As previously reported, Sareee had been medically cleared in Japan following a neck injury; however, AEW conducted a separate examination and did not clear her to compete. As a result, Sareee was replaced in her match against Skye Blue in the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament by Maya World. Initially, Sareee had brought Takumi Iroha from Japan to serve as her substitute, but World was considered a better fit for the storyline, especially since she had recently experienced a real-life death in her family and was eager to return to the ring for her own mental health.

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