FORMER IMPACT CHAMP RETURNING AS PRODUCER, AND MORE

[markymark]

MORE ON ALLIE'S IMPACT EXIT, FORMER IMPACT CHAMP RETURNING AS PRODUCER THIS WEEKEND, PANDA ENERGY IS NO MORE AND MORE IMPACT NEWS
By Mike Johnson on 2019-03-21 15:47:00
Allie's last appearance for Impact Wrestling will air on tomorrow's episode of Impact and she will not be appearing at this weekend's TV tapings. Impact Wrestling informed her in January that they would not be renewing her deal and that she would be finishing up at their last set of TV tapings in Las Vegas. We are told that it was just a decision made to refresh the roster and she was genuinely well liked. There were quite a few people from Impact who praised her work to me today, especially her attitude from the last set of TV tapings as she showed up and worked hard and had a great attitude towards everyone despite being put into a difficult situation where she knew she was done. We are also told that Allie kept the fact she was finishing up to herself and no one on the roster was really aware of it until today's AEW signing announcement. At one point, she was one of the hottest characters in Impact, so it should be interesting to see what AEW plans to do with her.

Chris Sabin will be working as a Producer/Agent at this weekend's Impact Wrestling tapings. The former Impact Champion's Ring of Honor deal has expired and he did not sign a new deal. Sabin still has yet to have surgery on his torn ACL.

Lance Storm will also be working as a producer this weekend in Windsor. D'Lo Brown and Paul London worked in similar roles at the last Las Vegas taping. We are told that the company is working on finding the right mix of producer to replace Sonjay Dutt and Abyss and will be trying different producers before settling into a decision on permanent replacements.

Petey Williams, who had been working behind the scenes of late, is wrestling on this weekend's tapings. He actually graduated from St. Clair College, where the tapings are taking place.

Both of this weekend's TV tapings are now announced as sold out.

This happened at the onset of 2019, but Panda Energy, the former backers and parent company of Impact Wrestling, shuttered operations and was in the process of being sold off. So, the Carter family has moved on from that investment. It is believed that this had been a plan for some time and was one of the reasons they divested themselves from backing Impact Wrestling several years ago. Impact Wrestling was spun off under Dixie Carter's Impact Ventures LLC until Anthem called in debts Carter had accrued, allowing them to take over the company. Panda Energy had assets worth $7.8 million when it shut down. Panda Energy's website is still active as of this writing.

[Spider2024]

Good for Sabin, at least they gave him that. Get him a couple extra bucks to put towards his eventual road to recovery.

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LOL let Allie go to “refresh the roster” and bring RVD in. Impact going to TNA.

[Deleted]

Allie gonna get poochied lol

"Rosemary throws her into a cartoon hole in the wall"

Commentary keeps asking...what was that hole in the wall

Not that Allie just died

But about the hole in the wall

[markymark]

As a wrestler, Allie wasnt that special, she had probably the worst superkick ever, as a character she will be missed despite Dark Allie being a bust.

RIP Panda Energy, all thanks to Dixie Carter being the worst promoter in wrestling history.

[bigbadbull]

Stinks that Allie is gone as she's every good as a pure babyface. Sabin bring a producer should be interesting; should help the young guys especially those in the X-Division.

[King Devitt]

Allie being gone made me go "eh".

Great charisma, and very pretty, but that's about it.
Couldn't really wrestle, and Dark Allie was a goddam abomination that was purely her fault for being so bad.

But she had that certain charm about her that made you like her anyway.
I think she'd be better served as a manager though.

[ISO Mid Thigh Pull]

Firing someone to "refresh the roster" is f***ing disgusting, especially when they proceeded to immediately bring in RVD and Low-Ki.

[Cyno]

Letting Allie go (to likely far greener pastures in AEW) to "refresh the roster" and then part of that refresh includes bringing in RVD's decrepit ass is such an LOLTNA thing to do. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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I know Allie wasn't the best in the world, but most of her time when she was being booked was "Gail Kim's running buddy", before they botched her big moment.

And now that Gail Kim's back, they would have inevitably turned her face and done more of the same, so it's probably good she left.

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Sabin should stay behind the scenes even if he gets the surgery

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Sabin call good.

Allie for RVD bad.

*cough*Callisemployinghisfriends*cough*

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Mar 21, 2019 16:48:36 GMT -5 ISO Mid Thigh Pull said:

Firing someone to "refresh the roster" is f***ing disgusting, especially when they proceeded to immediately bring in RVD and Low-Ki.

Also, if they are going to refresh the roster, why do they keep bring Gail back?

[markymark]

Mar 21, 2019 16:48:36 GMT -5 ISO Mid Thigh Pull said:

Firing someone to "refresh the roster" is f***ing disgusting, especially when they proceeded to immediately bring in RVD and Low-Ki.

This one is interesting because his attitude is "ball is in my court, gimme what I want, or I leave", some are assuming he asked for Diamante to be brought back in order to make him comeback besides Salina de la Renta being brought to manage Promociones Dorado and logically speaking Diamante should be there as LAX valet.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Allie was never going to be the tiptop star of the women but she was good enough to be exactly the kind of utility player TNA needs; effective as a face, decent enough as a character, seemingly very eager to be there, probably not someone WWE is going to come beating down the door for. I have trouble buying the idea is as simple as "Oh we just want to cycle some people in and out", that's a load of shit.

[bigbadbull]

Mar 21, 2019 16:48:36 GMT -5 ISO Mid Thigh Pull said:

Firing someone to "refresh the roster" is f***ing disgusting, especially when they proceeded to immediately bring in RVD and Low-Ki.

Losing Allie sucks for Impact but you act as if RVD and Low-Ki are full timers.

[The Spelunker!]

Mar 21, 2019 19:33:17 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Allie was never going to be the tiptop star of the women but she was good enough to be exactly the kind of utility player TNA needs; effective as a face, decent enough as a character, seemingly very eager to be there, probably not someone WWE is going to come beating down the door for. I have trouble buying the idea is as simple as "Oh we just want to cycle some people in and out", that's a load of shit.

Well they already cycled out her husband, and cycling people in and out was their stated plan for the company when they took over.

But I do agree Allie could do a lot more in impact and I would’ve kept her in their position.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Mar 21, 2019 20:26:32 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Mar 21, 2019 19:33:17 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Allie was never going to be the tiptop star of the women but she was good enough to be exactly the kind of utility player TNA needs; effective as a face, decent enough as a character, seemingly very eager to be there, probably not someone WWE is going to come beating down the door for. I have trouble buying the idea is as simple as "Oh we just want to cycle some people in and out", that's a load of shit.

Well they already cycled out her husband, and cycling people in and out was their stated plan for the company when they took over.

But I do agree Allie could do a lot more in impact and I would’ve kept her in their position.

There's people who've been there longer than her, though. I think more likely this is a situation where they're using "Oh we're just trying to keep the show fresh" as an excuse to boot people they don't want without having to own up to the reasons. The fact got rid of Mike Bennett In A Beanie doesn't really help it shake out either. I think Allie was way more popular with the workers than with whoever's making the decisions now and they wanted to find a way to get rid of her that wouldn't make everyone really sour.

[richyque]

Mar 21, 2019 17:50:50 GMT -5 Seth Drakin of Monster Crap said:

Mar 21, 2019 16:48:36 GMT -5 ISO Mid Thigh Pull said:

Firing someone to "refresh the roster" is f***ing disgusting, especially when they proceeded to immediately bring in RVD and Low-Ki.

Also, if they are going to refresh the roster, why do they keep bring Gail back?

Dont forget madison. Shes been gone and back at least 6 times the last 5 years. 

[markymark]

Mar 21, 2019 20:26:32 GMT -5 The Spelunker! said:

Mar 21, 2019 19:33:17 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Allie was never going to be the tiptop star of the women but she was good enough to be exactly the kind of utility player TNA needs; effective as a face, decent enough as a character, seemingly very eager to be there, probably not someone WWE is going to come beating down the door for. I have trouble buying the idea is as simple as "Oh we just want to cycle some people in and out", that's a load of shit.

Well they already cycled out her husband, and cycling people in and out was their stated plan for the company when they took over.

But I do agree Allie could do a lot more in impact and I would’ve kept her in their position.

But Braxton straight up sucked.

The only thing Allie hasnt done and shouldve done is Cherry Bomb, and if she didnt want to use that character again on tv, well I dont know what else she can do...