Shayna Baszler Says She Has Talked With Other Promotions, Comments On Potentially Joining AEW

Shayna Baszler is officially a free agent as her 90-day non-compete clause expired following her WWE release in May.

Speaking to Ariel Helwani on The Ariel Helwani Show, Baszler was asked if she has had talks with other promotions.

“There have been talks. There are some indie companies that, at the time I signed with WWE, it was for the Mae Young Classic. We did the Mae Young Classic and I hadn’t officially signed on full-time yet. The discussion or understanding at that time was, ‘Just sign and when you need to drop all those titles on the indies, we’ll let you go back and take care of those.’ That never came to fruition and these companies have reached out and been like, ‘Hey, remember that title?’ There have been some talks. Obviously, it’s not a secret, I’m really good friends with Marina (Shafir). I have a lot of friends there (at AEW). There have been some discussions as to what the future could hold,” she said.

Marina Shafir is signed to AEW and part of the Death Riders with Jon Moxley.

Asked if she would be open to joining AEW, Baszler replied, “I’ve said almost exactly this statement when people were talking about UFC to WWE transition, I don’t care as much about 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. I’m not going to say a hard no to any of that.”

Elsewhere during the interview, Baszler revealed she had three years left on her WWE deal when she was released. You can find her full comments here.

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