Report: Sarray Departing WWE, Returning To Japan

Sarray is reportedly leaving WWE. 

Sarray is reportedly leaving WWE. 

Tokyo Sports reports that Sarray will leave WWE and return to Japan once her contract expires. She is set to compete at the ‘Sareee-ism’ event at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo on May 16. According to the report, the news will be officially announced at a press conference on May 13.

Sarray competed as “Sareee” around the Japanese wrestling scene before she signed with WWE. She had a lengthy run with World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, where she won the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana World Championship twice and the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Championship once. She has also won titles with Seadlinnng, Pro Wrestling Wave, and JWP Joshi Puroresu.

Sareee signed with WWE in February 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed her move to the United States. She went on to continue wrestling in Japan with WWE’s permission. She later moved  to the United States, and WWE announced her as a WWE Performance Center Recruit in April 2021. She made her in-ring debut on the April 20 episode of NXT in 2021, where she defeated Zoey Stark. Sarray wrestled on NXT and 205 Live, but she returned to Japan in November 2021.

She came back to the United States in December and returned to NXT with a new gimmick in February 2022. This new character used a medallion to transform into a different version of herself. Sarray feuded with Tiffany Stratton, who ultimately emerged victorious. She wrestled twice on NXT UK. She last wrestled on the August 2 episode of WWE NXT, where she lost to Mandy Rose.

Update: Sarray subsequently commented on the situation in a tweet and stated that she will have her press conference on Monday, March 13, and it will air live on Instagram. She noted that she wanted to share the news herself, but it was reported before she had the chance to do so.

自分の口から皆様にきちんとご報告したかったのに…申し訳ありません。
一部先に報道されてしまいました。

13日（月）記者会見をおこないます。
14時にインスタライブで見てください–

Hello everyone, I will have my press conference next Monday and will do it live on Instagram (14pm Japan… https://t.co/0LezDiKOwo

— SARRAY (@SarrayWWE) March 9, 2023

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