Britt Baker’s AEW future looks just as murky as ever, and the latest update does not point toward a comeback happening anytime soon. Her name may still come up behind the scenes, but there appears to be a huge difference between casually discussing Baker and actually putting a return plan together.
Sean Ross Sapp addressed Baker’s status during a Fightful Select Q&A after being asked whether anything he had heard in recent weeks made him believe she could wrestle for AEW again. He said there has been nothing to suggest Baker is close to returning, despite her name occasionally being tossed around during creative conversations.
“I’ve heard nothing at all to indicate that she would be popping up anytime soon. Her name is brought up here and there for an idea, but I’ve never really heard that it’s gotten very far, and I don’t know why.”
That is not a sudden development either. Baker has barely been used over the last several years, and the latest update suggests AEW has not had a serious creative direction for her for a long time.
“None of this is new information for the aggregators, by the way. They just haven’t had any real solid plans to use her for two years.”
That lines up with previous comments about Baker’s name being discussed for Willow Nightingale’s “Comeback Killer” storyline. Baker was mentioned as one possible name, but there was never any indication that AEW had locked in a return or even presented the idea to her.
“I never heard of an end game or a specific return that was supposed to beat her, but now whenever she’s back, someone can kind of turn the tables on her. I had heard some other names mentioned. I heard Britt discussed. I don’t know if it ever even made it to her or anything.”
The mention of Baker was never meant to confirm that AEW had an actual storyline waiting for her. Her name naturally comes up because she remains one of the most recognizable wrestlers missing from television.
“Obviously, it’s a name that gets brought up. Again, that’s not aggregatable. It’s just naturally anybody who’s off TV, their name gets brought up.”
The bigger issue has been the complete lack of substantial movement. There has been no clear return date, no known storyline and no sign that Baker has been pulled back into AEW’s weekly creative plans.
“Nothing really. It’s more the absence of just anything. I haven’t heard of any substantial interaction. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”
Baker’s contract now makes the situation even more complicated. She signed a five-year AEW deal in 2021, which would normally put the expiration date sometime in 2026. However, Baker has missed significant time due to injuries, and AEW could potentially add that time to the end of her deal.
“It’s coming time for her contract—what it would have been up had it been continuous through the five years that she signed in 2021. However, there’s injury time that could be added.”
AEW has handled similar situations by extending the original contract to account for missed time while also adjusting the wrestler’s pay. That means Baker’s deal may not end when the original five-year timeline suggests.
“There’s a lot of AEW contracts that, when they signed their new deals, they added the time onto the already contracted time, but they just gave them the extra money. There are a lot of those possibilities.”
Sapp previously said Baker’s original agreement would carry her into the fall of 2026, but he could not confirm whether AEW has the ability to extend the deal because of her injuries. He also believed the company would add the time if the contract allowed it.
“She signed a five-year contract in 2021 that would carry her into the fall of this year. Every time I talk about this, it gets aggregated as fact, which is very stupid. So don’t aggregate this. But I am not personally sure if there is any injury time that can be added. She’s missed time with injury, so it’s possible, and I do think that AEW would extend it if they could.”
The lack of creative plans is especially strange considering Baker was once one of AEW’s biggest homegrown stars. She became a central figure in the women’s division, held the AEW Women’s World Championship and was one of the company’s most consistently featured personalities. Her television time has collapsed since then.
Sapp previously called Baker wrestling only five times in roughly two and a half years a major waste, even after acknowledging that some of her most recent performances did not land.
“I haven’t heard of anything regarding her or that, or just much of anything, and I think that’s a bummer, man. Listen, she had a bad match with Mercedes, she did her spot with Serena and it just wasn’t—it didn’t come off well. But to me, having someone like Britt Baker, who has been super over, wrestle five times in two and a half years is a giant waste of money.”
Baker also made it clear earlier this year that her absence was not her decision. After a fan questioned why AEW did not bring her back during Revolution, she responded with three words.
“Not up to me.”
That response only added more questions about whether Baker wants to return but is simply not being used. For now, the latest update is more of the same. Baker’s name gets mentioned, but those conversations do not appear to go anywhere. Her contract may also be extended beyond its original expiration date, potentially leaving her stuck under an AEW deal without any real television plans.
Britt Baker remains under the AEW umbrella, but she might as well be invisible. Until the company finally puts a real plan together or her contract situation is settled, one of AEW’s former top stars appears destined to remain on the sidelines.
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