In a series of tweets on his official Twitter account, Alex Shelley opened up on not being part of the recent IMPACT Hard to Kill pay-per-view, noting that his job outside of wrestling prevented his appearance.

“Most days out of the week, I look like this. I read theories about why I wasn’t at IMPACT Wrestling for Hard to Kill, they ranged from injury to illness, to getting arrested, to harming my family members and attempting to cover it up. I am a physical therapy clinician, physio is my livelihood and career, wrestling is my livelihood and passion project. At my company, due to the volume of sick and injured patients we are in care of, we modify our COVID-19 mandates as needed. As numbers went up, so did restrictiveness. To circumvent the topic, I could not be at Hard To Kill due to my career. I respect the decision made by our company surgeons and doctors, I look to them for advice and guidance.

I am unable to travel and wrestle until I am vaccinated, I took every caution I could before, but I don’t feel right maintaining this duality unless I take every possible safety measure. When the vaccine became available, that required extra security on my end and my company’s end for our patients. I honestly don’t want to get the vaccine so soon, but I want to wrestle very badly while I help people in therapy, so there’s no option. IMPACT Wrestling was supportive and understanding and as someone who doesn’t have nor want a contract at this point, my hands were tied. Thanks for your support everyone.”