{"id":57105,"date":"2019-06-04T13:32:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=57105"},"modified":"2019-06-04T13:32:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:32:12","slug":"eli-drake-declares-himself-a-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2019\/06\/04\/eli-drake-declares-himself-a-free-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli Drake declares himself a free agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3712492603\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Eli Drake (Shaun Ricker) announced today that he is officially a free agent, meaning he is no longer under contract with Impact Wrestling. Drake noted in a social media statement (available below) that he had a four-year run with the company and thanked Impact officials for &#8220;the overall great experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Impact Wrestling announced that Drake was no longer with the company back on April 7. &#8220;Impact Wrestling announced today that it has terminated its relationship with Shaun Ricker, known as \u2018Eli Drake\u2019,&#8221; read a statement released by the company. I&#8217;m not sure what the holdup was, but apparently it&#8217;s taken nearly two months for this to become official.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bookelidrake@Gmail.com <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EliDrake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EliDrake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4UGGRrUAh\">pic.twitter.com\/d4UGGRrUAh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Drake (@TheEliDrake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEliDrake\/status\/1135953856393703424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>Check below for the latest Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast with Jason Powell and new MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone, who discusses his background, how the underdog story has been overplayed in pro wrestling, the Dynasty faction, and more.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: solid 1px #dedede;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/180116\/61468820\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1740374344\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[884,86,2746],"class_list":["post-57105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tna_news","category-newsticker","tag-eli-drake","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-shaun-ricker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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