Frankie Kazarian may finish off his career in TNA.
It was confirmed by the former X-Division Champion himself that he re-signed with TNA Wrestling, though the exact length of his contract remains unknown.
"I feel great to continue my relationship with this company," said Kazarian to Mike Johnson of PWInsider. "In January of 2023, I bet on myself. I decided I made the choice to come back here, because you can't really tell the story of Frankie Kazarian without talking about about TNA. Since that time, I've witnessed and have been a part of this company growing exponentially. Here we are about to do our first live television broadcast in I think eight years, so not only for me, but I think for everybody, it's a really good time to be in this company. There's a lot of excitement and we have a lot of really positive momentum and it just feels really cool to be a part of it."
The 47-year-old is one of the last remaining TNA originals in the company. Though Kazarian didn’t join TNA Wrestling until 2003, Frankie has been an integral part of the promotion throughout his three stints.
Kazarian’s latest stint came in 2023 at Hard to Kill. The TNA star left the promotion in 2014 and found success on the independent scene with Scorpio Sky and Christopher Daniels as SoCal Uncensored. Their success got them a deal with AEW and Frankie became the first-ever AEW World Tag Team Champions with Scorpio Sky.
However, once Kazarian and Sky dropped the belts, their appearances on television became infrequent. Tony Khan was testing the waters with Sky as a singles star, but Kazarian was mainly delegated to Rampage. Frustrated with his position in AEW, Kazarian made the jump to TNA and he’s been one of the more prominent names featured on their programming.
Kazarian has spoken about his decision to re-sign with Impact/TNA in 2023 and it came down to wanting to join a company with good leadership and talent:
“I left where I was and I chose to come here, this was where I wanted to be and it’s been wonderful,” Kazarian said in an interview with wrestling news. “This company is on a roll, this locker room is the best I’ve been in ever in terms of not only talent, but just good hard working people.”
Kaz continued, “Good people behind the scenes. It’s been hands down the best decision I could have made. I’ve been saying a lot this year that my motto is bet on yourself, bet on yourself and you’ll never lose and that’s what I decided to do and so far it’s been a win for me.”
Kazarian’s bet surely paid off. The veteran may also win the TNA World title this year as he won the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match that gives him a world title opportunity any time he wants it. Congratulations to Kazarian and TNA!