RatedDXLegend Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Found this on ringsidenews.com today. Bobby Roode & Eric Young Done with TNA Wrestling Bobby Roode and Eric Young have finished up with TNA. Tonight was their last appearance for the company. Both wrestlers requested their releases. Young had been negotiating a new deal but made the decision to ask for his release. Both wrestlers are free agents as of tomorrow. TNA issued the following statement in response to the report: Impact Wrestling has come to terms on the release of veteran wrestlers Bobby Roode and Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz). Bobby and Eric have been valuable members of The Impact Roster since 2004 and we wish them nothing but the best in their careers going forward. Bobby had this to say earlier today, To the guys and girls I got to work with for the past 12years, Impact Wrestling, the office and everyone associated with me getting to live this dream, I say thank you. It is time for me to move on to the next chapter in my life. This has been amazing. Eric Young had this to say. Thank you. Thank you to everyone who watched me for the past 12 years. Thank you to Impact Wrestling. I wish everyone here nothing but the best going forward. Executive Vice President of Creative and Television, John Gaburick added, Bobby and Eric are true professionals. We salute them for the 12 years they gave TNA. With a Superstar roster including EC3, James Storm, Drew Galloway, Jeff and Matt Hardy, The Destroyer Bobby Lashley, Gail Kim, The Wolves, Maria Kanellis-Bennett and The Miracle Mike Bennett we couldnt be more excited about showcasing the finest wrestling in the world for the Impact fans. In the coming weeks be sure to see the final matches of both Bobby Roode and Eric Young on Impact Wrestling at 9PM EST on Pop TV. Posted on March 19, 2016 by Steve Carrier inFeatured News, TNA News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 And Beer Money just reunited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E#37 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Didn't Roode just win the tag titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 James Storm probably feels like a idiot for coming back to TNA now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E#37 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Hopefully Roode and Young don't go to any promotions i watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future™ Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 so TNA original's only down to Abyss. I mean, one who never once left TNA and return back to the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Well...14 Years after the start of the promotion that was bound to happen at some point and should be something positive (although it sadly isn't) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 See ya in NXT, Bobby. See you in ROH or somethin' till that heel thing picks up the steam it once had, again, Eric Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Hopefully Roode comes to the WWE. Young... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 As noted over the weekend, both Bobby Roode and Eric Young requested to be released from their contracts with TNA Wrestling. Roode spoke to the Peterborough Exaimer about his departure from the company. It felt like it was the right time, Roode said. After almost 13 years in a wrestling company I felt like there was nothing really left for me to do there. I wanted to mutually part ways. I have nothing negative to say about TNA Wrestling. They treated me very, very well. It was just a matter of me being in a part of my life where Im not sure TNA was the right fit for me anymore. The brand has been stale for the last little while and the growth wasnt there as it was in the early years. Im a free agent so I can do anything I want as far as wrestling goes. You can check out the full interview here: http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/03/20/peterboroughs-bobby-roode-a-free-agent-after-leaving-tna-wrestling http://www.ringsidenews.com/misc-news/tna-news/bobby-roode-explains-why-he-quit-tna-wrestling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 No interest in seeing either of them in WWE. Never appreciated them in TNA. I could maybe bring myself to enjoy Roode...with a bunch of fresh ideas pumped into his character. It would be a stretch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undercard Jamoke Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 lol TNA. It amazes me how this company is even still in business when it is such a clear failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 – As noted, former TNA World Heavyweight Champions Bobby Roode and Eric Young are now free agents as they both were granted their releases and finished up with TNA this weekend. The two good friends, who signed their TNA contracts together 12 years ago, will face each other in the main event of Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore event on May 7th in Niagara Falls. While they signed with TNA and left at the same time, their departures had nothing to do with each other. There are rumors going around saying the two decided to leave after being turned down on pay raises. PWInsider reports that those rumors are incorrect. Both departures came as a surprise but Young leaving shocked a lot of people as he’s been one of their most loyal talents throughout the years. Young actually signed a new deal recently but was reportedly upset with what he was offered. Young was also believed to be frustrated with how wrestlers who hadn’t been with TNA as long, or had left and come back, were being offered deals better than his or at the same level. With that said, it’s also believed that Young had freedom to do outside projects without TNA’s involvement while a lot of talents being signed are 100% exclusive to TNA. Young reportedly spoke up about being unhappy and TNA officials told him to decide on if he wanted to leave or stay. Young didn’t want to be locked into a deal and wanted freedom to pursue other projects as he’s approaching 40. The two sides negotiated his release, which included him working last week’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Orlando. Regarding Roode’s departure, it’s being described as similar to what led to AJ Styles leaving a few years ago. Roode was under a contract that saw him being one of the highest-paid wrestlers, if not the highest paid wrestler, in the company. That deal expired in February. Apparently TNA felt like they couldn’t continue paying Roode, who was back in a tag team with James Storm, what he had been making and he wasn’t being used at a level where they felt they could make enough revenue off him to justify the pay. PWInsider described it as Roode working himself into a position that made him too expensive for TNA to retain in their current state. There had also been issues between Roode and TNA officials for months now as he was very upset with TNA getting behind on pay, and he was reportedly very vocal about it. Roode also recently agreed to a new contract but changed his mind and requested the release due to “more frustrations.” No word on what caused those issues but multiple sources reported to PWInsider that TNA had already caught Roode up on pay. Like Young, Roode’s release included him working last week’s Impact tapings. http://www.dailywrestlingnews.com/why-bobby-roode-had-heat-with-tna-officials-why-eric-young-was-frustrated-more-backstage-details/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Bobby Roode said on the Taz Show that basically he felt he was going backwards with Beer Money reuniting and that he lost his passion to be in TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelnuva Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 My dream booking is Roode becomes the new guy for the Authority and Young gets into a hardcore fued with Ambrose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oresama Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 The Dirty Heels for NXT please. Not too bothered about Eric Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiq. Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Eric Young speaks out: http://www.cagesideseats.com/tna-impact/2016/3/22/11283808/eric-young-talks-his-tna-exit-things-dont-end-because-theyre-good?utm_campaign=cagesideseats&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Roode would be great in NXT. Mind you if he follows AJ's example he would probably do well in NJPW for a while first. As for James, sorry bout your damn luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Roode would be great in NXT. Mind you if he follows AJ's example he would probably do well in NJPW for a while first. As for James, sorry bout your damn luck!! James made his own decision to leave NXT though...and it was a stupid one, I might add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonshaad1230 Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 I wish them the best of luck but I did not know Eric Young was pushing on 40. So he's older than Cena and a shrew of other stars in TNA yet he looks so young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 I wish them the best of luck but I did not know Eric Young was pushing on 40. So he's older than Cena and a shrew of other stars in TNA yet he looks so young. Nah, EY is 36 while Roode just turned 39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 Roode would be great in NXT. Mind you if he follows AJ's example he would probably do well in NJPW for a while first. As for James, sorry bout your damn luck!! James made his own decision to leave NXT though...and it was a stupid one, I might add. It was, I wonder if TNA used a reuniting of Beer Money as a sweetener for his deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatedDXLegend Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Would not suprise me one bit if TNA used the BM reunion to keep bring Storm back and to stay on the TNA roster. I'm wondering how long will it be before we see Storm leave again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Was James even offer a contract or was it just a try out match and wwe just didn't want him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Was James even offer a contract or was it just a try out match and wwe just didn't want him WWE offered him a deal, TNA offered him 3x the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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