Eric Young's time in IMPACT Wrestling appears to come to an end.
Eric Young was one of the veterans of IMPACT's roster when he returned to the company in 2020 following his WWE release. Throughout his most recent run, he was the leader of Violent by Design. during his run, he worked very closely with Cody Deaner, and now, Cody Deaner has taken the next steps to become the leader of VBD as Eric Young appears to exit IMPACT Wrestling in a very dramatic fashion.
On Thursday, December 1, 2022, IMPACT went off the air with a cinematic vignette featuring Cody and Eric as Eric explained that Cody must do whatever he can to eliminate the sickness and Deaner appeared to drive a knife through EY. Following this, Cody was shown sitting back down and holding a bloody knife as a voiceover from Eric Young stated that he may have been the designer, but Cody is the design.
"ELIMINATE THE SICKNESS!!!"@TheEricYoung @CodyDeaner #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/prKamHFMbN
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) December 2, 2022
Following this, a report from Mike Johnson of PWInsider proclaimed that Eric Young would be headed back to WWE. During his time with WWE, Eric led SAnitY and held the WWE NXT Tag Team Championship.
We will have more on the status of Eric Young as more is known.
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