It Sounds Like Britt Baker Wants Out Of AEW

SportsMoneyIt Sounds Britt Baker Wants Out Of AEWByAlfred Konuwa, Contributor

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AuthorJul 02, 2025, 12:17pm EDTJul 02, 2025, 12:36pm EDTBritt Baker reportedly wants out of AEW after disappearing from TV in November

AEW Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Wrestler X hit the ground running in AEW

They became one of its biggest stars and the face of a division, only to ultimately disappear from television after a mising start

Wrestler X now reportedly wants out of AEW and is ly to reappear on WWE gramming in the future

This template is becoming a tale as old as AEW Sting

And, in this case, Wrestler X is Britt Baker

According to Bodyslam

Com), former AEW women’s world champion is “actively trying to leave AEW. ” The report went on to state that Baker fell out with various people in AEW backstage, and was looking to get out of her contract, which reportedly runs through 2026

After Deeb walked out to confront Baker in a non-speaking segment, Baker could be seen dismissively mouthing the words “nobody cares,” several times

The post-match segment between Baker and Deeb has become fodder for memes among the internet wrestling community, and in hindsight, one cannot help but wonder if these seemingly off-the-cuff s had something to do with Baker’s disappearance from TV

Britt Baker Wants Leaving AEW

Baker, who recently removed AEW from her Twitter bio, made headlines for a reported incident with top star MJF

The confrontation between Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Baker led to MJF reportedly punching a wall

Baker was susp as a result of an HR investigation

MORE FOR YOU Baker has remained active on social media during an ext vacation

In a thinly veiled shot at AEW, Baker posted the ing quote to her Instagram Stories: “A bottle of water can be $1 at the supermarket, $3 at the gym, $5 at the movies, $6 on a plane…" “Same water,” the quote continued, this time with text highlighted by Baker. "The only thing that changed its value was the place. ” Baker is ly making a point that she’s still at the top of her game, but may need a change of scenery to show her true value to the wrestling after being yanked from AEW television for the past eight months

Baker’s exit speaks to a troubling theme in AEW of Tony Khan’s lack of conflict resolution skills

One of the many skills a wrestling moter must have, especially while booking weekly national TV, is conflict management

Conflicts are inevitable in the wrestling, and real-life issues backstage often lead to compelling storylines on TV

Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett, one of the greatest moter tandems in wrestling history, famously had a sign in their office that read “Personal Issues Draw Money. " Not only has Khan fumbled the opportunity to recreate life-imitating-art stories (CM Punk vs

The Elite, Jack Perry; Andrade vs

Sammy Guevara; Britt Baker and MJF), Khan’s response is to bench talent before ultimately releasing them to WWE

Khan can’t even seem to bring himself to embarrass or job out talent who seem to be on their way out of the company

Instead, he leaves them on the bench, where they build sympathy with WWE’s IWC contingent through cryptic messages and ultimately a surprise debut in the biggest wrestling motion in the world

Baker seems destined to join this growing list given Khan’s recent pensity to let disgruntled talent out of their contracts

This sets a dangerous precedent, especially with WWE actively looking to sign AEW talent. “We won’t sign and bench people

We sign people who we want to use,” said WWE President Nick Khan during an interview with Bill Simmons. ”[AEW has] a lot of talented wrestlers

When contractually they’re available to be talked to and have conversations with, assume a number of them will come over

And nothing but respect for the father who finances it and owns the Jaguars and all those other things. ” As the secondary motion, AEW already faces the challenge of distinguishing who truly wants to be All Elite and who is using AEW as a springboard to get WWE’s attention in the middle of a wrestling war

WWE is a fierce competitor, and has answered Tony Khan’s “Enjoy Wrestling” spirit by carving out an unapologetic warpath designed to upend AEW from the inside out

From acquiring AEW talent, to Nick Khan crediting Tony Khan’s father for AEW’s success, to countergramming AEW into oblivion during its biggest weekend, WWE is not messing around

More ex-AEW talent has flourished in WWE than those who have not

This is by design, to entice AEW talent

With Tony Khan liable to bench even his biggest stars before handing them over to the competition, Khan is on the verge of turning AEW into a WWE showcase territory

NXT with a bigger budget

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