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What is being said about Bayley’s contractual status with WWE amid AEW speculation

Aaron Rift

As seen at Saturday Night’s Main Event, Lyra Valkyria defeated Bayley in a singles match. During a commercial break on WWE RAW, Lyra referenced the victory in a promo by saying, “I dropped a load of dead weight on Saturday when I ran Bayley out of here.”

Over the past several weeks, there has been speculation about Bayley potentially joining AEW when her WWE contract reportedly expires in October. Bayley appears to be having some fun with the rumors as she recently posted a lengthy training montage on Instagram with the caption “all or nothing, baby,” which some fans interpreted as an AEW hint. The video also featured Bayley training at several different wrestling gyms and working out with wrestlers outside of WWE, most notably Mercedes Mone.

Adding even more fuel to the speculation was Bayley’s choice of song for the video: “All In,” which is also the name of AEW’s marquee event taking place August 30th at London’s Wembley Stadium.

While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com stated the following about Bayley’s WWE status…

“The only thing I’ve heard from them when it comes to Bayley is that Bayley has a decision to make. So that’s the story, Bayley has a decision to make. She has not signed a contract.

When she signs a contract, I’m sure she’ll be back on TV. If she doesn’t sign – I think they’re doing the same thing that Tony [Khan] does or has done, but I think the situation with her is if she signs a contract, she’ll probably come back and attack Lyra, and that’ll be her storyline. If she doesn’t sign, she doesn’t come back and the Madison Square Garden thing was her write-off.” (quote courtesy of Cultaholic.com)

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