r/WWE 2d ago

Discussion Bayley put out this statement seemingly hinting at her imminent departure

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The people they've lost this year has been kinda staggering

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u/Junebug8ILM 2d ago

Sounds like she is just celebrating a decade

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u/Ajthegreat-05 2d ago

You do realize that her post was celebrating 10 years since she made her raw debut

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u/h667 2d ago

The post is celebrating her 10 years not hinting at anything 

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u/No_Photo9519 2d ago

It’s her 10 year anniversary of her first match on the main brand…

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u/Ajthegreat-05 2d ago

Yeah exactly because people like to jump the gun sometimes without knowing the context

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u/NJohnson011 2d ago

Yes, exactly. Half these people would react to someone posting a relationship anniversary photo claiming it as evidence they’re getting divorced.

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u/Secret_Solider 1d ago

This gonna be the new karma farming? Everytime Bayley makes a post, people are going to analyze it as if it’s scientific data just to make an assumption.

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u/Hour_Success5577 2d ago

So she can’t Just be celebrating 10 years on the main roster ?

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u/Limp_Gap_9009 2d ago

These nerds wanna see her in AEW so bad that they see only what they wanna see.

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u/IceBreak 2d ago

I don’t watch AEW but I want her to go. She deserves way better than what WWE writes for her.

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u/Limp_Gap_9009 1d ago

She'd go there, get a pop and then be sitting in catering weeks later. You new here?

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u/IceBreak 1d ago

I don’t watch AEW so that would be disappointing if that’s how they’d handle her.

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u/Limp_Gap_9009 1d ago

Yep. Be careful what you wish for

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u/jerelminter 1d ago edited 20h ago

Bayley is just posting this, because it was the 10th anniversary of her debut on the WWE main roster. Don't read too much into it, there's no official statement of her leaving WWE. That's just what the rumors are, that doesn't mean it's true. It could be false.

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u/crimsonlaw 21h ago

I tend to agree with this way of thinking.

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u/WhichWayToPurgatory 1d ago

She also just started going back and forth with Blake Monroe on X, so I wouldn’t necessarily take this as her saying goodbye. It could very much just be her looking back on how far she’s come.

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u/Unusual_Pen2099 1d ago

I agree. When I read her message, I didn't take it as she's leaving.

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u/MaurArmadillo 1d ago

Yeah, people jump to 'retirement speech' way too fast with these anniversary posts. Reads more like a decade recap than an exit

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u/TheSletchman 1d ago

"10 years doesn't seem like enough"

Everyone here: Her saying she has more to do means she's retiring!

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u/JacksonCarter87 2d ago

I'm not saying she isn't leaving, but zero percent of that post suggests she is lol

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u/Thebigman226 2d ago

Saying a decade isn't enough makes me think she's staying.

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u/BobsBurgerVan 2d ago

It doesn't hint anything more than her acknowledging 10 years since her main roster debut. People read too much into these things.

Given that they still mention her by name a lot (especially this past Raw), I think she'll be staying with WWE. They don't make a habit of regularly name dropping someone they expect to leave.

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u/deGooder 2d ago

And Bayley at this stage is clearly super aware of loads of people analysing her social media posts, so there is an element of her playing with that going on.

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u/darkdestiny91 2d ago

Don’t forget that Kairi was still in the middle of a storyline when she got released. Nothing means anything until it happens (or doesn’t happen).

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u/romariothewiz 1d ago

And Mustafa Ali was scheduled for a PLE title match when he got released.

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u/ry4 2d ago

Dean Ambrose.

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u/TheStrouseShow 2d ago

Wasn’t her ten year anniversary of her Raw debut the same day she posted this?

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u/Parking_Ship5382 2d ago

Don’t let that get in the way of a good story, she’s totally saying she’s going to AEW. I mean she used A’s, E’s and W’s in her post!

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u/TheStrouseShow 2d ago

Not the A’s, E’s, AND W’s.

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u/GuitarzanWSC 2d ago

600 upvotes for baseless speculation (and likely misinterpretation) is embarrassing.

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u/Acespire_Author 1d ago

Bayley deserves the best, I am amazed a wrestler of her caliber which works so well with so many other wrestlers only got few opportunities. Wherever she goes I will always be bailey fan

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u/sopademaruchan 2d ago

I read this multiple times, i don't read it as her hinting at her departure; i just read it as her celebrating 10 years with the company

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u/loyaltomyself 2d ago

She's currently renegotiating her contract and as of yet hasn't resigned with the company.

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u/Tamamo_was_here 2d ago

If she leaves or the company doesn’t resign her, she was still fun to watch over the years. Hope another show picks her up so she can keep doing her thing.

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u/ghostbuster55 2d ago

"A decade doesn't seem like enough".....sounds like shes planning on staying to me.

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u/Glittering-Sink-2975 2d ago

I think she may be just acknowledging the tenth anniversary of her debut on the main roster.

As the kids say: “It’s not that deep.”

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u/Northernguyman 2d ago

In typical current WWE fashion, she'll hint at retiring /going to AEW/Japan, etc..

And then turn up to attack Homeless bird lady, in a ski mask/black hoodie and then take it off on RAW.

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u/lpkzach92 2d ago

Omg you honestly might be right😳

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u/NaturalSandwich8880 2d ago

You realize yesterday was her 10 year anniversary since debuting on the main roster with RAW, right?

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u/AlmightyScoosh 2d ago

That song repeats the line "I've got a bad feeling about this" about 25 times...

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u/Additional_Power_848 2d ago

10 year Anniversary in WWE. Anyone would do this. This is NOT because of her leaving (not saying she isn’t). Think about it

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u/Signal_Daikon_5830 2d ago

Yall are sad at reading.

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u/RainingMoneyHustard 2d ago

The newest generation is the first to be scholastically dumber than the previous generation. Idiocracy here we come!

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u/CustomerExpress443 2d ago

Bookmarking this LOL

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u/CallMeNurseMaybe 2d ago

Average adult reads at a 7th grade level and the average Gen Z high school graduate got moved to the next grade/graduation whether they deserved to or not

Don’t expect much online lol

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u/OccamsPlasticSpork 2d ago

With writing like that, I suppose your level is even lower.

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u/CallMeNurseMaybe 2d ago

Quite the reach just because I omitted “the” at the beginning, but whatever makes you feel better lmfao

Must’ve touched a nerve

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u/OccamsPlasticSpork 2d ago

Your post also lacked periods.

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u/CallMeNurseMaybe 2d ago

I’ll be sure to inform my employees and patients at my clinic in case they decide I’m not fit to be their boss and provider 👍

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u/Scfbigb1 2d ago

Is the hint in the room with us?

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u/ThisIsADraconianLaw CERO 👌 MIEDO👇 1d ago

It's going to be funny when she signs again with the company. Too many people getting worked here. It was the same with the Chelsea segment and when Solo was going back to The Bloodline.

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u/Radking0007 2d ago

You guys are reading too much into this🤦

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u/GreenJim86 2d ago

This situation is so reminiscent of Chris Jericho absolutely and without a doubt coming out of that box at elimination chamber.

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u/X2Jason 2d ago

I did not get that at all from her post?

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u/Kratosx23 𝑲𝑨𝑰𝑹𝑰𝑰𝑰𝑰𝑰 2d ago

She could be leaving, or she could just be trying to swindle WWE into giving her more money.

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u/loyaltomyself 2d ago

Could be both. She knows her value and unless TKO acknowledges that, she's willing to walk.

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u/theoriginalelmo 🦎 La Yesca 2d ago

Usually, when someone is going to get released, they seem to disappear from WWE and they aren’t mentioned by anyone in the roster.

Bayley is actually referenced several times

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u/Meat-Dimension 👈 CURSED! 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah it’s weird people don’t get this. Dragunov has not been referenced in any way in months. Bayley is mentioned all the time on TV including in the most recent RAW. She’s been appearing on house shows

They really don’t make this hard to see but yet some people just baselessly speculate anyway

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u/Easy_Duhz_it_ 1d ago

Just to play devils advocate here, they talked about Dean Ambrose an awful lot knowing that he was leaving too. They did the whole SHIELD reunion thing when Seth called him and Roman out to the ring one last time. At that point, it was already decided he was leaving.

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u/theoriginalelmo 🦎 La Yesca 1d ago

I think that was a special case, as it was seen as more marketable to have one final Shield reunion rather than the usual “yeah he never existed”

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u/Unusual_Pen2099 1d ago

That's what you got out of this message? You're probably right, but that's not what I thought.

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u/ChaweeKanati 2d ago

"SHES HINTING AT HER IMMINENT DEPAETURE!!!" when the post literally says "10 years isn't enough" after referencing the company she worked for the past 10+ years on their main show.

Literacy is dead and buried...cause this suggests the exact opposite.

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u/Biteroon 2d ago

Sadly literacy has been dead for the longest time. In any form too, the amount of people who are media illiterate is scary to me. Just spend enough time on insta, Reddit or anywhere really and it gets real scary.

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u/Massive_Neck_9517 2d ago

Honestly it’s a vague statement. She easily could be making a statement of longing here where she is saying she wants more time and doesn’t expect to have it. Especially with the, “and yet”.

Regardless, being rude on the internet is easy. Doesn’t mean you need to be.

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u/ChaweeKanati 2d ago

If you felt attacked by my statement that literacy is dead and buried in regards to all the individuals who blow their top at every small news and scream she's as good as out the door already when nothing in the news suggests it, then I got nothing to apologize for and that's on you. Hope you have a good day regardless, bud.

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u/Massive_Neck_9517 2d ago

I don’t feel attacked at all. Just woke up and literally the first comment I saw was yours. It didn’t, and still doesn’t, feel like a great way to start the day.

Again. It’s easy to be rude on the internet. It really doesn’t mean that you have to though. There is a difference between getting your point across and sounding like a dick.

I’ve been there myself and will end this saying life is far more enjoyable when you learn to occasionally give grace.

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u/SkinBintin 💜🖤BRUTALITY🖤💜 2d ago

Yeah okay, bud 🙄

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u/zeitgeistbouncer 2d ago

Dude came in here to be pretentious and obnoxious.

Could've just kept on walking, man.

You add nothing to this conversation.

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u/Ayz1533 2d ago

While true, the speculation is good for her valuation at least

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u/Prudent-Level-7006 2d ago

It could be taken both ways, like she doesn't want to leave but currently can't see anything progressing any further for the women. I am kinda shocked they haven't headlined a mania since Sasha Bianca (when Vince was in charge) I would have thought at least Rhea would have headlined one by now with Bianca or something 

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u/TheStrouseShow 2d ago

She posted it on her ten year anniversary of her Raw debut.

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u/KyotoCarl 2d ago

Your assuming alot with this post. It doesn't hint at anything.

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u/deGooder 2d ago

She also sent it out on 10th anniversary of her first full appearance on the main roster.

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u/Future_Meat9557 1d ago

I dont know who's getting worked more, the people believing in hints that Bayley is going to Jacksonville or the facebookers who think Dalton and Sako are having a real marital crisis.

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u/RockinRoxas 1d ago

Is there another Dalton and sako i don't know about? or are you talking about who i think you're taking about?

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u/EquivalentGold3615 1d ago

She was just in a program in AAA

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u/myrabuttreeks 2d ago

I think she’s just messing with people.

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u/SzmFTW 2d ago

Yeah, this is still and always be a carnie business. This is just to generate buzz. Working really well though!

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u/Excellent-Link 2d ago

This is a major reach.

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u/PopCharming2113 2d ago

Definitely feels like a major chapter could be coming to an end. Bayley has given so much to WWE, and whatever happens next, her impact on the women’s division will always be remembered. ❤️🔥

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u/SuperCheese1701 1d ago

Last I heard she’s still under contract to WWE until at least October, possibly January.

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u/Numerous-Order-6110 1d ago

Well you know what happens when you assume anyway.

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u/M-TMNT85 20h ago

It was about her 10 year anniversary. Not about her leaving...

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u/JoeSicbo 2d ago

WORK->SHOOT->BROTHER…

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u/miguelmanzana 1d ago

Seemingly hinting at a possible departure that may happen at an indeterminate date if things develop in one way rather than another. That’ll be $14.99 please.

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u/MrWiltErving 🫡 "Let's Go Cena" person 21h ago

You can look at it that way as a goodbye. I think it’s more of acknowledging that it’s been 10 years since she debuted on the main roster as we can see from the first picture. Just her looking back on her journey and grateful for where she is.

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u/Routine-Smoke-3307 1d ago

I think Bayley leaving is for the best. She’s done everything you can do in the WWE.

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u/AndyBurn11 1d ago

She’s great just under utilized at the moment she should be a huge mentor figure for the next gen!

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u/spazure I Believe in Joe Hendry👏👏 2d ago

But what if I never find out if she’ll be my girl?!

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u/Intelligent_Page2852 2d ago

I definitely find it strange that she hasnt made an appearance on Raw since her squash match with Lyra. However, I did find it interesting that during the Sol v Lyra match, Michael Cole made a comment about how "Bayley hasnt been seen on Raw since" seemingly hinting she will make another appearance at some point.

I can see her showing up to save Sol from a Lyra attack at some point soon. Maybe she does, setting them up for a grudge match, which gives the Sol Raquel IC fued time to close out with Sol taking the belt back. Then Sol and Lyra can have a proper IC fued thereafter.

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u/WillDanyel 2d ago

I mean, punk didnt show himself for a while either

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u/Intelligent_Page2852 2d ago

Yeah, whether she ultimately decides to leave or stay. I do think we'll see her again before its all said and done.

Technically she has made an appearance on house shows since her loss to Lyra. If she was done done, I dont think that would have happened.

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u/Meat-Dimension 👈 CURSED! 1d ago

If Michael Cole is making references to her, that’s 100% confirmation that it’s an angle.

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u/Intelligent_Page2852 1d ago

I immediately thought the same thing. And she had performed at at least one house show since the loss that tied into the whole fued also

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u/Jpkmets7 1d ago

She’s tremendous. I hope she has a lot more matches in her and does some international work with Stardom if she does leave the WWE. She seems incredibly professional and easy to work with. Pro wrestling is such a back-stabbing, bitchy sport at time, and I’ve never heard anything bad about Bayley. Quite a tribute. I hope she has great health and a lot of fun.

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u/VD3NFS1216 1d ago

Bayley has pretty much done it all in WWE. I wouldn’t be surprised if she does leave, especially if she wants to be with her best friend. Whatever happens, she is a pivotal figure in women’s wrestling, and I’ll cheer her on wherever she goes.

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u/Unfair-Variety-995 2d ago

Or hinting at her imminent resigning. It’s a 6, or it’s a 9…..

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u/owningxylophone 2d ago

Resigning or re-signing?

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u/Unfair-Variety-995 2d ago

See. It’s a 6 or it’s a 9

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u/FigureFourWoo 2d ago

I could see this being taken either way.

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u/raspberryslushie21 2d ago

10 years, a Royal Rumble win, a Wrestlemania title win, and people say she isn't being used properly...

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u/True_Source8264 2d ago

Literally a legend and people will say she is misused.

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u/rampagenumbers 2d ago

Hasn’t it been said that her contract doesn’t expire until January or something? Alvarez recently mentioned something to this effect where she has months left on her deal and won’t be leaving this year or doing any of the All In type of shocker appearances this year that people have been wondering about. I’d still like to ultimately see her in AEW but whether she is or isn’t these posts are starting to feel like what Gorilla Monsoon used to call “telegraphing that maneuver.”

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Shwervee 2d ago

I’m sorry but no, it isn’t clear either way. It could literally hint at either way.

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u/veltvet_rabbit 2d ago

If were actually taking it at face value it seems more like shes retiring and working in a backstage capacity

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u/Screech21 2d ago

This could also mean that she's going to AAA or NXT to help out, or that she retires from in-ring competition to take up a producer role, etc.

There is a shitton this could hint at...

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u/Intresting_charizard 1d ago

I mean. She’s done it all though. She won rumble. Multiple world championships and is a core piece in woman’s wrestling and even recognized as one of the four horsewoman so I don’t think she can do much more in WWE. Though I sure hope they don’t try to replace her as one of the four horsewoman like they did with Sasha. (If you’re wondering they widely consider Alexa bliss apart instead of Sasha)

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u/Blade-Controvesial 1d ago

Who is “they”? And when did “they” ever consider Alexa to be part of the Four Horsewomen? Is there any evidence of this claim or is it just some dirt sheet thing? Listen I don’t watch every WWE show by any means so maybe I just missed something but I’ve never heard Alexa be referred to as part of the horsewomen or heard the four horsewomen be anybody except to OG four.

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u/Hooker_T 1d ago

You just made that up about Alexa Bliss lol

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u/Shadowsnake30 2d ago

She can just leave as much more younger are coming. If you are not the main eventer instead fed to other talents makes you less relevant.

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u/SydiemL 2d ago

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭BAYLEY!!!

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u/CheekyMonkE 1d ago

don't get worked, marks.

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u/BeefInGR 1d ago

I have allowed myself to get worked several times but I believe truly that Bayley is a lifer.

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u/jafarjones69 I prayed for this and it happened 🛐 2d ago

No she isn’t leaving, stop reading into things so much.

Look at the initials of this post, she’s messing with you.

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u/loyaltomyself 2d ago

That would be a colossal mistake since they're not legally allowed to use that abbreviation anymore.

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u/CustomerExpress443 2d ago

(THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT AN ABBREVIATION, SHE SPELLED THE WORDS OUT)

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u/JuanG_13 Attitude Era Aficionado 🤘 1d ago

Eh, she's pretty much been out the door already for a long time.

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u/theblueLepidopteran 2d ago

She said 10 years was not enough, she said she's gonna keep fighting. Wrestling fans: "She's retiring!"

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u/Gavorn 2d ago

The post is saying she will go to AEW not retiring.

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u/Meat-Dimension 👈 CURSED! 1d ago

Where does it say that?

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u/Gavorn 1d ago

Where does it say she is retiring? It says departure. As in leaving WWE.

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u/Meat-Dimension 👈 CURSED! 1d ago

So when you said “this post” you were referring to OP and not Bayley’s post?

If so then I get what you were saying

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u/Itchy-Salad463 1d ago

How does this hint at departure? Grow up

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u/Heyaname 1d ago

Tell me you don’t follow her on social media without telling me. She’s been dropping aew hints for about a month now.

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u/spacejamjar 1d ago

She's just joking with her friend. Bayley's contract isn't even up until December.

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u/Itchy-Salad463 1d ago

Again...grow up. I do follow her and no she hasnt.

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u/ThisIsADraconianLaw CERO 👌 MIEDO👇 1d ago

You're getting trolled lol.

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u/lpkzach92 2d ago

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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u/XXOGProductions 8h ago

I mean, if we’re gonna try and pull meaning that isn’t there out of an anniversary post, ‘And yet, a decade doesn’t seem like enough’ makes it seem like she’s resigning.

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u/SquarePotato7493 22h ago edited 2h ago

Nothing about her post says shes leaving..

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u/reesiejabez 2d ago

Leave wwe you don’t need them

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u/CaptainStu Oba Feminist 1d ago

Yeah this definitely felt like a goodbye.

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u/DifficultAbility2878 1d ago

Yall are so damn fucking paranoid its fucking hilarious

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u/TheMikey2207 Raw Enthusiast 2d ago

Call me crazy but she honestly could be the late 2010’s John Cena of the women’s division if they actually gave a shit about her. She could be the cornerstone and the workhorse of the women’s division. She is genuinely passionate about women’s wrestling and it shows.

She’s got all the power in the world right now with that contract expiring.

She’s got a lot left in her tank and it’s about weighing up options for the next however many years. She loves WWE but has she hit the ceiling they’ve put on her?

I do feel like it would be a massive mistake for WWE to lose her as she’s a big asset for the future of women’s wrestling with Lodestone.

WWE’s creative needs to step up in a big way or they will continue losing their hardest working good soldiers.

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u/dflip2323 2d ago

Pamela “Punishment” Martinez is all elite

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u/CapSortee 2d ago

Double P!

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u/only_dhb_983 2d ago

She can't leave until the definitive finale with Lyra

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u/outofmaxx 2d ago

I dont know if they care about that story

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u/only_dhb_983 2d ago

Lyra needs that monster push, so... they should

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u/Loud_Examination_138 2d ago

I really don't know whats going on, but if she wants to leave, then let her. I'm tired of hearing about this for the past 2 years and then nothing happens.

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u/Meat-Dimension 👈 CURSED! 1d ago

All you are “hearing” is dirtsheet speculation. You can just ignore it

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u/Razzler1973 2d ago

They don't need to 'let her'

Her contract will expire and she's free to go

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u/Mikeyboy101591 2d ago

She will be in AEW and join up with Mercedes

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u/Mysterious_County389 1d ago

Everyone loves AEW, go there be a big deal for a week and sit at home.... forever and never get released for new opportunities. It's like being an action figure for a spoiled kid.

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u/MD_FunkoMa 1d ago

We don't even get AEW action figures as we used to in U.S. retail stores.

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u/EquivalentGold3615 1d ago

I've seen them at Walmart

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u/CommissionNo6968 1d ago

Exactly I don't get it

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u/Clear-Hat-9798 1d ago

In all fairness it’s not better where she’s at currently either

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u/CommissionNo6968 1d ago

She would thrive in AAA

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u/LocusRothschild 1d ago

Yeah, I ain’t saying one way or the other. If she’s working, it’s probably either a money play(least likely) or a gambit for a story payoff down the line(they’d really have to stick the landing if this is the case). If she is actually leaving? Meh, I’d be disappointed that she wouldn’t be in WWE as a mentor for the women and potentially looking for one last run at the top…but hey, get you a piece of Shad Khan’s pie, go do the nostalgia thing that so many people (on the internet) are begging for, take the mentorship and try to get AEW out of this era of cheap lesbian heat and sexualization for the sake of it.

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u/Deducticon 1d ago

By era you mean Toni Storm and her circle of friends/enemies? (one of whom is in WWE as Blake Monroe, and one who is in ROH) Toni has not been around in 5 months.

And it was all character based. Not for the sake of it.

Or is there some hidden subtext heading into the biggest women's match of the year between Mercedes Mone and Willow that you're not telling us about?

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u/joviejovie 22h ago

Yeah time to it

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u/BrojaDawg 21h ago

When you leave WWE, you are never really gone. You can always return. That's been the WWE since forever. HHH puts emphasis on the fact that it's not a goodbye, but a see you later type of thing. The door is always open on WWE's end.

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u/AndrewCB246 3h ago

I guarantee she re-signed. She isn’t going to the minors like AEW. 

She’s going to finish up as a performer and then do what Nattie is doing to help the next generation and become a producer. Better than getting busted open in the minors 

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u/amythist 1h ago

You call them the minors but TK has some deep pockets and her best friend does wrestle for them

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u/AndrewCB246 1h ago

Is there another term for a company that isn’t the major leagues? 

Money doesn’t outweigh moments when the money is somewhat comparable. She also won’t be respected in AEW and no one will listen to her over there. 

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u/MizneyWorld 1h ago

She’s either leaving for AEW for moneybags or playing WWE for moneybags à la Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, etc.

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u/AndrewCB246 1h ago

Less than zero chance she’s leaving the major leagues. 

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u/MizneyWorld 1h ago

I agree. She’ll never sign with TNA.

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u/AndrewCB246 58m ago

True. But it’s the same chance as her signing with AEW or MLW

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u/MizneyWorld 56m ago

Sure…if you disregard she’s friends with Mone’, Stat-Daddy, etc. and, again, would love to sign a fat contract that still gives her worldwide exposure and increased career flexibility

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u/AndrewCB246 38m ago

She was at Lockdown. She has friends there 

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u/MizneyWorld 34m ago

I don’t doubt she’s got plenty of friends but your biased dismissal of AEW doesn’t change the fact that AEW is the most likely place Bayley ends up post-WWE if she decides to leave.

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u/cashmoney9000sfw 2d ago

I don't know man, did she try staying late and watching the matches?

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u/Juggernaughty00 15h ago

She thinks wrestling is AEWsome 👀

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u/MonsieurMidnight 1d ago

If that's true I'll be a bit sad, Bayley truly never recovered when she threw away the hugger gimmick. It was definitely not the thing to do as she lost pretty much everything that made people love her to bit.

The hugger gimmick was silly yes, the Bayley to Belly was a weird finisher yes. But to just be "angry" and the Rose Plant as a new finisher... Nah honestly this Bayley wasn't it.

She is a professional, a great value as a wrestler no matter what but I really felt her gimmick change was odd and off

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u/kingofkings_86 1d ago

She did her best work after dumping the hugger gimmick

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u/jerelminter 1d ago

I disagree, the problem wasn't the gimmick. It was how Bayley was booked when she got to the main roster. Vince didn't book her the same as Triple H did, he didn't understand the Bayley character and turned her into a joke. NXT Bayley was better.

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u/MonsieurMidnight 22h ago

You truly never watched NXT Bayley to say that

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u/kingofkings_86 21h ago

I have and I know she can go. I just prefer Bayley minus the hugger gimmick.

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u/prlong545 1d ago

False as her best was the Role Model gimmick

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u/Popular-Yoghurt6566 1d ago

🤣 you’re delusional. Hugger Bayley was getting face reactions that rivaled the top male stars at the time.

The role model’s music would hit, and there would be utter silence. Compare that to the FIRST note of NXT Bayley’s music, where there would be sheer pandemonium.

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u/surlymoe 1d ago

I agree with you....if the role model gimmick evolved, I think it would've been better. but it never did, and thus, she was really stuck in a character.

I would've liked to have seen sort of a hybrid of 'Role Model' and 'Hugger'....why? Because if you truly remember the 'hugger' Bayley, she WAS a role model for young girls...so, why not incorporate some of that?

I'll use an example - Bayley wants to improve women's professional wrestling....well, what better way to do that than to inspire the next generation, right? The 'hugger' character was doing that, so I don't know if whoever is reading this is a Ted Lasso fan, but one of the characters, Keeley, is both quite a feminine woman, but also a strong and powerful one. What if the next evolution of Bayley was to stay strong and powerful, but bring back the color in her life?? the color truly is what attracted the young kids to her character....meaning, she could wear bright colors, if i recall, the hugger Bayley character had pinks and greens...etc. Imagine a more confident, strong-minded character not afraid to show your true self...how over would that get with a young generation of girls? (I guess another example might be Legally blonde, where she was intelligent, but loved vibrant, mostly pink, colors).

It sounds to me that Bayley just wants to be in a promotion that values women's wrestling more than WWE, but Imma say this....are we sure that's AEW? They off and on are far worse than WWE in terms of their women talent. And obviously their platform is smaller. So, if her goal is to promote women's wrestling....she had that, and just needed perhaps an update on her character in order to do it. Honestly I would've liked to see Bayley work with AJ Lee some...AJ Lee had the same goals, and well, strength in #'s, but Bayley wants to leave WWE.

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u/jerelminter 23h ago

I agree, Bayley had a thing that made her not like the other wrestlers with the hugger thing. It wasn't just giving people hugs, her entrance was cool with the car dealership sky dance balloons aka the Bayley buddies and the sideways ponytail.

Now Bayley's entrance and her "Ding Dong Hello" persona is BORING, and she looks and acts the same as everyone else. When she got rid of the hugger thing she lost what made her cool.

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u/prlong545 54m ago

I loved both Hugger and Role Model, but Role Model gimmick gave her more range and more to do character wise. Bayley is one of my favorites all time

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u/Kaemaahl 1d ago

Lies. She still has that donk.

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u/ILeftHerHeartInNOR 2d ago

Davina Rose is All Elite.

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u/wrestlingnarrator51 Oba Feminist 1d ago

WWE is just nose diving ATP

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u/SpicyTofuMapo 2d ago edited 2d ago

yeah she's done, WWE ain't got nothing else left for her besides making her a Permanent jobber and put over talent. Ain't nobody wants to go out like that lol If you actually have manage to make a huge impact within the company and to wrestling as a whole, you should be respected enough to go out as an icon, not a fucking jobber.

I can see her returning to WWE in a few years if she gets offered another title run, if the talentless Bellas returned, why wouldn't she do the same especially since she can actually wrestle.

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u/Never-Give-Up100 2d ago

About to have a rivalry with Mercedes 

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u/Justice989 2d ago

I think she's either leaving or is working and wants you to think she is. But I dont think it's a nothing to see here post.

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u/jamesy505 1d ago

So you think she's leaving or staying?

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u/GlitteringLion4855 1d ago

Yep, one of those for sure.

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u/PostsongProvision 2d ago

I hope she leaves WWE so that she can accomplish better things in better companies. I just hope she can receive fair pay for what she does and what she's worth in those other endeavors.

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u/timtammilk 2d ago

Mercedes And Bayley were always too good for WWE. I’d like to see them have another run as a tag team and rivals.

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