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Update on Shayna Baszler's backstage situation

Shayna Baszler has been off WWE TV for some time and there have been a lot of rumors about her. Some suggested that Vince McMahon had lost interest in her push and that is why she has been kept off WWE Monday Night RAW.

Tom Colohue has a big report on the backstage situation and claims that it has nothing to do with Vince McMahon or any other WWE personality. The main reason why she has been kept off WWE TV is that her storyline was set to involve Becky Lynch, but since the former RAW Women's Champion has taken a break, Shayna is waiting for an opportunity. He said:

"Well, I know there have been a lot of rumors about Shayna Baszler. A lot about Vince McMahon being a fan and then not being a fan. From everything I have been told, that simply isn't true.

She has not been off TV because of that; she has been off TV because her whole storyline, or at least the plan for it, was built around the feud with Becky Lynch and Becky Lynch isn't available. It has been confirmed that Shayna Baszler was the original plan to win the Royal Rumble. I had reported that in my YouTube in January a couple of weeks before the event.

The idea was that she would be very consistently and heavily pushed, but there have been some changes. Charlotte was then given the opportunity against Rhea Ripley, Becky Lynch was then unavailable, and these have affected Shayna Baszler's push. She was on creative hiatus while they work out what to do with her, and it sure looks like SummerSlam is the answer."