James Storm cut a promo during tonight’s TNA Impact Wrestling TV tapings that saw him announce he had met his commitments to the company and worked his last match for TNA.
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The promo saw Storm tease seeing the fans real soon and that he’d team up with a friend of his, but the legitimacy of the promo has been called into question due to recent events and taping results from this past week.
Earlier this week, one of the tapings saw an angle that followed up on the conclusion of last week’s ‘titles versus title’ match with Bobby Lashley and Storm, with Storm calling the match finish into question. After a promo and in-ring exchange with new TNA President Billy Corgan, Storm was (storyline) suspended indefinitely by Corgan for threatening him.
Storm was not present on-air at a number of the remaining TNA tapings this week, but PWInsider.com is reporting this was due to Storm having pre-approved time off for a vacation. The storyline was most likely factored in to Storm’s plans, and he did post photos of a get together on his social media accounts, but then Storm posted the following Tweet, leading to some speculation that he was selling the angle being shot for TNA TV, which would air this week on TNA’s new Thursday night timeslot:
Due to some things that happened this Thursday on @IMPACTWRESTLING . It seems I can’t talk about things yet due to some legal BS.
— James Storm (@JamesStormBrand) August 16, 2016
Additionally, it was noted by some fans in attendance that it seemed odd that Storm would be cutting a promo like this given the speculated nod to his next destination. TNA One Night Only pay-per-views usually don’t follow current storylines when they air, but it’s always possible the promo could be edited to sync up with the suspension, or removed from broadcast if it wasn’t supposed to make it to air.
It was reported earlier this year that Storm had signed a two-year deal with TNA, but it remains to be seen if the ‘legal BS’ he mentioned in his last social media post was in regards to the storyline, or if his time in TNA has in fact come to an end. You can watch the promo from tonight’s tapings below:
@WRESTLEZONEcom James storm done with TNA to nxt pic.twitter.com/AJFgpcagq7
— JoeK.O. (@JoeKdotOdot) August 18, 2016
