Kayla Braxton Comments On Speculation That She Wants To Join AEW

Almost as soon as WWE backstage interviewer Kayla Braxton announced she would be departing WWE following this week’s upcoming episode of SmackDown, speculation commended that she could be AEW-bound. Therefore, when Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that “ There definitely was talk between her and AEW, ” fans began to believe this was a real possibility. However, Braxton, who recently started going by her real name, Kayla Becker, on social media, has taken to X to deny this, confirming her future is out of the wrestling industry.

“The support from u guys has been overwhelming. I am so thankful for u. But I did wanna make 1 thing clear as I enter my final week in WWE: if I wanted to keep working in wrestling, I wouldn’t be walking away from the largest wrestling company in the world. Nice try, rumor weeds!”

33-year-old Braxton had been with WWE since 2016, initially debuting as a ring announcer for NXT. From there, she became a regular backstage interviewer on numerous pay-per-views before permanently departing NXT and joining the main roster in August 2019. Additionally, she memorably co-hosted WWE’s popular online interview show, The Bump, although she would eventually leave this role to focus on her other WWE responsibilities.