Rohit Raju Details Decision To Leave Impact Wrestling, Contract Talks With The Company

In a recent interview with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, Rohit Raju discussed not being able to come to an agreement with Impact Wrestling on a new contract, how it impacted his decision to leave the company, and much more. Here’s what Raju had to say:

Rohit Raju on not being able to come to an agreement with Impact Wrestling on a new contract: “Well, I only signed a year extension. So I don’t know where the multi-[year reports] came from. My contract was up at [December] 31st and we just couldn’t agree on money. I felt like I had doubled my value there. No matter what they put me in I was making it work. They put me in with some of the best guys in the world. Cardona, Rocky Romero, Josh Alexander. It didn’t matter if I was doing X-Division stuff. Wrestling FinnJuice. I was standing there toe to toe with these people putting on good matches and not only that, but I was reliable and consistent. My promo work, I’m gonna toot my own horn. There was nobody in the company that was touching me. Maybe a couple of guys cut some really good promos, but I was up there.”

On how it impacted his decision to leave the company: “I felt like from the Rohit that had signed even a year prior to my X-Division run wasn’t the same guy. I had wanted this amount, they said ‘No,’ of course and they offered me this amount. I was like, ‘Hell no.’ I felt like it was really low. I said I won’t do anything for less than this. They said, ‘Sorry, man. We can’t do it.’ I said, ‘Okay, I guess we’ll just part ways.’ We parted ways and that’s it. That’s what happened. I love IMPACT Wrestling and I have nothing bad to say about them. I loved my time there. I miss everybody there. I’m sure the door is open, I would think. I didn’t leave on any bad terms. We just couldn’t agree on money. It kind of stung a little bit ‘cause I was like, ‘I’m worth way more than what you guys offered.’ But it is what it is.”