Shayna Baszler comments on potentially signing with AEW

  • Ian Carey
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Shayna Baszler sounds interested in joining her friends in AEW.

Baszler was part of WWE roster cuts revealed on May 2 after having been with the company since 2017. On Wednesday, Baszler was a guest on The Ariel Helwani Show and spoke about what’s next for her career. When asked about possibly signing with AEW, Baszler said she wouldn’t give a “hard no to any of that.”

“It’s not a secret, I’m really good friends with Marina (Shafir), I have a lot of good friends there,” she said. “So there’s been some discussion as to what the future could hold, for sure.”

When asked specifically if she would like to sign with AEW, Baszler responded:

“I said almost exactly this statement when people were talking about my UFC to WWE transition: I don’t care as much of the letters behind it, I just want to practice my craft. And if I can do that alongside my friends, that’s always a great place to be. So, I’m not going to say a hard no to any of that.”

When asked about reports that she was working as a producer in NXT, Baszler said she was just at the Performance Center helping some of her friends that day.

“I happened to be in to help some friends of mine work on some submission transition stuff,” she said. “And it happened to be on a Tuesday.”

Baszler said she put on a headset to listen to the producer’s calls during the show that night, as Bryan Danielson had once recommended that to her as a way to learn.

“But I wasn’t like standing there putting this match together, writing down the notes and on a mic to the truck being like, all right, we’re gonna need a floor camera.”

“As far as that whole thing sitting on a headset on NXT, I’ve been doing that forever.”

Earlier in the conversation, Baszler confirmed that she was released from her contract, rather than it having expired. She noted that she had three years remaining on her deal at the time. She is believed to have re-signed with the company in June 2024.

Baszler’s full appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show is available below: