Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp recently conducted an interview with top Impact Wrestling star Moose, where the former World Champion revealed why he decided to remain with the promotion when an offer from WWE was on the table.
In the interview, Moose said he was ready to jump ship to WWE, but that Impact executive Scott D’Amore, who Moose greatly admires, really showed him how much they valued his talents.
“A lot of people don’t know this, but I was pretty much about to walk into WWE. Yeah and I was literally gone and the last talk I had with Scott D’Amore really showed me how much they wanted me. It’s one of those things, I talked to my wife about it, I said, ‘There’s still a lot of things I haven’t accomplished at IMPACT. So leaving to go to the WWE really would be not fair to myself and not fair to Scott, who I really look up to as a mentor and a big brother.’ So I decided to give it one more shot. IMPACT has done a great job keeping some of their core guys and homebred guys. I’m hoping we keep doing the same. I think Scott’s done a phenomenal job with the turnaround he’s done with IMPACT and it’s only gonna get better.”
Moose would be crowned Impact World Champion at the 2021 Bound for Glory pay-per-view event, justifying his decision to remain with the company. When revisiting his career with Impact, Moose reminisces about his first contract under Dixie Carter, adding that it was a difficult time as getting a paycheck was not a guaranteed thing.
“I’ve been there since when people wasn’t getting paid. I remember my first contract I signed with IMPACT under the Dixie Carter era and I got paid when I first signed and I didn’t see another paycheck until four or five months later. I’ve been here since that era. Now Scott taking over has really, really turned the locker room around in terms of what IMPACT is known for. He’s made it an actual company people want to come work for. We have the Briscoes with us now and hopefully that’s gonna be a long term thing based on a long term build with us. I’m really hoping that gets done with them. A name like the Briscoes, probably the best tag team in all of professional wrestling signed with IMPACT after the Good Brothers just signed with IMPACT. After we just got Jonah and Morrissey, all these guys that come in. Hopefully that shows that, ‘Man, IMPACT is the place to go and actual names want to go there.’ That’s what I’m praying and hoping for. So we’ll see what happens.”
Moose revealed in a separate interview that fans will know his next direction at the promotion’s upcoming Under Siege event.
