In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer provided a major update on the future of Kairi Sane.
Meltzer first noted that Kairi is cleared from any injury and is expected to return on RAW in the upcoming weeks. That is the short-term though and Kairi’s long-term future with WWE is very much in question.
According to Meltzer, there was talk about Kairi leaving WWE when her contract expires (before the end of the year). There is also talk that she wants to wrestle for one more year in Japan and then retire completely from pro-wrestling. Here is what he wrote:
The idea in play before the Sane-Jax legit injury was to do a career-ending injury angle with her later when it was time for her to leave, which was to set up Asuka against that person at SummerSlam for the title. This is also likely changed since Heyman left, and the person who would have most likely (not confirmed) been put in that spot would be either Flair, who may or may not be back by then, or Baszler, who Vince removed from television. The only thing we know is the person who ended her career was not scheduled to be Jax. While there’s been no talk about it of late, there had been talk that once her contract with WWE was up that she would wrestle one more year in Japan and then retire.
We will let you know if we hear anything more. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
On a related note, check out my match card predictions for Summerslam here.