Eric Young Confirms He Didn't Want To Work Under Vince McMahon In WWE
Eric Young left WWE due to Vince McMahon’s return
When Eric Young returned to IMPACT at Slammiversary 2023, it brought the curtain down on a WWE run that hadn’t even started.
Young re-signed with WWE in late 2022, but left before making a single appearance, with subsequent reports stating that Young didn’t want to work for Vince McMahon after Vince returned to the company following sale to Endeavor.
Now in a new interview with PWInsider, Young has opened up on his exit from WWE and return to IMPACT:
“The thing with me in front of the laptop was a side project that I'm working on,” said Young in response to a social media post he made earlier this year. “The thing with Anthem, truth be told, I've never not worked for Anthem since leaving IMPACT. I've been appearing sometimes four times a week on Game Plus Network for the last three years. I was still linked to them when I was under contract at the other place. I signed up for one thing and it turned into something completely different. Personally, professionally, and more importantly for me, morally, I just couldn't work there anymore. If you're a wrestling fan and you know what's going on, it was not a super difficult choice for me, to be honest.
“It was a dream come true, going back, the contract was fantastic and all this other stuff, and what I was poised to do on the TV show was excellent, but in the end, I would have had to answer to somebody that I'm just not willing to do. That's where we ended up now. I'm not mad or bitter about it, just like I wasn't last time. Obviously, it's a massive mistake on one person's part, but a huge gain for IMPACT Wrestling. I'm still very good at this and it's something I'm very passionate about and something that I work myself to the bone to make the best possible outcome of each thing I'm in."
H/T: Fightful
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