More On Christian’s TNA Appearance And WWE’s Involvement

June 13, 2012

Christian's appearance on TNA's Slammiversary pay-per-view was indeed part of a deal made between the two companies when WWE wanted Ric Flair to appear at the Hall of Fame, according to F4Wonline.com.

Christian was told by WWE to cooperate and do the appearance because it affected WWE getting Flair for the Four Horsemen induction. Christian reportedly didn't want to do the TNA appearance.

WWE gave the approval for TNA to advertise Christian at the pay-per-view on TNA's go-home episode of Impact but Dixie Carter decided against it. Reportedly, Carter wanted to wait and tease the appearance on Twitter as the event got closer to create an internet buzz of speculation.

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Justin is is the Executive Producer and Co-host of "Chair Shot Reality" which airs every weekend on WrestleZone. LaBar also hosts a weekly audio podcast called "Wrestling Reality" which is available for download everywhere. You can now read some of his WWE opinions on upgruv.com. He also is a producer and performer for IWC Wrestling in Pittsburgh which has been a sustained indy company with history dating back to 2001. He is also occasionally featured on NBC Sports and 120 Sports for WWE commentary. He's a former WWE columnist for Bleacher Report and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.