The 12/3 meeting with talent to offer releases to anyone that wanted to leave the company wasnât a knee jerk reaction, and had been in the works for weeks. Management was said to have been fed up with the undercard wrestlers complaining, reports the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The meeting started at 1:30PM in the bleachers at the iMPACT! Zone, the day after the Turning Point PPV.
At the meeting, Samoa Joe apologized being unprofessional at the PPV. Johnny Devine also apologized at the meeting, for reportedly an incident involving the wrestler at a hotel on 12/1. TNA President Dixie Carter also addressed the talent.
Terry Taylor told that the talent that if they wanted their release, they could get it. As previously reported, Senshi (an update on Senshi is forthcoming) and Ron Killings requested and were granted their releases.
Even though Senshi and Killings were the only two to request releases that day, we have heard of many wrestlers contacting other wrestling organizations. We have also heard of other wrestlers wanting a release, and TNA trying to convince them to stay.
