Meh, you'd also think Tomko would be straight with you. I mean there is nothing to gain by lying when you're not signing a guaranteed contract. I guess he got 90 days out of the wwe, but I also suspect he's burn a bridge pretty severly.
With TNA? If so I don't think that's a huge lost, he'll probably get more work in Japan which is what he wanted to do anyway.
He left TNA on good terms with Terry Taylor, Dixie and Andy Barton...he's welcome back there, but I don't see him opting to go back...like you said, he can be much better utilized in Japan and will probably head that way.