After she insinuated during an interview on Tuesday that she is probably not cleared to compete within the 2026 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament, AEW President Tony Khan officially announced that Sareee isn’t cleared ahead of her scheduled tournament match against Skye Blue on “AEW Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster.”
Khan made the announcement via an X (formerly Twitter) live stream ahead of the show. He brought in Sareee, who has been battling neck issues, to the stream to handle her removal from the tournament.
“We had really been excited, since the doctors of Sareee had said she’s going to be cleared, from her own personal doctor and the doctors in Japan, we got all of the clearances and we thought we were able to go,” Khan said. “But, we do very thorough medical exams here in AEW… The AEW doctors today say they don’t feel comfortable clearing Sareee and to have such a top star here unable to compete is unlucky, but we actually love her wrestling and we wish her to be in AEW again and to maintain coming back.”
Sareee said, through a translator, that she got here to AEW really wanting to compete within the tournament and she or he could be very sorry and upset. She said if she’s given one other likelihood, she’s going to come back back and compete in AEW. Khan told her that she was at all times welcome.
Khan then announced that Maya World can be taking Sareee’s place against Blue. The star recently announced the death of her brother on social media, but Khan said she desired to be at “Dynamite” and be with the locker room following the tragedy.
“Given the situation, I feel it could be a fantastic opportunity to have Skye Blue vs. Maya World within the quarterfinals,” Khan said.