Bayley’s WWE Contract & Current Abscense Update – Bayley Likely Expected To Stay In WWE

As noted before, Bayley’s contract with WWE is currently set to expire at the end of this year. Bayley has been absent from WWE since her loss to Lyra Valkyria and post-match attack at this past July’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show. Bayley had posted a video on Instagram earlier this month of her training that featured a song titled “All In” which led to online speculation of her potentially leaving WWE for AEW and debuting at this month’s All In 2026 event. This video resulted in some negative reaction towards Bayley and was seen as being an “eye-brow raising moment” by some within the company.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that he speculates that WWE officials currently expect Bayley to remain with their company and not be leaving for AEW.

Meltzer reported that WWE continuing to mention Bayley’s name on RAW shows likely means that they currently expect her to return. Meltzer also reported that if WWE officials had believed that she might be leaving, then they wouldn’t be mentioning her name on television.