More on Kairi Sane and WWE
Added 2022-01-07 21:24:00 +0000 UTCKairi Sane's WWE deal is finally coming to an end in February, according to the Wrestling Observer. Fightful has learned more about her time with the company.
Kairi's deal is set to expire in February, but WWE sources that we spoke to said that it's not a done deal that she'll depart the company, those most expect her to allow her contract to expire.
The same sources indicated to Fightful that in 2020, Kairi Sane made it clear that she wanted to return to Japan. WWE honored that request, and wanted to keep her under contract. We're told that when she left the States, there was still fleeting hope in global localization of Performance Centers across the globe, which we're told there are "no ongoing plans for any longer." Kairi has served as an ambassador in Japan for WWE and done some commentary as well.
We're told that when Kairi Sane originally left the U.S., there was "little to no concern" that she'd want to head to AEW, with one WWE higher up saying "that was so far off of her radar at that point, it didn't seem like something we really needed to worry about." When we followed up with that same higher up in light of Sane's deal coming due, they said they personally don't expect her to be in AEW full-time, but would be surprised if she didn't eventually make an appearance. We've not spoken to anyone in AEW about this as of yet.
Comments
i was curious about her status, thanks for the info. Shame they wouldnt let her do the stardom show.
e d
2022-01-07 23:46:16 +0000 UTCI'm surprised that she made changes to her social media profiles indicating that she was no longer a WWE wrestler before her contract officially ended.
Sheila Antonio
2022-01-07 21:58:23 +0000 UTCI legit assumed her contract was up with wwe ages ago, i guess not.
Colin Mathie
2022-01-07 21:31:51 +0000 UTCOf course we all hope she is happy in whatever she does next... but I'd be lying if I didn't want her far FAR away from WWE at least.
Frank S
2022-01-07 21:29:49 +0000 UTCIf she does end up in ring I'm sure it would be Stardom, but her new business looks like it's about to open soon.
Robo Kop
2022-01-07 21:29:20 +0000 UTCI hope she pops into Stardom for a few matches. That would be great!
pourblackcoffee
2022-01-07 21:26:15 +0000 UTC
