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!”
Kayla Braxton33-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.
