Posted By James Walsh on 11/14/25


As seen during the November 13th 2025 edition of TNA Impact, Frankie Kazarian defeated Mike Santana after cashing in his Call Your Shot trophy to become the new TNA world champion. Prior to the match, Santana had been attacked by WWE NXT stars.

Santana and Steve Maclin vs. Kazarian and Nic Nemeth is scheduled to for tonight’s TNA Turning Point event. However, Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com noted the following…

“As of 2 PM Eastern this afternoon, Mike Santana has not arrived at tonight’s TNA Turning Point PPV. Call time for talent was 1 PM Eastern. Santana, who dropped the TNA title last night to Frankie Kazarian, did not appear for his scheduled meet and greet after the taping. The word making the way around talents is that Santana has not returned the company’s call or texts. TNA officials did not return a request for comment.”

According to PWInsider, there has been an assumption from some that Santana losing his title was to facilitate him leaving for NXT, but no one on the WWE side has confirmed that was the case. PWInsider later reported that Santana was seen backstage for the event.

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com stated the following about the situation in a post via Bluesky…

“TNA is trying to work an angle around Santana and the unhappiness from fans. They’re claiming he isn’t at the tapings and TNA officials haven’t heard from him.”