New Details on Don Callis’ Negotiations With Impact, Impact Wants to Work With NJPW

According to PWinsider, Don Callis has denied he is leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling. He is still set to do commentary on Sunday’s NJPW Power Struggle event. So even if he is negotiating with the company, he won’t be at Bound For Glory.

When Impact management visited Pro Wrestling NOAH a few weeks back, they made a visit to one of the New Japan events and while there, Scott D’Amore spoke with the NJPW locker room and told them Impact would love to work with New Japan again. This is when talks with Callis started. New Japan is quite aware how badly Impact wants to work with them but, are focused on working with Ring of Honor. D’Amore also specifically apologized to Kazuchika Okada for how he was used in TNA years ago (dressed as Kato from the Green Hornet as Samoa Joe’s lackey).

Word is that Impact has yet to present Callis with a contract and he’s not doing anything until he has the contract in hand. PWinsider’s source noted that if he didn’t start in November, January would be likely. New Japan already has two potential replacements in mind as an announcer if Callis does depart.