By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

TNA World Hvt. champion A.J. Styles expressed concerns over a number of issues in TNA, including the use of blood, roster additions at the beginning of the year, the lack of wrestling and X Division wrestlers, and talked about Christopher Daniels being released from TNA in an interview with Tom Herrera of Fanhouse.com.

-- Styles was asked how he feels about not having Christopher Daniels in the locker room anymore after Daniels was released from TNA at the end of March.

"It's weird in the locker room," Styles said. "You know what, I don't think I can discuss it without sounding bad, and that's not the way I want to come off. I think Ring of Honor has made one of the greatest acquisitions in a long time, and I'm happy for them and I'm happy for Chris going back there. I'd definitely love to see him back in TNA, but that's not up to me."

-- Styles commented on TNA trying to appeal to an older demographic than WWE with elements such as plenty of blood use on Impact, which drew concern from Styles.

"I'm hoping we slow down on the whole blood thing. You know, it was what it was, and I think that we've gotten past that. I think we're going to have to slow down on that stuff, and I think we are, it's not that big of a deal," Styles said.

Styles added that he believes kids are the foundation for growth in pro wrestling and he's concerned about letting his kids watch a show geared toward 18-30-year-olds.

"I monitor what my kids watch, I'm not going to let them watch anything too gruesome or too stupid. So some things, I wouldn't let them watch because it's pro wrestling, and it's geared toward the 18-to-30-something-year-old guy, so I have to make sure that we'll [as parents] watch it first," Styles said. "I just think that the 18-to-30-whatever-year-old has slowed down on watching it, they're probably watching more UFC and stuff like that at this point. But there are always going to be kids that watch wrestling."

-- Related to the roster changes that started in January, Styles questioned some of the changes, without naming names, and said he would like to see future roster changes include more X Division wrestlers brought in.

"The fact that they've brought in some guys that, I don't know if they were the greatest thing we could have done for TNA, but there are some great pickups with Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam and Brian Kendrick coming over. Those are good pickups for us, there's no doubt about it," Styles said. "But there's definitely something missing in the X Division. I almost feel like there's not many X Division guys, and I'd like to see a little bit more of that come into play. But I'm not running the show and I'm just there to do my best and do what I can to make sure that TNA is the best product that we can put out there."

-- Styles said he would like to see more wrestling on Impact, as he's "not an actor" and there's a roster full of wrestlers who he feels should be featured more in the ring.

"I'm a wrestler. I want to give you more wrestling. I'm not that actor, you know, some guys can do both. I would love to be better at it [laughs], but I am a wrestler," Styles said. "That's what I do. And I would love to put that on TNA a little bit more often. Not that it's just me, there are a lot of guys that are great wrestlers and they need to be shown off in that respect."

As a former X Division champion, Styles added that he would like to see more X Division wrestlers added to the mix: "So, I hope that we get a little more X guys, it seems like we're needing some at this point, but I still think a lot of the X Division for sure."

Also in the interview, Styles talked about his heel turn, working with Ric Flair, the Lockdown title match vs. The Pope, and more. The full interview is linked above.

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