Josh Alexander Explains Why He Re-Signed With IMPACT Wrestling & Real Visa Issues

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Josh Alexander has explained why he re-signed with IMPACT Wrestling and the real life visa issues he faced.

Speaking on Fightful’s The List & Ya Boy, The Walking Weapon discussed how his US visa issues were legit despite his IMPACT contract expiring being a work.

Alexander explained:

“This visa stuff is legitimate, 100%, I’ve seen people comment and say ‘that was all a work too just to make it seem more legit.’ Like most things in my career, it was a circumstantial thing that happened to amplify this one thing and benefit it. I would never cancel a booking, ever, that’s not in me to do. I had to cancel two shows for that because of legitimate visa issues with lawyers and stuff that is way over my pay grade. That was unfortunate. It all got handled now. I’m back in the state and have a new visa and everything else.”

Alexander was forced to miss independent dates for TERMINUS and AML due to his visa issues.

The former IMPACT World Champion also revealed that he signed his new deal prior to his previous contract expiring.

Alexander stated:

“We agreed in principle and when my contract expired, we agreed before I had a chance to talk with anybody else. I knew where I wanted to stay and what I wanted to do.

I wanted this to happen from the get-go. I knew I wanted to stay with IMPACT because I’m clearly happy there, there’s a lot stuff going on there, I just want to wrestle, I don’t care where I wrestle as long I do what I get to do at the highest level and all this other stuff. It all materialized and came together pretty quickly. The whole work of the whole thing is that IMPACT has had this reputation of losing marquee talent time and time again. Me, being a babyface, I approached management and said, ‘If I’m staying, why don’t we make a thing out of it that I chose to stay at IMPACT.’ I probably could have gone somewhere else and could have gotten a job somewhere else, but I didn’t want to, so I wanted to amplify that. Not just for me, but for the whole brand of IMPACT and the fans.”

Josh Alexander continued on to say that there was little doubt that he would return to IMPACT, saying:

“There was a 1% chance I wasn’t going to re-sign with IMPACT. My relationship with everybody there, from management all the way through the locker room, I feel like I’m part of something that’s growing and on the ground floor and we’ve all got room to grow together. I’m a loyal person and a team player, I’ve been that way my whole life.”

The Walking Weapon returned to IMPACT Wrestling at Sacrifice this past weekend by attacking Moose and challenging him for the IMPACT World Title at Rebellion.

Moose defeated Josh Alexander for the title at Bound For Glory in October by cashing in his Call Your Shot trophy moments after Alexander beat Christian Cage for the gold.

IMPACT Wrestling Rebellion will take place on Saturday April 23 from Poughkeepsie, New York and will air live on pay-per-view.

Quotes via Fightful

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