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Ed Nordholm Confirms Jeremy Borash Is Joining WWE; Comments On EC3 & Bobby Lashley’s Futures, More

Ed Nordholm Confirms Jeremy Borash Is Joining WWE; Comments On EC3 & Bobby Lashley’s Futures, More
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Newsweek has a new article out featuring comments from Impact Wrestling executives Ed Nordholm, Scott D’Amore and Don Callis.

We have included some highlights below, the full article can be read HERE

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On Jeremy Borash leaving Impact Wrestling and reportedly joining WWE:

“[Borash] is leaving and joining the WWE,” Nordholm told Newsweek. “We wish him all the best. He’s a talented guy and has been with the company forever. But we have a lot of talented guys—change is good and it gives other guys a chance to step up.”

“This company has historically given new people opportunities,” said D’Amore. “We always wish Jeremy well. I got one of my first breaks [from him]—Jeremy hired me to be a producer at World Wrestling All-Stars. But we have editors on our team who don’t get the notoriety that Jeremy does. We have great players ready to step up.”

On EC3 leaving Impact and appearing at NXT Takeover:

“He’s a talented guy, but change is good,” said Callis. “Yes, EC3 left, but [standout independent wrestler] Brian Cage came in, Johnny Impact came in, Austin Aries returned.”

D’Amore told Newsweek that Impact and EC3—real name Michael Hutter—agreed to part ways before the end of the wrestler’s contract with the company.

“His contract was not up. He came to us, we had a frank discussion about where he saw himself going,” said D’Amore. “We decided to sit down and work something out that worked for us on how we’d wrap up this portion of his career.

“I didn’t watch NXTTakeOver but when he showed up on screen and my phone started blowing up, I texted him: ‘Congratulations. All the best to you. You’ve got nothing but love and support from us here. And if you need anything, you know where we are.’ And he wrote back the same thing.”

On Bobby Lashley’s future following his Impact departure:

“Bobby is free to figure out what he wants to do next, whether it be wrestling or mixed martial arts. We wish him all the best,” said Nordholm. “He’s a great talent, it’s foolish to say, ‘No, we wouldn’t want to retain him,’ but he has his own ambitions about what he thinks is good for him next in his career.”

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