Saraya, also known as Paige in WWE, remains one of the most popular women in professional wrestling, boasting multiple world titles across several promotions.
Most recently, she was seen with All Elite Wrestling, where she held the AEW Women’s Championship.
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Despite her success with the company, Saraya has revealed that she is departing AEW. However, it appears that a return to the company is not off the table.
In a recent interview with Women’s Wrestling Talk, Saraya revealed that AEW CEO Tony Khan has “left the door open” for a potential return to the company.
“I was like, alright, time for me to bow out,” Saraya said, per Fightful. “Tony was amazing with it. It ended up being mutual, which is great. He was like, let’s do it. Like- that’s perfectly fine.
“He was extremely supportive about my my future endeavors and he encouraged me and the door was left open, you know, which is great, and yeah, it was just a lot of brainstorming on my time off where I was like, okay, now it’s time for me to bow out gracefully, I guess.”
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Despite all of the speculation regarding where she will go next, Saraya hasn’t given fans a direct answer, instead noting that she wants to spend some time taking care of other things.
“That’s something that with this year, I kind of want to get all my business and stuff, deals out the way, like under my name and all that kind of stuff,” Saraya said to Bill Pritchard of WrestleZone.
“Because I’m not — people think I’m going back to WWE or whatever, because there’s this huge rumor mill happening right now. But I haven’t spoken to them. At least not right now, I haven’t spoken to them.”
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“I’m also focusing on my podcast, acting, all that kind of fun stuff too,” Saraya continued. “I wouldn’t want it to affect my brand. And I feel like WWE now is being more open and receptive to people doing outside stuff.
“They are much more comfortable with that and are much more accepting of that.I feel like, if I ever did go back, I feel like they would be understanding at this point and kind of let me do my thing.”
“But, I’m not trying to do anything crazy, nothing too wild. But I do want to be able to have the freedom to do what I want. That’s so important to me, is to have freedom.”
“So, yeah. I feel like with Hunter now in charge too, he’s really great. He is great with his talent. He is understanding, like I said, of things that people want to do outside of wrestling. And I think this new era is probably a lot of fun now.”
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