Britt Baker Returns to AEW After Nearly 2 Years, Helps Persephone Win TBS Title

Q: After a mysterious two-year absence, what real-life backstage reasons kept Britt Baker off television before her shocking Wembley return?

There is no confirmed single backstage cause AEW has publicly given for Britt Baker’s nearly two-year absence. The strongest reporting says she was not sidelined by a current injury and was not regularly backstage, while Baker herself signaled the delay was largely out of her hands. Publicly, AEW president Tony Khan repeatedly said Baker remained under contract, was respected internally, and that he hoped to bring her back “soon,” but he never offered a concrete explanation or timetable. That fueled the sense that the absence was a booking or creative decision rather than a medical one. Baker’s own comments pointed in the same direction. When fans asked why she had not returned, she answered “Not up to me,” and later replied “Same” when someone said they wished she would return at Wembley. Those remarks strongly suggested she wanted back on television but was waiting on AEW’s call. Reporting from Fightful and others also indicated she had been spending time away from wrestling, including visiting close friend Rebel, and that her name had at least been discussed internally for AEW’s planned Rebel tribute show. At the same time, there were reports pushing back on older speculation that Baker and Khan were at odds backstage. So, based on what is actually known, Baker’s long absence appears to have been mainly an unexplained internal AEW usage decision, not an active injury issue, with no verified evidence of a definitive backstage falling-out.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 30

Nearly two years after her last AEW appearance, Britt Baker returned at All In and interfered in the Buy In title match, shoving Maya World off the top rope.
Persephone immediately capitalized with a crucifix powerbomb and pin to capture the TBS Championship, ending World’s reign after 30 days.
Baker then unmasked and aligned herself with Persephone, saying she had been watching AEW closely during her absence and backing the new champion’s rise.
Persephone, already CMLL World Women’s champion, used the moment to call out Thunder Rosa as she begins her first AEW singles title reign with Baker in her corner.