Mike Santana Discusses Leaving AEW And Opens Up About Past Addictions

TNA Wrestling star Mike Santana recently appeared on an episode of Busted Open Radio, where he talked about a number of topics including leaving AEW.

Santana said, โ€œIt felt like we were in a hamster wheel just doing the same thing; the same thing that we were doing since coming in. And it was like, okay, this is cool stuff, it โ€“ you know โ€“ we were in a pretty decent spot, but itโ€™s like, all right, whatโ€™s next?โ€ฆ We have a timetable. We have a timeline for how long we can do this and itโ€™s up to us to take full advantage of the years that we have, you know?โ€

On his TNA Immersed documentary:

โ€œThis is just something thatโ€™s showing why I do what I do, and why Iโ€™m so passionate about it, and why I put so much into it.โ€

On battling his addictions for his daughter:

โ€œShe wrote her Christmas List for Santa, and on her list, one of the only things that was that she wanted Daddy to stop. And that s**tโ€ฆ That was it, you know?โ€

You can check out the complete podcast below.