AEW has reportedly signed Lacey Lane, formerly referred to as Kayden Carter in WWE, after impressing during her recent AEW appearance.
“Fightful Select” has reported that Lane was signed by AEW following her match with Mercedes Mone at “AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday,” where Mone retained her AEW TBS Championship. Lane, who had a seven-year run with WWE, was let go by the promotion earlier this 12 months.
A couple of months after being released, she featured in AEW’s sister promotion ROH, and even faced then-ROH Interim Women’s World Television Champion, Mina Shirakawa, and lost to the Japanese star. Carter, during her time in WWE, was known to be a tag team specialist, wrestling alongside her partner Katana Likelihood. The 2 had some success in each “WWE NXT” and the essential roster, winning the NXT women’s tag team titles in addition to WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships.
AEW, it seems, is trying to strengthen its women’s divisions and has been linked with the signings of several women stars. The Tony Khan-led promotion is reportedly all for signing former WWE ID star Zayda Steel, who recently opted to not re-sign with WWE. Two other stars who AEW has interest in signing permanently are Maya World and Hyan, who’ve wrestled in each ROH and “AEW Collision” in recent weeks.