Mike Bennett has confirmed his contract status with Ring of Honor.
Speaking with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, the 35-year old confirmed his contract extension with Ring of Honor and detailed the negotiations he had with the company, explaining that it was fairly easy for both sides to get an agreement in place.
“It wasn’t like trying to pull teeth. So, when we discussed it, like you said, early on it was one of those things where it was like, ‘Hey, you haven’t been here in a while. We’re still in a pandemic. Let’s have a grace period to figure out if we both want to do it.’ I was like, ‘Totally understand.’ I went in. I went balls to the wall. I knew that that’s where I wanted to be, so I was like, ‘I’m just going to commit everything to them to show them that,’ and I think they saw that and they were like, ‘Yeah. You know, we feel the same way.’ So then at that point, we just sat down and this might have been the easiest negotiation I’ve had in my life. Which, at this point in my career, I’m so thankful for.”
Bennett also confirmed the length of the deal, which extends through the end of 2021 with an option that could possibly be picked up in 2022.
“I’ll tell you—so, the length is definitely until the end of this year and most likely an extra year after that. But, there’s a ton of extra wiggle room for renegotiation, for length or whatever. So, like I said, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, and I want to be there and they want me there, so I’m willing to go and maneuver around every which way. Because at this point in my career, I’m just gonna to go where I’m happy and Ring of Honor is what’s making me happy at [this] point. So, if they come to me and are like, ‘Hey, we need to hold off on this or we need to do this,’ I’m all on board because I want to be the Ring of Honor guy. That’s kind of where I’m at in my career.”
Bennett returned to Ring Of Honor for the first time since 2015 in November after being released from WWE in April 2020.
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