{"id":138532,"date":"2025-07-21T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=138532"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:51:33","slug":"who-and-what-did-aj-styles-come-back-for-at-tna-slammiversary-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/21\/who-and-what-did-aj-styles-come-back-for-at-tna-slammiversary-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Who And What Did AJ Styles Come Back For at TNA Slammiversary 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AJ Styles <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/its-official-aj-styles-will-be-at-tna-slammiversary-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">returned<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>at TNA Slammiversary 2025. We didn&#8217;t know if he was coming for a match, an interference, or an appearance. Just after <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/21\/record-breaking-\u2026ammiversary-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">Leon Slater defeated Moose<\/a><\/span> for the X-Division Championship, AJ Styles made his long-awaited return to the house he built. Was he going to challenge Leon Slater?<\/p>\n<p>AJ Styles first asked the TNA fans if they missed him. The crowd replied with, &#8220;One More Match.&#8221; He added that it has been a long road for him to come back to the company where his name was built. Some said he would never be able to come back, but here he was.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GET READY TO FLY! <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> is HOME! <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TNASlammiversary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TNASlammiversary<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Watch LIVE on TNA+: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bUyG5ln9JT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bUyG5ln9JT<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PUgGjbN2xH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PUgGjbN2xH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1947115091784019995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Hendry said multiple times that Leon Slater was the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewrestlingnews.com\/news\/tna\/joe-hendry-labels-tna-youngster-the-next-aj-styles\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future AJ Styles<\/a><\/span>.&#8221; AJ Styles confirmed it, saying to Leon Slater, &#8220;Here, the talent is better than it&#8217;s ever been.&#8221; The first-ever TNA X-Division Champion said Leon Slater didn&#8217;t deserve it; he earned it.<\/p>\n<p>Styles also congratulated Slater on becoming the youngest X-Division Champion of all time. &#8220;You didn&#8217;t just impress me tonight, Leon, you made me realize why I love this business,&#8221; said Styles to one of his biggest fans. &#8220;Guys like you make people like me love what they do. So, thank you for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After all the emotions, now comes the question: Did AJ Styles make his final appearance in TNA, or is there more to come? Styles said he would love <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a  style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/aj-styles-love-chance-wrestle-221012157.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one last TNA match<\/a> <\/span>against <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/18\/exclusive-interview-frankie-kazarian-i-will-make-my-presence-felt-at-slammiversary\/\" target=\"_self\">Frankie Kazarian<\/a><\/span>. Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere at TNA Slammiversary, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/21\/extreme-title-change-at-tna-slammiversary-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">The Hardys won the tag team titles<\/a> before being shocked by the return of one of their <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Qw0MFxloO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most famous rivals.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, one woman was crowned both <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/21\/shocking-title-change-at-tna-slammiversary-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">TNA Knockouts and NXT Women\u2019s Champion.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s only ONE Phenomenal <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> \u2014 and he just stamped his approval on the &quot;Youngest in Charge&quot; <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LEONSLATER_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LEONSLATER_<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>Watch <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TNASlammiversary?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TNASlammiversary<\/a> LIVE on TNA+: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bUyG5ln9JT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bUyG5ln9JT<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cy6nEM08Wu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Cy6nEM08Wu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1947116286942572748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Header image credit \u2013 TNA Wrestling \u2013 Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on TNA iMPACT!, TNA Slammiversary, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Catch all TNA events and shows on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tna%20plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TNA Plus<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AJ Styles returned \u00a0at TNA Slammiversary 2025. We didn&#8217;t know if he was coming for a match, an interference, or an appearance. Just after Leon Slater defeated Moose for the X-Division Championship, AJ Styles made his long-awaited return to the house he built. Was he going to challenge Leon Slater? 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