EC3 reached new levels of success during his run with Impact Wrestling as he became one of the top stars in the company and he also managed to win the Impact World Championship.
But in 2018 EC3’s run with Impact came to an end, and he explained to Fightful why he asked to be released from his deal.
“My contract was still taking place. I decided to leave early because of the transitions going and I just thought it was a good time for other people to step up and a good time for me to challenge myself somewhere else at the moment. I had to do something different. Especially where my personal life was at that time. [?] I needed a big change.”
In regards to why Impact let him out of his deal, EC3 noted that the company was going through changes, and they were ok with letting him go because they wanted to build fresh talent, among other reasons.
“At that time I think they were experiencing so many changes. They inherited a mess. They’re doing great with it now, so I’m so happy for them. But, at the time I was pretty well compensated so I think they were okay with taking me off the books and helping me out, and being okay with it because they also wanted to build new and fresh people. So, yeah, they were okay with it.”
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