PWInsider.com is reporting that they have spoken with multiple Impact Wrestling talents recently, under the condition of anonymity, that reported to them that they had not been paid for the January 2018 Impact Wrestling TV tapings yet.
They note that some of the talents also allege that they have not been paid for the Impact Wrestling TV tapings, “for the November 2017 Bound for Glory PPV and subsequent TV tapings in Ottawa until after the Christmas holidays, right before the January tapings.”
There is concern amongst talent that the next round of payments may not come until the next Impact Wrestling TV taping in late April in Orlando.
Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordholm issued the following statement to PWInsider.com addressing the allegations:
“Talent is not behind on their pay. We generally provide for talent to be paid as independent contractors in the month following a month in which services are rendered. This was an improvement over previous management, where talent cheques were issued only as the actual episodes aired (could be as much as 12 weeks after tapings before final instalments were delivered).
We instituted a payment policy last year to pay for all services rendered in a month in the following month, regardless of when the shows would air. Accordingly, cheques for January were mailed earlier mid-month; cheques for November were mailed mid-December (and I understand got caught up in Christmas mail delays).
We realize that one unexpected impact of moving our corporate offices to Canada has been a further delay with mail services going cross-border. We are working to streamline our talent payroll processing so future events will be paid closer to the beginning of each month after services are rendered.”
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