Could it be deja vu for Impact Wrestling talent?
PWInsider.com is reporting that several Impact Wrestling talents have informed them that they have not been paid for last month’s television tapings in Orlando, Florida. Talents who reached out did so under the condition of anonymity.
In addition to not being paid for last month’s work, talent also alleges that they weren’t given a Bound For Glory payoff or pay for working the Ottawa tapings until after Christmas.
Impact Wrestling president Ed Nordholm released a statement to PW Insider, denying that the promotion was late on pay:
“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.”
