Frankie Kazarian Champions The New TNA Era

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Frankie Kazarian is back, and this time he explains why he left AEW and returned to TNA, how one conversation with Scott D’Amore convinced him to come back, and why the company’s switch from Impact back to the TNA name created so much buzz with fans! Frankie talks about becoming TNA World Champion after nearly 30 years in the business, helping lead TNA into the AMC TV era, and why the company feels stronger now than it has in years. He discusses the backstage reaction to Scott D’Amore leaving, Carlos Silva taking over, the atmosphere inside the TNA locker room, and the company’s working relationship with WWE and NXT. Frankie also share stories about appearing at WWE for AJ Styles’ retirement celebration, Joe Hendry’s rise, Santana becoming TNA Champion, working with Shawn Michaels, and the current generation of TNA stars carving their own identity. Plus, Frankie talks about training under Killer Kowalski, getting career advice from Bret Hart, his friendships with AJ Styles and Samoa Joe, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons providing his entrance music, and the wild early days of TNA Wrestling! Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🎵 TikTok: @chrisjericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.3	Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me. So we're here with returning Frankie Kazarian. We decided maybe your sixth time? Seventh or eighth? Seventh or eighth? Yeah, we didn't. Yeah. I didn't, my CT kicked in. I don't know. This is number seven or eight, but like in total. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
1:11.7	Because I had actually, I told you, I've forgotten that we had spoken after you left
1:15.2	AW to TNA, but so much has happened since then.
1:18.9	Yeah.
1:19.9	So much has happened with TNA with you and your career and all that sort of stuff.
1:23.6	Just kind of give us a refresher why you decided to go back to TNA from A.W.
1:28.6	When I left AW, I had not had a conversation with anybody, TNA, AWB, anything.
1:35.1	It was just a situation of, let me get out.
1:37.2	And then once I'm, you know, severed, clean, we could talk.
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