Last night on AEW Dynamite, we got the confirmation that for the first time in five years – Saraya (formerly known as Paige in WWE) is cleared to wrestle. The 30 year old comes from the British Knight wrestling family, and the determination of continuing with her family’s legacy pushed her to get cleared for a return following a series of neck issues. However, when she signed on with AEW – she made it clear how she wants this return to happen.
Saraya Refused To Return In A Tag Match
While speaking with Renee Paquette on The Sessions podcast, Saraya would detail the back and forth with Tony Khan, and how she came to get cleared.
“So I remember throwing the idea at Tony, and then he was just like, ‘You know, like, when Sting came in, we did tag matches.’ So he was like, ‘Well, maybe we can do some tag matches’ I was like, if I was to come back, I would want it to be a singles match.’ So I remember talking to the doctors, and they were like ‘Okay, you can do this, but we’re not going to clear you to take a bump.’
That’s the whole misconception with how the internet works is, ‘Oh, she talked to like 25 doctors and AEW doctor, Dr. Samson cleared it.’ He didn’t clear me for anything. First of all, I went out there with Britt and we did our own thing. Like, I didn’t ask clearance from the doctor there. I’m going to be honest. He was cool with it. He was like, ‘Just please don’t take a bump.’ He was like, if you want to actually have matches, like we have to get you completely cleared’.
That means MRI, CT scans, everything.’ I was like, ‘Okay, well, I don’t want to go to a doctor which is associated with wrestling because I feel like there’s a little bit of bias there. I’m just like, I don’t want to make the same mistake where I came back and then I was like, wrestling every single day and just like doing all these crazy things.“
The return match will come next weekend as part of Full Gear, as Saraya will go one on one with Britt Baker. Who will walk out the winner? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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