Former WWE Women’s Champion Bayley is heading toward the final stretch of her current WWE contract, and there is still no word on a new deal.
Her current agreement is set to expire at the end of this year, leaving one of the women’s division’s most decorated stars in a potential free-agency situation.
Reports via WrestleVotes suggest that WWE and TKO want to keep Bayley around as because she is seen as a respected locker room leader. However, no new agreement has been reached, and the company has not made any public statement about the talks.
The intrigue comes from Bayley herself, who has openly acknowledged that she has ambitions beyond wrestling and is unsure exactly what comes next once her deal runs out.
Bayley On Her WWE Future
Bayley addressed her contract during an interview with Chris Van Vliet in April last year. She revealed she had roughly a year and a half left on her deal and admitted she had not figured out what she wanted to do after it expired.
“I have so many other things I want to make it into,” Bayley said. “I have a year and a half left on this current contract, so we’ll see what happens then. And then what? Man, I don’t know.”
The veteran also reflected on her lengthy run with the promotion while making clear there is more she wants to accomplish.
“I think I’ve done everything I really want to do, not everything. There’s still a lot I want to get done, but done so much with WWE and I’ve been here for already 12 years and there’s a huge wave of women coming in that I think are ready to take over, ready to be in those spots.”
Bayley even floated the idea that her in-ring run may not last much longer, though she expressed confidence in the future of WWE’s women’s division.
“So when I think about okay, I might be done in a couple of years, who knows? I know that it’s going to be in good hands. So that makes me really happy.”
Recent signs suggest she may be weighing her options, including a tease about a possible TNA Slammiversary appearance that added fuel to the free-agency speculation. Her continued value to WWE was underscored when Charlotte Flair praised Bayley as a rival who always pushes her to be better.