Report: Asuka remains part of the WWE roster, expected to return

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful is reporting through his Select service that Asuka signed a long-term deal with the company in 2024 and remains part of the WWE roster.

The former champion is expected to take a leave of absence and be off television for a while, hence the goodbyes from the weekend at Backlash, but Sapp adds that those in the company believe that she will be back and has not wrestled her final match yet.

While the length of the contract was not revealed, it is believed to be a five-year deal, although contracts in today’s TKO world don’t mean much as they have already started restructuring previously-signed contract to benefit the company.

The New Day also were on new long-term deals, signed last year, and were asked to take a pay cut as part of the restructured deal, a deal which both Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods refused which led to their departure.