WWE Offered Saraya/Paige A New Deal & Possible In-Ring Return In August

Triple H tried to bring Paige back - "shocked" at Vince McMahon decision.

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New AEW arrival Saraya could have wrestled again for WWE before electing to make the move to All Elite Wrestling in September.That's according to Fightful Select, who said (h/t Fightfans);

“Triple H’s new regime did make efforts to get Saraya back in the fold, and everything we’ve heard points to a positive relationship between those two sides, with Triple H being shocked her deal wasn’t renewed by the previous regime. We’re told by those familiar with the situation that Saraya was actually offered the General Manager position by the new WWE regime, about a month after her deal was not renewed. That was a spot she held years ago, before WWE did away with authority figures for a while.”

Paige last wrestled for WWE in December 2017 having only recently returned from a longstanding neck injury weeks earlier. Having spent the following years on the payroll but only select periods on television as the SmackDown General Manager, manager of the Kabuki Warriors and host of WWE Backstage before her contract wasn't renewed in July 2022.

She's yet to wrestle since signing for AEW, but various outlets have reported her as cleared to do so, and current heel rival Dr Britt Baker DMD suggesting the total opposite weeks earlier all but confirmed it on-screen.

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