is ready to start a war and what is holding them back from being ready to take WWE down. Styles implied that money was a big reason WWE is able to produce a top notch product and get their brand name out there.
"A lot of things (wrong) are our production issues. The reason why WWE is out there and so big and been there so long and their production is very expensive. We're working our way up there to get to that point. We just don't have the money they do." Styles also pointed to TNA not having the brand awareness that WWE has in the marketplace. Styles said if the production value picks up and TNA can "get their name out there,", he sees TNA being able to compete with WWE.
Styles named Rey Mysterio, Shawn Michaels, Shelton Benjamin, Christian and Evan Bourne as WWE superstars who would be a good fit in TNA.
