Dave Meltzer mentioned in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter the reason James Storm is gone from Impact Wrestling is because he had a high guaranteed money deal and Anthem didn’t want to renew it.
Meltzer also indicated it’s the same for Bobby Lashley and Ethan Carter III. It will be interesting to see if Anthem keeps them around once their contracts come up. We believe EC3’s contract expires around January because he signed a new deal back in January of 2017 and most Impact talents sign on for one-year.