Former AEW champion was pulled from major show due to WWE Tryout offer
A top wrestling promoter revealed that a former AEW Women's World Champion was pulled from a major show's main event due to a WWE Tryout. The incident took place in 2021.
The former AEW champion in question is Jamie Hayter. She joined All Elite Wrestling in 2021 after being a top star in the British promotion, Revolution Pro Wrestling. RevPro's owner Andy Quildan recently recalled a story related to Hayter when she worked in his organization.
On The Trish and Sarah Wrestling podcast, Andy Quildan recalled how Jamie Hayter and her opponent were pulled from a RevPro show due to a WWE Tryout call. Quildan revealed that Hayter and Skye Smitson were asked for the tryout a week before they were set to headline the British company's first post-pandemic event.
"When we came back from the pandemic, our first show back was headlined by Jamie Hayter versus Skye Smitson. Advertised, first show back. We brought it up on our empty arena shows. That was the main event of our first show back for our Women’s Championship. All of a sudden, WWE are [sic] doing a women’s tryout and both Jamie Hayter and Skye Smitson are asked to that tryout."
Andy Quildan further revealed that a person who previously worked for PROGRESS made the call for WWE's all-women tryout.
"Skye Smitson had never had any interest from WWE before that point, and it just so happened to be on our first show back, and someone who’s still employed with WWE who also used to work for PROGRESS was the person who made that call as well for an all-women’s tryout on that day with those girls. I’m not necessarily saying it’s a WWE thing. I’m saying it might have been personal reasons behind this stuff happening." [H/T: Post Wrestling]
Former AEW champion Jamie Hayter is set to compete on the first Dynamite of 2025
Former AEW Women's World Champion Jamie Hayter will wrestle on the first Dynamite episode of 2025 which will also be the first simulcast edition of the program on MAX. Hayter will square off against Julia Hart on the show as the two have been feuding for weeks.
Jamie Hayter has yet to enter the title picture since her return at the 2024 All In pay-per-view. Fans will have to wait and see what's next for Hayter in the coming weeks.