10 Wrestlers Who Are In Da Wrong Company
2. Bayley
Triple H has failed Bayley just as Vince McMahon failed Bayley.
It may not look that way considering the race to launch a stable with her at the front followed by a split that saw her back atop the women's division in 2024, but she remains a nominal concern atop a division similarly given the short shrift energy-wise by the man once credited with revolutionising women's wrestling in North America. It's been disappointing to see so many get so little beyond WWE filling representation quotas, but it doesn't appear to be getting any better and Bayley's listless reign as Women's Champion is proof of the poor form.
AEW, remarkably, is the answer.
The division has undergone big changes in the last 12 months. Two major matches will occupy massive spots at Wembley, and as with WWE in 2015 and beyond, there are countless under-explored creative avenues thanks to years of neglect. With continued time and effort, further encouraging signs seem inevitable.
She'd be an enormous loss to WWE of course, but the door should remain open for her to one day return. Leaving the market leader now could be the transformative move that not only reinvigorates her career but also shifts the landscape of women's wrestling yet again. To do so alongside Mercedes Moné a decade on from the last time they managed it would only magnify her immense contributions.