UPDATE ON EC3-TNA-PRESTON CITY SITUATION

In following up on the statement that Preston City Wrestling issued earlier today (Elite subscribers, click here) about TNA pulling EC3 from a scheduled statement, I reached out to several TNA sources about the situation.

TNA sources acknowledged that company requests led to EC3 canceling the Preston City Wrestling booking as a commitment that TNA felt was important came up for the same time period, which the company is sending several talents to. James Storm was also pulled from a booking for this reason.

In the case of EC3, while he is allowed to take outside bookings, his contractual primary commitment has to be to TNA and they get "right of first refusal" so to speak, which means that if they need him for a date, they get priority. While EC3 had been booked for Preston City first, once TNA needed him, he had no choice but to pull off the dates.

We were told that when EC3 contacted the promoters he would be working for in Europe, Southside Wrestling and Preston City, that led to them reaching out to TNA. According to our sources, TNA's stance on the situation was that there was nothing they could do as the bookings had not been made through their office, since (according to TNA) no plane ticket for EC3 had been purchased nor had he been given a deposit on the Preston City booking.

Had the bookings been made via TNA office as a third party booking, they would have approached the situation differently. James Storm, who as we noted above, was also pulled from a booking for the same time period. Since that booking was through the TNA office, the office worked to make amends with that promoter.

We are told that EC3 personally promised each promoter that he would make it up to them down the line.

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