Janai Kai discusses signing with MLW.
Kai has been with MLW since October 2023, when she beat Delmi Exo to win the MLW Women's World Featherweight Championship at MLW Slaughterhouse. Since then, she has defended the title against several competitors, including Exo and Unagi Sayaka, and she has joined Conta Unit. Fightful Select recently reported that Kai signed a contract with MLW.
Speaking with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp, Kai was asked about her contract talks with AEW.
"It happened about a month ago where Court [Bauer] hit me up and said that he wanted to talk. I've already been with MLW for nine months. So I was thinking, ‘Okay, this conversation may be the conversation I'm thinking.’ So he gave me a call and Salina de la Renta was also on the call. They were just talking to me about how much they appreciated me so far with MLW, and they brought up like the question of like having me come on like officially under contract," Kai said.
Kai continued and noted that they came to an agreement, so she signed. She stated that MLW has taken care of her, and she said that she appreciated the opportunities that she has had during her time in the company.
"So after that, like we just spoke about the agreements and all of that and then we came to a full-on agreement and signed. But overall, I feel good. They've taken care of me very, very well since I've been with them. I appreciate the opportunities already, the opponents I already had, the experience already that I'm taking, like all of the knowledge I'm taking in. I feel like I'm already getting more experience off of that. For example, Jesus Rodriguez, he works a lot backstage and works a lot with me. He's known me since I basically first started. So he knows exactly what my style is, what the vibe I want to go for and everything and he's been providing so much knowledge to me and helping me out," Kai said.
Janai Kai will defend her title against HANAKO at MLW Summer of the Beasts. More information is available here.
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