Have you noticed that both Saraya and Zak Knight have been off AEW television?
The former AEW Women’s World Champion just re-signed a one-year agreement with the company. However, since she lost her match on October 8th, the 32-year-old hasn’t been on AEW television since. Saraya eventually revealed that she was taking a hiatus from wrestling to focus on outside projects.
But what about her brother?
Knight’s only had one match on AEW television, and that was all the way back in April. He was apart of Saraya’s Outcasts stable, but a personal issue prevented him from being able to make it to All In:
"I had high hopes that I may get on [AEW All In], but I come back to the UK in June. I needed a bit of time off for personal reasons. We’ve spoken about mental health, I felt like mine was dipping a little bit, and I wanted to take care of that, as well as my wife and children.
I’d been on the road for nine months, I’d come home for maybe 25 days in those nine months, and it was two-three days here, two-three days there. Primarily, when I’m not working, I’m in an Airbnb on my own. So things just got crazy, truthfully, but Tony was brilliant. He said to me that I can have until All In off, so I got my six-seven weeks where I could be home, recharge, get things sorted."
Knight’s been cleared to return since then, but it appears that creative has nothing for the 33-year-old as he’s been able to return since August. Zak is still opportunistic that he’ll be able to get the ball rolling in AEW soon:
"I can’t thank him enough for that. Then August, I was cleared, and I’m like, oh my god, I’m cleared, and we’ve got Cardiff, and we’ve got Wembley. I’m probably expecting too much, but every wrestler wants to dream of being on there. Now, it’s that waiting game. They’ve got the best roster in the world, no one can walk out and say, ‘I need a couple of weeks ago,’ and expect to come straight back in back to where they were.
I was doing well, I was getting to where I wanted to be, but unfortunately, this time period where I needed to be off for medical reasons sort of caused a halt. But I’m very confident once I get my next opportunity, we’ll get the ball rolling again."