Eric Young returns at Impact Slammiversary after gaining WWE release

Former Impact World Champion Eric Young returned from the dead at Slammiversary, teaming with Scott D'Amore in a surprise appearance.

Young and D'Amore, part of the former Team Canada from the early TNA/Impact days, defeated Bully Ray & Deaner in a tag team match. Young was the mystery partner for D'Amore after PCO was taken out by Ray and the injured Steve Maclin several weeks ago. Deaner replaced Maclin due to the injury.

Former Team Canada member A1 also was in attendance and got involved in the match.

In late-November 2022, Young was killed off in storyline in brutal fashion by Deaner who then took over The Design faction. The reason for that was because Young signed with WWE in early-November for an eventual in-ring return in either WWE or NXT.

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Fightful reported that Young asked for his release a few months later and in April 2023, it was granted with his 90-day non-compete clause running out last week. They also reported that it wasn't a coincidence he requested it after Vince McMahon returned to the company as he had no interest in working for McMahon or the eventual new TKO company.

"WWE sources confirmed to Fightful that Young had cited moral, creative and personal reasons as why he didn’t want to work with Vince McMahon," they stated.