Saraya, previously WWE’s Paige, publicizes official departure from AEW in podcast debut (unique)

Saraya is stepping away from All Elite Wrestling.

The skilled wrestler, who beforehand carried out as Paige within the WWE, publicizes that she is formally parting methods with AEW in her forthcoming podcast Rulebreakers With Saraya (out Thursday), Leisure Weekly can completely reveal.

The English wrestler explains her departure from the group on the finish of her first episode.

"I'm right here to let you know that me and AEW's relationship has come to an finish," Saraya says within the first ep of the podcast. "I had an incredible time there. There's no unhealthy blood between us. I had such a magical time."

The wrestler explains that she needed to take a "couple of months" off across the holidays for private causes. "After which I obtained to considering — what’s there left for me to do in wrestling proper now? Proper now, there’s actually no storylines the place I would slot in." She additionally clarifies that her departure has "nothing to do" with AEW founder Tony Khan. "It’s simply me considering that I simply don’t slot in proper now. I really feel like I could be taking another person’s spot, somebody who might be doing one thing actually particular," she says.

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Saraya does go away the door open for a possible return. "That’s to not say I’ll by no means come again to AEW — I completely like it," she says. "However I’m taking just a little step again and specializing in myself for a bit, and placing my power into the podcast with all of the crew right here. What a beautiful crew I’ve right here."

The host stays appreciative for her time with the group. "Thanks, AEW. Thanks to the AEW followers — I beloved my f—ing time there," she says. "Tony’s f—ing superior. And anybody that goes to work there’ll simply get pleasure from their time. It’s simply nice. And I’ll miss the women' locker room. I’ll miss you, however don’t be a f—ing stranger! You understand the place I’m. I see a few of you outdoors the corporate anyway."

In an unique trailer for her podcast (above), Saraya additionally describes her forthcoming present as a "no B.S." podcast the place she interviews "the rebels, the misfits, those who refuse to take the straightforward method out." The primary season of Rulebreakers will characteristic visitor appearances from fellow AEW wrestler Harley Cameron, musician Hayes Warner, Teen Mom star Kali Lowry, and comedians Brad Williams and Joe Stapleton.

"In the event that they've shaken s— up, they're on my record," she says within the trailer. "We're speaking concerning the insane tales that nobody else requested about, the fights, the failures, the moments that modified every thing."

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Saraya may even launch plenty of guestless episodes that dive into her private {and professional} life, together with reflections on veganism and the challenges of supporting an incarcerated beloved one.

Saraya beforehand fought below the title Paige within the WWE from 2011 to 2017, when she retired as a result of a neck harm. She joined AEW in 2022 and have become the group's Girls's World Champion in August 2023.

Her life story and journey to the WWE after being born right into a family of wrestling superfans was chronicled within the 2012 documentary The Wrestlers: Preventing With My Household, which was subsequently tailored into the 2019 biopic Preventing With My Household, starring Florence Pugh as Saraya, alongside Dwayne Johnson and Vince Vaughn.

Saraya additionally launched the memoir Hell In Boots: Clawing My Way Through Nine Lives this week, which explores her well-known wrestling household, battle with substance abuse, overcoming a leaked intercourse tape, and recovering from a virtually career-ending harm.

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The primary two episodes of Rulebreakers With Saraya premiere on Thursday.