Allie was informed in February she was being let go

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PWInsider:

www.pwinsider.com/article/125050/more-on-allies-impact-exit-former-impact-champ-returning-as-producer-this-weekend-panda-energy-is-no-more-and-more-impact-news.html?p=1

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.

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"SORRY BABE WE HAVE TO PAY RVD"

[Final Countdown Jones]

Baffling decision to let her go, but probably for the best on her end.

[Feargus McReddit]

On the one hand, it's bizarre to let someone go during a time when you have a planned angle where the end goal should be that the good guys should win out, essentially, so the outcome becomes exactly the opposite. Kind of a TNA thing to do, but nowhere near the top 50 things.

On the other, I appreciate them at least recognizing rosters do need to be re-shuffled even if it is a tad dickish to just say "Hey, you're going after these tapings in Las Vegas and your last angle is essentially your body being saved from hell only to not really because your soul's gone!"

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Hot as f***.
Creative.
Great worker.

She won’t regret this day, impact will.

[kingoftheindies]

Mar 21, 2019 20:37:31 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Hot as f***.
Creative.
Great worker.

She won’t regret this day, impact will.

Yep as likable as she is as the bubbly babyface Allie, she's an amazing heel as bitchy Cherry Bomb who is hot and she knows it.

Though I don't know if Impact will regret this. While maybe not presented the right way, I think Impact needed to reshuffle the Knockout division and I think Allie was in need of a change too.

[Rave]

So you're deep into a storyline that is corny but actually turning out to be kinda fun...and you fire one of the main players? Just to "refresh the roster"? In what reality does that make any sense?

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So she got released by Impact and then signed by AEW.

That's like falling upwards.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I don't get this in the slightest, because Allie wasn't exactly someone anywhere near her expiration date in the slightest, and Rosemary just came back for them to do their angle together. Also, Impact just resigned Madison Ryane, who's done everything ever to do in Impact five times over.

Also, I would totally tried to book Allie and Cherry Bomb against Courtney Rush and Rosemary in the vein of Ultimate Deletion.

[siredger]

On a sidenote, I find it hysterical that Impact Wrestling uberfans are so upset when they read that Allie is getting a big break with AEW. The uproar is real lol

[jimmyjames]

TNA gonna TNA; still.

[Mozenrath]

Isn't the move I'd make, but they gave her plenty of heads up to line up another gig. That was at least a not-dick move of them to make.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

She was growing stale on Impact and they gave her heads up and plenty of time to explore other options and didn't make it public to screw up her chances of getting the best deal... Those monsters.

Could they have booked her better? Absolutely, the Gail Kim acolyte nonsense was excruciating, and I like Gail, but she's not the first person to be messed about by booking and won't be the last.

[Sigma: Current SRW Champ!]

I think the refresh is going to be ok. As much as I despise Delilah Doom's Jazzercize gimmick, it's something new and unique to the division. Alisha Edwards coming back is also a good thing as well. I can see the division leading up to Jordynne Grace being the woman up top with the undefeated streak and the freakish strength and with Tessa being her main foil after she gets done with Gail Kim.

[Dub H]

Now this is the TNA i remember

[darbus alan]

I am glad they gave her plenty of notice and didn't just release her out of the blue. And Allie is definitely moving on to greener pastures in AEW. That said, the reason for her release and some of the hires made concurrently or afterwards is such a TNA thing to do.

I hope Rosemary and Allie find some way to make videos post-Impact, too. Demon Bunny was pretty entertaining.

[Chainsaw]

Mar 21, 2019 20:37:31 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Hot as f***.
Creative.
Great worker.

She won’t regret this day, impact will.

Agreed. I just wish Rosemary hadn't re-upped with them, they would have been great in AEW.

So happy Allie's going there at least.

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Rosemary works for the guy who trained her and broke her into the business. She's very loyal to Scott D'Amore.

[Hypnosis]

Mar 22, 2019 13:12:36 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

I am glad they gave her plenty of notice and didn't just release her out of the blue. And Allie is definitely moving on to greener pastures in AEW. That said, the reason for her release and some of the hires made concurrently or afterwards is such a TNA thing to do.

I do find it baffling that Allie, who was well-liked in the locker room, was released to "refresh the roster" during a big storyline.

Now Low-Ki, who's been in and out of TNA/Impact and other promotions multiple times since 2002, and is known to be a locker room headache who quits whenever things aren't going his way, is returning.

Confusing decision.

[bigbadbull]

Mar 22, 2019 13:24:57 GMT -5 Chainsaw said:

Mar 21, 2019 20:37:31 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

Hot as f***.
Creative.
Great worker.

She won’t regret this day, impact will.

Agreed. I just wish Rosemary hadn't re-upped with them, they would have been great in AEW.

So happy Allie's going there at least.

Well I'm glad she re-upped with Impact and people calling this a "TNA" move is showing thier ignorance and bias. The company just resigned numerous performers and are planning to push Jordanne Grace as the top female babaface. Losing Allie sucks but I think management has a plan and knows what they're doing.