Britt Baker may be on her way out of AEW. Baker was last seen in action when she beat Penelope Ford in singles on the November 11th episode of Dynamite. After the match, she had a staredown with Serena Deeb.
This caused fans to think they would feud before the storyline was dropped. She returned at Forbidden Door after a long hiatus from TV due to her dealing with a medical issue.
Wade Keller of the PWTorch reports that Baker may be done with AEW as people in the promotion think she is in the same boat as Miro, Rey Fenix, Ricky Starks, and others who are not being used by the promotion. For those names mentioned above, aside from Baker, the belief is that they’re WWE-bound when their AEW deals are up.
Keller reports that she is frustrated with her in AEW and wildly unpopular in the women’s locker room. She previously had a locker room incident with MJF after she reportedly talked bad about him to other talent, leading to a confrontation. The rumor that AEW is not using her because of her breakup with Adam Cole is untrue. The belief is that AEW CEO Tony Khan is fed up enough that he’s not using her, and should that change, she will get the call. It was added that Baker is not expected back on TV imminently.
“People have been wondering where Britt Baker is. She might be done with AEW, at least the feeling I’m getting from talking to people in AEW is Tony Khan might have her in the same category as some other wrestlers, where they just don’t get phone calls and don’t get called in to show up. There’s a lot of frustration with her, I’m told, and I’ve heard this pretty consistently, she’s wildly unpopular in the women’s locker room. One person said no one ever wants to see her come back, speaking of the women’s locker room. Now, that is a bold, broad statement. I could imagine somebody on social media going, ‘I’m a woman in AEW, and I want her back.’ Okay, fair enough. But I’m just telling you, somebody’s perception is nobody wants her back. That’s how bad it is. Someone’s willing to tell me that. There was the incident with her in MJF, and I’m told that factors into her being off television. But there are other issues with her that have come up. She has become increasingly difficult to work with in a general sense. She has always had a reputation for being difficult to work with. There was a specific situation recently and not counting the MJF, situation, where people just threw their hands up, and I don’t know a lot of details on it, but I was told. A little bit, but where it was sort of, maybe it wasn’t like a huge deal, but it was enough to sort of be the straw that broke the camel’s back in terms of just feeling like, you know what, we’ve got a strong women’s division now compared to when she was on top, and we don’t need to deal with her. She’s going to be this difficult to work with. And so that’s where they are with her. I am told the Adam Cole situation is not stopping her like there should be no heat on Adam Cole. He has nothing to do with her not being on TV, even though they were in a relationship. And then, as of last reports, they weren’t. So that’s not a factor. If it ever was it isn’t now. Obviously, she had some stand-up moments in AEW and became a star and was seen as the centerpiece act. But even back then, I was hearing about her reputation and being unpopular in certain circles and difficult to work with, and being fiercely territorial of her role in the company in a way that just felt unsustainable. And from what I’m hearing, at least, the attitude right now, at the moment, the belief is that Tony Khan is fed up enough that he’s going to focus his TV time on others. And I don’t know what that means in terms of her pay and her contract, and it’s possible eventually, things will change. She’ll make a phone call and apologize, or there’ll be five major injuries on the women’s roster, and she’s still under contract, so Tony Khan will call her and go, ‘Well, now we need you.’ Obviously there’s, caveats to this, but at this point in asking around, looks like you should not expect to see her back imminently, and that is the context of why.”
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