Various: AJ Styles on His Interest in Potential Future TNA Return, Maple Leaf Pro to Hold Tournament to Crown Inaugural Women’s Canadian Champion, Sonya Deville on Wrestling Career Future

AJ Styles Comments on His Interest in a Potential Future Return to TNA

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured AJ Styles as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Styles’ thoughts about his interest in making a potential return to TNA Wrestling in the future. Styles also confirmed that he was in attendance backstage at this past December’s Final Resolution 2024 event in Atlanta, Georgia.

“I don’t know (if my return to TNA Wrestling will happen). I’d like it to. I think it’d be fun to do something like that. Like a one-off. I would definitely do it… It would wouldn’t it (old TNA theme song would have to be used for my comeback)? It kind of would.

So, I went up and visited as they were in Atlanta. Maybe a month or two ago. Frankie Kazarian was there so I was able to hang out with him but there was so many other people there that I was like, ‘Oh my gosh. Oh wow,’ you know? Gail Kim, Christy Hemme, those are my guys. But, Eric Young, also there. But it was really cool to see — I thought it looked really good. I think they did a really good job and I know they don’t have a lot of money to work with but for what they had, I thought looked really good. I was like, man, these guys are really doing something. So, it’s exciting to see and I hope that we continue to work with TNA-WWE and help them as much as they’re helping us because NXT talent being shown in TNA and vice versa, it’s good for everybody.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Announces Tournament to Crown Inaugural MLP Women’s Canadian Champion

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that they will be holding a tournament to crown an inaugural MLP Women’s Canadian Champion for the company.

It was announced that this upcoming 8-women tournament will be taking place starting at their Mayhem events on March 14-15 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and the Finals to be held at their Northern Rising event on May 11th in Toronto.

At #MLPWrestling Northern Rising in Toronto, we are going to crown the first ever MLP Women's Canadian Champion! But first, there will be an 8-woman tournament at MLP MAYHEM in Windsor to decided the two finalists! Match-ups for the tournament coming soon!

Tickets for MLP MAYHEM… pic.twitter.com/zpBb5gtpuP

— MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling (@MapleLeafPW) March 5, 2025

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Sonya Deville Comments on Future of Her Wrestling Career & Potential Return to MMA

A recent episode of The Ariel Helwani Show featured former WWE talent Sonya Deville as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Deville’s thoughts about the future of her wrestling career.

“I don’t know what I want to do yet. That’s the truth. I have had conversations with people, but nothing decided yet. I love wrestling, but I loved fighting MMA just the same. They are in the same boat right now. I had three amateur fights before I got to WWE. The only reason I stopped fighting MMA was because I got the opportunity for WWE and I was broke and bartending in LA and WWE offered me a salary to workout and train. I’d be stupid to say no, and it led me down this path that the last decade was, and I fell in love with it. My first love was fighting and acting in LA. That door is not closed either.”

Deville also gave her thoughts about if she would continue wrestling or just pop up and the potential of her returning to MMA.

“The chances of me continuing my wrestling career and the chances of me reigniting my MMA career are about the same right now.”

Deville also gave her thoughts about if any MMA promotions have already reached out to her for a potential deal.

“No, because I haven’t even put that feeler out there. I didn’t even plan to say that. I’ve just been thinking about MMA because [I was doing your show]. I’m at the stage of my life where everything is going to be based on what I want and what I feel inside, not for any other reason. Wherever my passion is strongest is where I’m going to go.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com