WWE Star Says Dixie Carter ‘100%’ Ruined IMPACT

‘Did Dixie Carter ruin IMPACT‘ is a question that has been on the minds of wrestling fans for several years, and a current WWE star has had his say.

AJ Styles, who is probably the most iconic IMPACT wrestler of all-time spoke about the issue on his latest Twitch live stream.

Styles said:

“Vince [Russo], as a person, I love the guy, and we butted heads as far as him writing, even in TNA, but I realized when we butted heads, it was because he was getting things from Dixie the whole time. It must have been very difficult to work with this woman who has no idea how wrestling works and wanted everything to be done to it and it didn’t make any sense. We butted heads with him as a writer, but due to Dixie Carter getting involved a lot with creative.

“Do I believe Dixie ruined IMPACT? Well, it was TNA back then, and 100%. IMPACT, there was a time when it was really gaining ground. The problem was, Dixie wanted to be WWE-lite and that’s not what people wanted. They wanted to see something else. All she had to do was let us do what we do, it was really that simple. Had she left it to the writers, I think TNA would still be around and be bigger than what they are, but not knowing what’s best for business, she hurt TNA.”

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