Mike Santana Opens Up About Losing TNA World Title: “I Dealt With A Few Feelings Of Course”

The loss is delved into by Santana.

At the end of TNA Wrestling’s 2025 Bound For Glory pay-per-view, Mike Santana was the newly crowned TNA World Champion. TNA took a break from presenting new in-ring content.

After a month, TNA resumed new in-ring content, and on the first show back, Santana dropped the TNA World Title to Frankie Kazarian. Santana opened up about that while on the Battleground Podcast.

“I’ll be honest, I dealt with a few (emotions). I dealt with a few feelings of course. How could I not, right? But, if there’s one thing I know about myself is that I thrive in the trenches, and I’ve always been one to use whatever struggles that I’ve gone through as gasoline to throw on the fire so this is just one of those instances where, alright, it happened. Now, how could I use this to push me forward and to elevate? Like before, I was always one to use these moments as an excuse to self-sabotage. Now, it’s the total opposite. Now I use them as an excuse, alright, how can I use this to elevate myself? And that’s where I’m at today and I felt what I needed to feel. Now, let’s push forward and let’s get that title right back where it belongs.”

Santana is scheduled to get his rematch for the TNA World Title when he challenges Frankie Kazarian at TNA Genesis on January 17th.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit the Battleground Podcast with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.