Drake released by Impact!

[Kairi HoHo]

PWInsider.com has been told by several sources that the riit cause of the termination was that Impact management was upset with comments Drake had made about the company on recent interviews and had already been unhappy with him after he refused to wrestle Tessa Blanchard at the United We Stand event that took place this last Thursday in Rahway, NJ. Drake had been very vocal online about not wanting to do it, so much that it appeared to be a storyline explaining the change to Joey Ryan replacing him. Instead, it was very much a real situation.

Drake’s deal was scheduled to expire on 5/31. The real question now is that since Impact has terminated his deal with is whether there are any the ripple effects legally to that termination. Most contracts in general have clauses that spell out the consequences of such a situation. It’s possible that Impact could pursue Drake financially for damages or impose a non-compete - and if so, the situation could be getting very messy.

Well it seems Eli Drake has been released from Impact today! I hope it just wasn't that he didn't want to wrestle Tessa at United We Stand. Let's be honest it would of made no sense to put them together since Drake and Eddie were a team putting him in a random match with one of their best Knockouts is a lose lose for him I feel. Granted he should of voiced his opinions in another way. Drake I feel was being misused greatly since losing the Impact World Title, I'm sure he'll find work pretty damn easily.​

 

[Ricky Smarks]

I've never been a proponent of Intergender wrestling so I sincerely hope when promotions choose to do them they allow the wrestlers to opt in and out of them. You shouldn't punish guys like Eli for not wanting to participate. People have strong opinions on it.

Eli was a solid guy from an era of Impact I wasn't watching. I hope to see more of him in the evolution of Impact. I'll miss him going forward.

 

[Deezy]

Can't express an opinion......lol indies acting like WWE with their "independent contractors" even without the contracts.

 

[Hoss]

I love Eli Drake. I'm sure he'll be better off practically anywhere else.

 

[Cwalker]

He’ll be in NXT soon

 

[Deezy]

Wonder what his bookings will look like with this current indie scene being all about those intergender matches.

 

[Petty]

My contribution is I'd bone Tessa. Just saying.

 

[Shane]

Just gonna chime in for the fuck of it lol. All I know is he was one of the top guys at one point so there's another loss for them.