AJ Francis says a return to the WWE is not out of question, but he’s done being treated like a side character.
The man formerly known as Top Dolla has been busy since leaving WWE. The former NFL player has made debuts for TNA, GCW and NWA recently, and has been in a feud with Joe Hendry in TNA recently.
Francis spoke with WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard, claiming that the “door’s not closed” on a return to the WWE, although he is happy wrestling in promotions that value him at the moment.
“Look how he [CM Punk] acted when he was gone [from WWE]. Look at the things he said and did, and now he’s back. I’ve already had the conversations with Hunter. Hunter’s already told me himself the door’s not closed, but at the end of the day I like to go where I’m wanted.”
I’m wanted at MLW, I’m wanted at TNA and I’m wanted at NWA. People want me to be there to do the things that they know that I can do. I’m not just an ancillary character, and I never have been and I’m tired of being treated like that.”
AJ Francis Can Create A Buzz Without Even Wrestling
Later in the same interview, AJ Francis spoke about how much buzz he has created since leaving the WWE. He claimed that the amount of interest he has drawn through his work is “crazy”. This is despite only recently wrestling his first match for TNA.
“I’m a star, and I’m in the process of showing you I’m a star. Think about the other guys that are killing it right now on the indies. The Mustafa Ali’s, the Matt Cardona’s. These guys that are making a killing on the indies. The Matt Riddle’s. All the guys, for the most part, have been wrestling way longer than me. All these guys have had way more matches than me, even on the indies since December.”
“The buzz I’ve created in the amount of matches I’ve had is crazy! I just had my first match in TNA this weekend, and that was my sixth TNA show, so the amount of buzz I was able to create without the matches – that’s something special.”
“People give a damn what I do. People care where I do it and what I do. That has always been the case. That’s why I can make a joke about sneakers and have half of wrestling getting ‘butthurt.'”
Watch our full interview with AJ Francis below:
