Mike Santana Reflects On AEW Experience And How It Shaped His Future

TNA Wrestling star Mike Santana spoke with Tim Hann Rivera about several topics, including the pros and cons of his time in AEW and the reason he left the company.

Santana said, “If you’re not progressing in this business, then you’re dying. And that’s with anything, any job. If you’re not working to get a higher position or to progress in any way, then what are we doing here? And I’ve always said that my biggest thing was that I want to grow. I’ve always lived my life and every aspect where I’m chasing what’s next. ‘How are we going to grow? How are we going to continue building?’ And it got to a point where it was like that wasn’t happening, and we weren’t getting those opportunities. And I just wasn’t feeling that. I grew as a man there, cause I went through a lot of things. Like, during my time there, my father passed away. I dealt with my addiction issues. My friendship and partnership and all that stuff started to be affected. I grew. And it showed me a lot of different situations to learn from. So I’m always grateful for the opportunities that I had there. I’m not, like, everyone else, and I’m not going to bury everyone…that’s not me. It prepared me for what’s ahead, you know what I mean?”

You can check out Santana’s comments in the video below.