JONAH moves on from Impact Wrestling as contract expires
JONAH is officially no longer with Impact Wrestling as his contract expired following the post-Rebellion TV taping on April 24th.
He retweeted the following earlier today, essentially confirming the news:
Jonah finished up with IMPACT Wrestling after tonight. (Last set of tapings).
Hopefully they bring him back in the near future.
Thank you @JONAHISHERE! 👊🏼 #IMPACTonAXSTV #ImpactWrestling
pic.twitter.com/CupjIpFtdN— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) May 6, 2022
Yesterday following Impact, he tweeted the following:
There's a wild chapter in the book of JONAH that is all about PCO … HE IS NOT HUMAN.
IMPACT see ya down the road. pic.twitter.com/u4R2Xdmwsd
— BIG BRONSON REED (@BRONSONISHERE) May 6, 2022
In a late-December interview, he said his agreement ran through Rebellion weekend but didn’t specify why it was a short-term deal (five months) and whose decision that was for such a short deal. It’s unknown whether either side was interested in an extension.
After debuting at Turning Point in late-November and attacking Josh Alexander, he wrestled 15 total matches over his tenure. He went 12-3, losing his last two to Tomohiro Ishii and PCO, respectively. The match with PCO was their third and held under Monster’s Ball rules on Thursday’s Impact on AXS TV.
The 33-year-old has stayed busy since being released by WWE, working frequently in Impact, NJPW and various indies like PWG, Defy, GCW and PROGRESS.
He can next be seen on Saturday’s New Japan Strong taking on Blake Christian.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.