In this WrestleTalk News, an update on Naomi’s WWE future with the company, the
latest on Tony Khan’s interest in buying WWE and Luke’s review of last night’s Raw.
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As you all are likely aware, the world of pro-wrestling has been more than a bit eventful
over the past 12 months, the Vince McMahon allegations, his retirement and swift return,
the WWE sale rumors, Brawl Out, the list truly goes on and on. However, in May 2022,
before any of that chaos, one particularly large WWE story dominated much of the headlines,
and that was the double-walkout staged by the then WWE Women’s Tag Team Champs Sasha Banks and Naomi.
And while the Banks, or we should say Mercedes Mone narrative has now been wrapped up,
following many, many months of uncertainty, with her recent debut at NJPW’s WrestleKingdom 17
spelling out her official WWE exit. What about Naomi? Was she set to do the same?
Well, according to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, WWE were “confident” of Naomi returning to the
company as of only a few weeks ago, with contact reportedly being had
between the two parties regarding a return, however, no timeline was given at the time.
This naturally led to a lot of speculation, particularly surrounding a potential Rumble
return for Naomi, which of course did not happen. And now, it seems that a return for Mania season,
or any time for that matter is now looking less likely than ever,
if recent changes to Naomi’s social media are anything to go by.
Recently it was noticed that Naomi had scrubbed her bio of any mention of WWE and her time in
the company, replacing it with a rather on the nose indication that ‘Naomi’ may
be no more as her bio now simply reads “Just Trinity” which is of course her real name.
While this by no means proves anything,
it certainly does seem to indicate that Trinity could be set to follow the footsteps
of her best pal Mercedes and carve her own path separate from her long-time employer.
As previously mentioned, the sale of WWE has been a rather prominent story as of late,
as numerous major media powerhouses seemingly began to circle the lucrative property like sharks
in the water. Or so we thought, however, as Luke discussed in yesterday’s news,
the appeal of a WWE purchase may have been diminished slightly for some buyers with
the reported recent withdrawal of Comcast from the race, something that may or may
not have had something to do with Vince McMahon’s potential involvement in the company post-sale.
According to a January 12th article from CNBC,
McMahon’s future involvement has been said to be a “sticking point” with many potential buyers,
with Nick Khan publicly re-affirming on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street that Vince would
step down if it was in the best interests of the company and the sale in response.
Despite these question marks remaining,
there seems to be one party whose interest has not wavered from buying the company,
none other than AEW President Tony Khan and his father Shahid Khan.
In CNBC’s aforementioned article, the Khan family was confirmed to be an interested
party in the WWE sale, with the only question remaining whether Vince would
actually facilitate a sale to the owner of his closest competitor. This being something that
Tony Khan seems to have his doubts over, alluding as such while providing an update
on his interest in the sale on a recent appearance on the Mark Hoke Show, saying:
“If there is a sale process, certainly I’m interested in
it and potentially being involved in it. We’ll have to see what that process is,
and who exactly they’ll let get involved in it. Certainly, I’m interested in it very much.”
This whole sale business is sure to have plenty more twists and turns, with Nick
Khan also revealing in his CNBC appearance that the timeline of a sale is likely to be within the
next “three months” so make sure to stay locked to WrestleTalk.com for any and all updates.