IMPACT Wrestling President Ed Nordholm, as well as Vice Presidents Scott D’Amore and Don Callis were recently interviewed by Metro in the United Kingdom where they discussed whether the company are still in a fight to succeed and how they can change the outlook of the company in 2018 and beyond.

During the interview, IMPACT Wrestling Vice President Scott D’Amore commented on several talents getting out of their deals early, as well as the idea that the company are not signing talents anymore or creating talents anymore.

D’Amore stated, “It’s a false narrative that we don’t have talent under contract. The vast majority of our talents are under long-term contracts. Take a look at the departure of Bobby Lashley. He was under contract to us until almost Summertime this year. When he had other opportunities, we made a decision as a group that we were okay facilitating his release earlier than anticipated. Contracts are going to come up and will need to be re-negotiated on an ongoing basis, but there there’s only a small number of talent that are going to have deals coming up in the next six months. The talent we’ve been bringing in have been signing one or two-year deals. People are always scared of change. EC3 was a great talent, but people are talking as if he’s irreplaceable. What was he before he came to IMPACT Wrestling? He was a guy who had been in developmental and never really panned out. You look historically at this company and the people who have come here and built a reputation and when they leave, people think they’re irreplaceable. Well, what was Bobby Roode before he came here? Or Eric Young, or AJ Styles?”

The interview is available in full at this link.