10 Things We Learned From NWA Worlds Champion Nick Aldis (Exclusive Interview)

Since coming into fruition in 2002 as NWA: Total Nonstop Action, the company now known as IMPACT Wrestling has had more than its fair shares of ups and downs (hey, Simon Miller!).

For all of the great matches and moments seen throughout its 18-year run, the former TNA has at times been easy to poke fun at for some of the sheer ludicrous events that we've seen play out on our screens. And as such, some wrestlers have been tarnished with what many have labelled the 'TNA stink'. From speaking to Nick Aldis, he was quick to point out how that perceived TNA stink is a very genuine issue.

Aldis was quick to put over how the likes of AJ Styles and Samoa Joe have played a part in altering the perceptions of former TNA talent, although he did admit that there was a time where he was left contemplating his future after finally leaving IMPACT for good in 2017.

From Aldis, "You know, the TNA stink is a real thing. It's a shame. I think my contemporaries who were all the generation before and who have gone on to have tremendous success in WWE have quashed a lot of that. But the time that I finished up with IMPACT, I couldn't believe how little interest there was. I was just like, 'Wow, the whole business has kind of moved on without me.' I got to a point where if this is what the wrestling business is now, I don't think I have a future in it."