Former AEW and WWE star Saraya is one of the most popular professional wrestlers today. Although her stint in All Elite Wrestling was short, she won the AEW Women's World Championship at All In 2023 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Saraya's time with AEW had ended. At this moment, it can't be said what the future holds for her in the industry. However, she has been finding success in other ventures. Recently, she released her autobiography titled Hell in Boots: Clawing My Way Through Nine Lives.
This book has been praised by thousands worldwide, including several professional wrestlers. The Anti-Diva is apparently in a good space, and this was reflected in her recent statement on X.
"🥹❤️ feeling the best I’ve ever felt," she said.
Saraya reveals the reason for AEW departure
In a recent conversation with Busted Open, the former AEW star revealed that when she joined the Jacksonville-based company, she intended to put other wrestlers over. Eventually, she realized that she simply did not belong there.
"When it came into AEW, the thing that I wanted to do was just to (…) help build stuff. I didn’t want to be the top dog or the face or anything. That wasn’t my…that’s not what I wanted. What I wanted to do was put girls over, if that helped them in any way. That’s all I wanted to do. And I feel like I was coming to the end of that. There wasn’t very much left I could do. I don’t think there was a place for me anymore in there," she said. [H/T: 411 Mania]
Saraya was signed to World Wrestling Entertainment from 2011 to 2022. There, she held the NXT Women's Championship once and the now-defunct WWE Divas Championship twice. Unfortunately, due to recurring injuries, she was arguably never able to reach her full potential.