This guy dealt with Vince and his bullshyt for what, 8 years? He stuck around a company for 28 more months in a stretch where after becoming the hottest thing in wrestling he was fed to Alberto del rio, triple h, and the miz over the next 3 months and given lesser priority on the card than feuds involving Johnny ace and the big show. Spent another 13 months with them after they asked him to work a tlc match with ryback maybe 2 weeks after knee surgery when he’d already been injured by that guy. Showed up to work all 2013 while hurt bad and more or less only being used to put over part timers who’d been around between 11-23 years before another feud with ryback.
Meanwhile these guys had him ready to walk just 12-13 months after his arrival. That says a lot to me. Say what you will about him being thin skinned, temperamental, confrontational, too willing to burn bridges, but he’s far from the first person to have problems with them and nothing he’s said about them were untrue. I hope Tony Khan knows that this shyt will happen again with their next crossover star since he didn’t put his foot down last time. I really don’t want them to ultimately become tna 2.0 when they have the resources to be a legitimate #2.