Who Does Jay Lethal Blame For His Departure From TNA?

Jay Lethal is still one of the best professional wrestlers in the world. The current Ring of Honor World Champion has held that title for two hundred and sixty days. He’s signed an exclusive deal with the company, but it’s not the only place he’s been.

Back in 2011, Lethal parted ways with TNA. The decision was not mutual. In fact, he’s not totally sure who made the decision to release him from the company.

On the latest episode of “The Art of Wrestling”, Lethal appeared with Colt Cabana to discuss his career and the end of his run in TNA came up eventually.

You can listen to the full podcast right here. Below is what Jay Lethal had to say about the end of his time in TNA and who he blames for his release:

“No, no, that’s a good question because sometimes I think about it. To be honest, and it’s a shocker, I think maybe [it was] Vince Russo even though he called me [to say it was not his decision] because the weird part to me was, and I don’t think I’ve told anybody this, after my stint with Ric Flair, after I did the thing and we just finished, in my second or third match with him, Ric Flair created this group called Fortune.

It was him and AJ Styles and a bunch of other people. Then, Tommy Dreamer came and created a rival group and he had asked Vince Russo, ‘hey, Jay just finished this thing with Flair. Can you write him into our group?’ And Vince told him ‘no’. He didn’t want it to happen. I didn’t understand.”

Do you think Jay Lethal will ever come to WWE?