Io Shirai's WWE contract set to expire soon

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

Former NXT Women's Champion Io Shirai could be on the verge of becoming a free agent.

In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Io Shirai's contract with WWE is set to expire next month if she doesn't sign a new deal. Shirai hasn't signed WWE's newest contract offer, and Meltzer notes that Shirai "had told people in Japan that when her contract was up she wanted to return to Japan and be closer with her family."

Meltzer wrote:

Io Shirai has not signed her newest contract offer. She will be a free agent next month if she doesn’t sign her new deal. She had told people in Japan that when her contract was up she wanted to return to Japan and be closer with her family. Unlike with Kairi Sane, who had to wait until the end of her contract because she left mid-contract and agreed to work as a WWE rep in Japan so she could move back home, Shirai would be free and clear. There is no expectation in Stardom that she will definitely return at that point, but legally she could.

Shirai signed with WWE in 2018 and has been part of the NXT roster since. She worked a couple of dark matches prior to SmackDown events earlier this year.

Shirai is a one-time NXT Women's Champion and a one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.

Due to injury, Shirai hasn't wrestled since this April. Meltzer reported last week that Shirai was expected to return to the ring "relatively soon."

 

[Death By Looch]

Yes, please

 

[Cwalker]

Wait..,

Didn’t they just say she was coming back

 

[Death By Looch]

Wait..,

Didn’t they just say she was coming back

I guess so... It's in the last sentence of the opening post... WWE being WWE though, it doesn't mean anything.

 

[Chris]

Wait..,

Didn’t they just say she was coming back

Due to injury, Shirai hasn't wrestled since this April. Meltzer reported last week that Shirai was expected to return to the ring "relatively soon."

 

[Chris]

If she's cleared she def come back to lose on the way out (not a negative that's standard wrestling)

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Should have been called up years ago

 

[Apoho Creed]

People who know me well enough know how I stand with this and it hasn't changed. Come home Io

 

[Jay-Ashley]

If Io goes back to Japan then we can see a reunion of Kairi, Mayu, and her, which will be amazing.

 

[Death By Looch]

Should have been called up years ago

By now no one should be so cruel to wish that on any great NXT talent.

 

[Y2Jayne]

She barely speaks English and her gimmick is mostly caressing her hair and screaming while going down the ramp. Oh and she does a diving moonsault. What more can you expect from that? I hope she goes to NJPW.

 

[Swerve]

Get to work.

 

[Deezy]

Go to AEW....another ex-WWE talent immediately picked up....nothing loltna about it.

 

[Chris]

 

[Cwalker]

But she wrestles exceptionally…

And she looks amazing when she flip her hair.

I’m not being sarcastic