Moose: My Relationship With Scott D’Amore Is A Big Reason Why I Stayed At TNA

Moose talks about his relationship with Scott D’Amore.

Moose is the current TNA Wrestling World Champion and has now been one of the longest-tenured superstars with the current TNA/IMPACT Wrestling roster.

Speaking with Denise Salcedo in a recent interview, Moose reveals that his relationship with Scott D’Amore was a driving factor in his decision to stay with TNA Wrestling. 

Moose even addressed a tweet where he said he was getting into better shape because D’Amore called him chubby.

“First of all, let me talk about that tweet,” he began. “A lot of people don’t know my relationship with Scott [Scott D’Amore]. Scott is one of the reasons why I decided to stay with TNA and not leave. One of the biggest reasons was my relationship with Scott. He plays the role of my boss. He also plays the role of mentor, friend, and a big brother. That’s one thing I’m never going to get with wherever I decide to go, if I were to leave TNA. With that tweet, Scott was like, ‘Don’t tell people I called you chubby, I don’t want to get canceled.’ 

“I understand where we are in 2024, but that was the truth. If you didn’t tell me that, that wouldn’t give me the fire to make the change. I don’t mind you tell me that. I love you telling me that. I’m the only person he would ever say that to. He would never say that to anybody else but me because of our relationship. I wasn’t going to go into the rebrand of TNA looking how I looked in that picture. I was going to try and make my main event of the first-ever rebrand TNA pay-per-view, I was going to try ad come in looking the best possible shape I could be in, god damn it really I don’t see it here,” added Moose.

Up next for Moose, he teams up with Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers against Kazuchika Okada & The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) on  the January 25 episode of TNA iMPACT! Fans can check out the full card here. 

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