Over the weekend, it was revealed that PCO would be finishing up his time with IMPACT Wrestling very shortly.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider got more details surrounding the contract negotations between IMPACT Wrestling & PCO.
PCO was interviewed by Pat Laprade and Kevin Raphael on their podcast “Les Anti-Pods de la Lutte” and here’s what he had to say.
On the negotiation process with Impact:
“The company began approaching me in White Plains on the weekend of September 8 and 9. They said they wanted to re-sign me, that they wanted me to stay and all that. And that it was important for the company. I asked if they could increase my salary, and creatively speaking, if I could get more involved with my character.”
“The next day, I thought we were going to agree on terms. It came close twice, then it drew on a bit. Then, I was told that we had to reach an agreement, at least on the phone, before Memphis, which was the 22nd or 23rd, in order to know how to book Memphis and Bound for Glory. On Saturday no news, no phone calls, radio silence in a sense. There are a lot of people around me in the locker room who have not been renewed yet and who finished on the 22nd. So I figured I wasn’t going to stretch it until Bound For Glory, since my contract finishes on October 30th. I felt negotiations were tough so I decided to control how I was gonna leave.”
“I think that’s part of the negotiations too. When there’s radio silence after they tell you ‘we want you and we will sign you’. There’s like some kind of a war of nerves that is being played. Who will break first? If they show too much interest, they know you’re going to ask for the moon, but if they show less, they think you’re going to feel less important. The goal is to find the right balance.”
PCO signed with IMPACT Wrestling in 2021 after Ring of Honor was on hiatus and then reopened with management. PCO originally came in as part of the Honor No More group, which was a group of rogue former Ring Of Honor talent who came to IMPACT in an attempt to take over.
He’s had some great matches with the likes of Steve Maclin, Bully Ray, & Eddie Edwards to name a few.
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