{"id":890256,"date":"2026-09-10T08:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/890256\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:24:11","slug":"aew-reportedly-signs-female-wrestler-to-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/890256\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW reportedly signs female wrestler to contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AEW is continuing to add to its female ranks by reportedly signing former MLW Women\u2019s Featherweight champion Janai Kai to a contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fightfulselect.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fightful Select <\/a>reported that sources told them Kai was under a deal, but didn\u2019t have a confirmation as to whether it was a full-time deal or per-appearance. It also appears likely it\u2019s a dual AEW\/Ring of Honor contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kai appeared four times in AEW in 2021 and 2022, three of those on Dark and once on Rampage in a :31 loss to Jade Cargill. After making three appearances for ROH in 2025, Kai has wrestled six times for the promotion in 2026. She has yet to pick up a win in singles or tag team action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kai held the aforementioned MLW title from October 2023 through January 2025 with 11 title defenses. The 31-year-old works frequently for independents on the East Coast, and has some experience in Japan as well.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/joshnason\/\" title=\"Josh Nason\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/13085cc953873ea5634775111cb499e3850643459a5eab1ac8d1e92ee8fecc39.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Josh Nason\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Josh Nason<\/p>\n<p>Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer\/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He&#8217;s a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/celebration-of-life-planned-for-the-butcher-andy-williams\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AEW is continuing to add to its female ranks by reportedly signing former MLW Women\u2019s Featherweight champion Janai&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-890256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}