— Bobby Lashley was actually under contract to Impact through the end of May at a very lucrative amount. However, the company knew that he wasn’t going to be sticking around and so they granted his request to be released early.

— Lashley expects to get another good deal – either from New Japan or WWE – and was willing to lose out on the last three months of his contract while for Impact, it saved them money.

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