Josh Alexander reveals WWE NXT title match offer he turned down while with TNA

When he was with TNA Wrestling, Josh Alexander turned down an offer that would have seen him challenge for gold at a WWE NXT event.

Alexander departed TNA this February and has since made AEW his new pro wrestling home, debuting on Dynamite last month. Signing with AEW means that Alexander will not be reuniting with his former tag team partner Ethan Page, who is part of the NXT roster. Alexander told SHAK Wrestling that, while with TNA, there were rumblings that he could crossover to NXT for a reunion with Page. That never came to fruition with Alexander citing political reasons like TNA management not wanting him to lose at the time.

Another pitch would have seen Alexander have an NXT run that culminated with a title match at a PLE, but Alexander turned the offer down because it didn’t align with his goals for his impending free agency.

“There was rumblings of two that I had heard about after the fact that were denied by management for, you know, whatever political reason there was with them not wanting me to lose or something like that,” Alexander said. “And then there was one offer on the table for me to do like a big run and then wrestle for the title on a pay-per-view — or a Stand & Deliver, I think it was — and I had actually turned that down because it just didn’t fit with what my goals were coming into contract time and stuff like that with negotiations coming up.”

Alexander was a two-time World Champion for TNA and also had a pair of Tag Team title reigns with Page during his time with the company.

SHAK Wrestling asked Alexander if he believes the partnership between TNA and NXT is mutually beneficial.

“I think from my perspective, I can’t speak for everybody in the locker room, at times mutually beneficial for sure. I mean, when you put somebody like Joe Hendry or anybody else on a Tuesday night NXT and they come back to TNA, you obviously saw more interest come to the company because of that platform that they were on,” Alexander responded. “But in terms of like wins and losses and trading back and forth, it felt like it was pretty heavy towards the WWE end from time to time. But that’s just the business portion of it. They have a bigger platform.”

Alexander named Adam Copeland, Chris Jericho, and Kenny Omega as three of the AEW wrestlers he’s hoping to work with in some capacity. Bryan Danielson was number one on Alexander’s dream opponent list, but it’s unknown if Danielson will ever wrestle again.

The 37-year-old Alexander is a member of the Don Callis Family in AEW. Tonight’s AEW Collision episode will feature an Alexander vs. AR Fox match.