TNA Wrestling star AJ Francis makes bold prediction for upcoming street fight: 'It’s going to be crazy'

The feud betwixt Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) prima A.J. Francis and KC Navarro will travel to a caput connected Thursday nighttime arsenic nan 2 will compete successful a SacTown Street Fight successful Sacramento, California, astatine nan Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.

Navarro returned from an wounded to thief Nic Nemeth conclusion Francis astatine Rebellion. And since then, nan 2 had been astatine each other’s throats. Navarro pinned Francis 3 weeks agone successful his first lucifer since July 2025. Ahead of nan two-day "Thursday nighttime Impact" typical connected AMC, Francis said to Fox News Digital astir his conflict pinch Navarro and made a blunt prediction.

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AJ Francs opened up to Fox News Digital astir his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) lucifer against KC Navarro. (Getty Images)

"If it wasn’t for me, KC wouldn’t beryllium successful these opportunities," Francis said. "I saw him connected his small interviews, KC came retired and said that he took nan difficult bumps from maine and he did each these things for maine … The only point KC did for maine was beryllium a shadow. KC learned a batch from me. KC is successful this position because of me. KC was conscionable different feline successful nan backmost they had thing for until I needed personification to guidelines adjacent to me.

"I’m happy KC is yet getting an opportunity to show what he tin bring to nan table. But unluckily for him, he’s doing it against me. And I’m going to hit him wrong an inch of his life. Anytime you springiness maine an opportunity to beryllium that I’m precisely who I opportunity I americium successful a large lucifer I ever show up. I ever deliver. It’s going to beryllium crazy. I’m going to put KC retired of his misery. When I’m done pinch him, he mightiness effort to dye his hairsbreadth greenish aliases orangish aliases thing other conscionable to lavation nan stench of that pinkish disconnected of him."

Navarro trim an impassioned promo past week connected "Impact," saying Francis took advantage of him. He besides said that he vowed to his "sick" uncle that he would return to nan ringing sooner than later aft he suffered a torn ACL.

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AJ Francis and KC Navarro make their measurement to nan ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Florida, connected June 17, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/WWE)

But Francis was having nary of that.

"You cognize what’s crazy? All these wrestlers travel up pinch each these excuses for why group should consciousness sorry for them," Francis told Fox News Digital. "KC sits location and cries astir his sick uncle and Mike Santana talks astir his dada passing away. My mom passed distant and cipher gave a s---. My grandma passed distant and cipher gave a s---. My grandfather passed distant cipher gave a s---. My pop-pop passed away, cipher gave a s---. So, why do I attraction astir nan family troubles of each these losers?

"Nobody cares erstwhile it’s maine going done thing but I’m expected to attraction because KC’s sewage a sick uncle. I dream his sick uncle has AMC successful his infirmary truthful he could watch maine hit his nephew wrong an inch of his life."

Francis added location was nary chance of making up pinch Navarro.

"Not astatine all. I wish KC thing but nan worst. I dream that going guardant he learns a instruction aft this a---whooping I put down connected him connected Thursday and that he realizes to ne'er transverse maine again," he said. "He costs maine an opportunity astatine 1 of nan biggest wins of my profession astatine Rebellion. He costs maine an opportunity astatine 1 of nan biggest wins of my profession astatine Slammiversary past twelvemonth erstwhile he sewage wounded and costs america nan tag squad titles. He costs america an opportunity astatine nan NXT tag squad titles because he sewage wounded erstwhile we were doing our crossover matches pinch them.

AJ Francis visits SiriusXM connected Radio Row astatine Super Bowl LX successful San Francisco, California, connected Feb. 5, 2026. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

"He’s been thing but a disappointment. He mislaid our only singles tag squad title lucifer successful his debut lucifer pinch First Class. He was nan 1 who sewage pinned and mislaid it for us. He’s been thing but a disappointment since nan time that I met him and I’m very overmuch gladsome to beryllium done pinch him aft Thursday."

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Francis and Navarro’s lucifer will return spot connected Thursday night. "Impact" airs each week astatine 9 p.m. ET connected AMC.