*RAW SPOILER* Superstar Hints At Retirement

[Barry Poppins]

God damn, if this is really it, it's the end of one of the greatest careers in Women's wrestling ever.

 

[Barry Poppins]

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Asuka is one of the best pound for pound Wrestlers I had the pleasure to watch if this is it for me damn sometimes we forget our favorites can't do it forever. It gets to the point where they gave it all to Wrestling now it's time their time to enjoy life outside of Wrestling.

 

[R-Troop]

Fightful Select confirmed that she is taking time off after tonight.

After WWE Backlash, Asuka appeared to be bidding farewell to WWE. Fightful can confirm that she will be taking some time off, but is planned for tonight's WWE show.

We're told this has been planned for a while and isn't related to the recent cuts.

So she's not done for good. I wouldn't be surprised if she starts slowing down from a full-time schedule. But it seems like she'll be back.

 

[R-Troop]

 

[Chris]

Didn't watch the video so this might just be a transcript of that, but most detailed answer yet

“I found out definitively what’s going on, and I don’t want to miscredit the person who said it but the person who said there’s personal stuff going on, that’s accurate. I don’t want to elaborate on what that is but I was straight up told tonight she was not a part of any cuts. She wasn’t asked to take a pay cut as best I know. She signed a new deal in 2024. It was a multi-year deal.

“Obviously, WWE did not want to have Asuka be gone for a while, so to speak. Here’s what I heard, Asuka had approached WWE and said, ‘Stuff I’ve got to attend to.’ It’s back in Japan, she’s going to be spending some time there. I don’t know how much time that’s gonna be.

“Obviously, it’s not what WWE wanted to hear but it’s something that they felt was important to honour and all that. Asuka is beloved in that company. When people naturally were like, ‘Was she cut? Was she asked to take a pay cut?’ a number of people hit me up and they’re like, ‘Man, we can’t speak higher of the job that she does.’”

Details On Asuka Taking Time Away - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

Asuka said goodbye on WWE Raw, two days after losing to IYO SKY at WWE Backlash

www.fightful.com

 

[R-Troop]

Didn't watch the video so this might just be a transcript of that, but most detailed answer yet

Details On Asuka Taking Time Away - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

Asuka said goodbye on WWE Raw, two days after losing to IYO SKY at WWE Backlash

www.fightful.com

Yeah it's a transcript.

She's got shit going on. Hope everything is OK. Hope she can come back when she's ready. But she definitely earned a break for a bit too.

 

[Blazehausen]

 

[Cwalker]

I hope whatever she has going on gets resolved quickly.

Not so she can return to the ring, but so she can have the peace of mind she deserves.

 

[Barry Poppins]

There's some talk that it may do with her child, whether it's them growing up or leaving the nest soon.

 

[Butters]

Didn’t she post video about having a stalker and fearing for her life less than a year ago? Maybe they are harassing her kid(who i had no idea she had) now