On the January 23rd episode of TNA iMPACT! Live, Mance Warner crossed the line and joined TNA along with a returning Steph De Lander.
Mance had made his name on the independent scene, including winning the GCW World Title and headlining The People vs. GCW at The Hammerstein Ballroom.
Speaking to Tim & Eli on Battleground, Mance was asked about his decision to join TNA.
“I’ve been on the independent scene, I’ve had every world title there is to have. I’ve been watching TNA since it first started in 2002, 2003. So I’ve been a fan for the entire run. So the next logical step is, I want to level up. I want to see what else I can do. The only way to get better is [to] fight more people. So I go to TNA. Everything worked out in that situation where boom, I’m debuting, Steph’s coming back in, and now we’re in the ring together. Every place I’ve been, I’ve started at one spot and I worked my way to the tippy-top. Now you got me and Steph together, there ain’t a single soul in TNA that’s gonna stop us from doing whatever we want.
“The fan base of people that have over the years watched us on the independent scene and watched old Mancer, now they’re gonna tune in to see, ‘That’s our guy. We want to see him.’ If it’s with weapons or not with weapons, I get in the ring and I fight. We can go in there and just chop, headbutt, punch each other. That’s fine, or I can get a screwdriver and a door and a table and just beat the heck out of you. It is what it is.
Mance and Steph are claiming to be the TNA Digital Media Champions as Steph got the title in her divorce from PCO.
Elsewhere during the interview, Steph revealed she's wrestling with a bulging disc in her neck for three years. You can find her full comments by clicking here.
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