TNA Superstar Bobby Lashley recently spoke about the company's ongoing negotiations for Impact Wrestling and his recent deal with Bellator MMA.
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Spike TV revealed that it will not be picking up the option on Impact Wrestling, but it did commit to keeping TNA's flagship show on the network through the end of 2014 while the company searches for a new home. TNA has reportedly received some offers for Impact, but Lashley told MMA Live he wasn't sure what was happening on that front.
"When I signed my contract, there was nothing in my contract saying negotiations for a TV deal or anything like that," Lashley said. "All they said was 'Sign and you can go out and perform' - and that's what I do. I think social media is so big right now, that a lot of stuff is out there and people are hearing what's going on behind the scenes with the negotiations between Dixie [Carter, TNA president] and Spike, or Dixie and whoever else. Those things are more prevalent now. Before, it happened like that every two to four years when they go back to the negotiation table, but now that social media is big and it got leaked out, now everybody is like 'Oh no, are they going to lose their deal?'"
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Lashley said that he didn't truly believe Spike TV would drop Impact despite the reports that the network is looking to get out of the pro wrestling business.
"I don't think we're going anywhere. The ratings have been phenomenal and are going up every week, so I don't think Spike is going to get rid of TNA," Lashley said. "If they got rid of TNA it wouldn't make any sense unless they're going to bring something bigger on there. And right now I think TNA is the greatest thing that they have going for them, with the exception of Bellator. So I'm not even worried about it. I think it's all going to hash out by the end of the year. We're going to get that deal signed, and we're probably going to stay with Spike."
Lashley also spoke about signing on for some MMA fights with Bellator.
"I'm signed right now for a handful of fights, and that was before Coker even came on. And now that Coker came on, we'll probably end up doing those fights fairly quickly and renewing it," he said. "I don't have too much time left in the game, but while I'm here I want to make a big impact. I don't think the amount of fights that I signed for is going to give me an opportunity to do everything that I want to do, so I'm going to blaze through those fights quickly - maybe every other month if I can stay healthy - then hopefully I can sign on for more and really make a big statement, as I have my last run."
Lashley was asked if his run as TNA World Heavyweight Champion is the greatest of his career.
"I don't know if it would be the best run, because I don't know how you measure that. If you measure it by money, maybe not. If you measure it by fun, maybe so," he said. "I have a great time with MVP and Kenny King. We have a little bit of creative freedom to do what we want to do at times, and I think that things are going well. I think my in-ring ability has improved a lot more."
While the future of Impact Wrestling on Spike TV is up in the air, Lashley seems optimistic that the company's flagship program won't be moving from the network, but that remains to be seen.
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