Bayley's AEW Teases Did Not Land Well With WWE... (AEW News)

WWE or AEW? What on earth is going on with Bayley now?

by Michael Hamflett
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The latest Bayley-to-All Elite Wrestling rumours intensified earlier this week, when the former WWE Grand Slam Champion posted a video featuring Mercedes Moné to her socials soundtracked by "All In" The Grouch & Eligh. Captioned "All Or Nothing baby", it doubled down on lots of gossip that she was set to make the switch.

The plot thickened though, with WWE and AEW apparently being "baffled" about whether or not this was a legitimate tease or just a case of the 'Role Model' leaning into rumours and stories enhanced by a match graphic Moné herself had previously posted. To follow up, WrestleVotes on Fightful Select "learned that the social media video she posted did not 'land well with everyone.' and added that "It was viewed by some backstage as 'eyebrow-raising".

Bayley's last match as of writing was a Triple Threat Intercontinental Championship match on a July house against Sol Ruca and Lyra Valkyria. She's worked over 1000 matches for WWE dating back to her NXT debut in 2013, having spent four years on the independent scene, and has been credited by countless wrestlers for her selflessness over the years. A multi-time Women's Champion, Royal Rumble and Money In The Bank winner, she's done everything there is to do in both Triple H and Vince McMahon's versions of WWE, furthering the speculation that she might eventually make the jump.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.