AEW star Tay Melo hasn’t wrestled a match since March 2023, with the performer giving delivery to her first baby final November. It has been reported in latest months that Melo was coaching for a return to the ring, and plainly her comeback match might be going down subsequent week. A match that includes Melo has been introduced for STARDOM’s New 12 months Dream present, scheduled for Friday, January 3. Melo additionally addressed the information in an emotional video posted to X.
January third, Mama is again !!!
A dream ✅Beginning 2025 in one of the simplest ways doable. pic.twitter.com/L48hj70pBM
— TAY MELO (@taymelo) December 26, 2024
Melo is scheduled to crew with Mina Shirakawa towards fellow AEW star Athena and STARDOM’s Thekla. Different matches on the cardboard embody Tam Nakano vs. Unagi Sayaka, a tag bout that includes Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, and Koguma taking over Mei Hoshiki, AZM, and Mitsuyoshi Amasaki, and extra. The present will happen on the Tokyo Backyard Theater and may be seen worldwide on the promotion’s streaming service, STARDOM World.
Previous to her absence, Melo’s final AEW match befell in January. She and Anna Jay, who had been each members of the Jericho Appreciation Society on the time, misplaced a Avenue Battle to Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale on an episode of “AEW Rampage.” Melo has made a number of subsequent onscreen appearances, together with within the section that noticed the dissolution of the J.A.S. This previous August, Melo publicly clarified that she was cleared for a return to the ring and was awaiting artistic plans from AEW President and booker Tony Khan.
New 12 months Dream is not the one massive wrestling occasion going down in Tokyo, Japan, subsequent week. STARDOM’s sibling promotion New Japan Professional-Wrestling is holding its annual Wrestle Kingdom present, following by a joint occasion with AEW referred to as Wrestle Dynasty. Wrestling Kingdom 19 is ready for Saturday, January 4. Wrestle Dynasty is then set to happen the next day, with each reveals on the Tokyo Dome.