Some in WWE doubt that Persephone is signed to AEW for many years, as Tony Khan said after Full Gear on Saturday.
According to Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is already looking to add one or two bilingual female wrestlers to the women’s divisions of WWE, NXT and AAA regardless.
In a post on X, Alvarez revealed that WWE had expected Persephone to stay with AEW and CMLL since the middle of the year.
“Regarding Persephone, around midsummer WWE felt she was going to stick around CMLL/AEW solely based on how often Tony started to book her. Some in WWE are skeptical she is signed for ‘many years’, but regardless their push to get one or two additions to the WWE/NXT/AAA women’s division by a bi-lingual female is underway.”
Persephone has been featured a lot more in AEW recently. Alvarez previously said on the July 30 Wrestling Observer Live that people in WWE didn’t understand how Khan was using Persephone, noting that she was only appearing on television to lose. Among those losses was her TBS Championship match against Maya World on Dynamite the night before.
At All In in London on August 30, Persephone won the TBS title from Maya World with help from Britt Baker. Persephone defended the title at All Out and WrestleDream and held it for 59 days before losing to Queen Aminata in the October 28 Dynamite main event.
Though Khan didn’t reveal the exact length of the contract, he was clear when asked about Persephone during the Full Gear media scrum.
“I’m happy to say that Persephone is somebody that is signed to AEW for years to come. I believe she is going to be a big part of AEW and CMLL for years to come.”
WWE has already signed a CMLL wrestler this year. La Catalina left CMLL and debuted in AAA in April.