Sami Callihan: I’ll be with TNA Wrestling for the foreseeable future

Sami Callihan plans on being with TNA Wrestling for the foreseeable future.

While being interviewed by Tru Heel Heat Wrestling this month, Callihan gave an update on his contract status, confirming that he’s signed a deal with TNA. Callihan said he could envision a future where he remains part of TNA even after his in-ring career is over.

“I’ll be there for the foreseeable future. We came to an agreement on a deal — and I’m extremely happy working for TNA,” he said. “I could see myself retiring at TNA one day and hopefully working behind the scenes. Like, I love TNA Wrestling. As much as people [talk] about, ‘Oh, I want to go to Japan. I want to work for WWE’ — TNA was always like on a pedestal to me. And being a part of that now is like a dream come true.”

Callihan’s previous contract with TNA expired in September 2023 and he spent some time as a free agent before eventually returning to the company earlier this year.

“TNA’s hot right now, dude,” Callihan told Tru Heel Heat Wrestling. “People want to talk about this company or that company — over the past five years building to what TNA is now, I don’t think there’s been a better weekly episodic television wrestling show… For every other company that may have taken one step back, TNA just keeps trucking along, trucking along, trucking along. It’s that old story of, ‘Is it going to be the rabbit running fast that’s going to win the race or is it going to be the tortoise just trucking along?’

“And I think TNA finally is getting the respect it deserves. I think we’re right now hotter than we’ve been in years. We’re selling more tickets and more pay-per-views than we’ve done in 10+ years. And I think right now the time to be not just a TNA fan [but] a wrestling fan in general — like, right now is the best time. You have wrestling at your fingertips. If you have a phone, [if] you have internet — you have professional wrestling. Not only independents but also TNA, WWE, other companies.”

In addition to wrestling for TNA, Callihan owns the indie promotion Wrestling Revolver.