AEW’s Will Ospreay Addresses Released WWE Star’s In-Ring Return

Published: Mar 10, 2026 by Sanchez Taylor | Last Updated: Mar 10, 2026 by Sanchez Taylor

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AEW star Will Ospreay has addressed a former WWE star’s return to the ring after almost a year away.

Charlie – fka Dakota Kai – made her wrestling comeback at the March 8 Pro Wrestling EVE Wrestle Queendom VIII show, unsuccessfully challenging for Kris Statlander’s EVE International Championship.

This match marked Charlie’s first in-ring outing since defeating Ivy Nile on the March 27, 2025 WWE Main Event episode, with the former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion being released that May.

Will Ospreay – who served as a backstage producer at Wrestle Queendom VIII – has now taken to Twitter to share a thread highlighting a number of performers and crew members who contributed to the show.

About Charlie, Ospreay wrote:

Charlie.

Nearly a year out of the wrestling bubble and Charlie walks into one of the biggest high profile matches in the history of EVE and showed everyone it’s just like riding a bike.

Cannot tell you enough to be able to have someone of her calibre and to get her comeback match…..honoured to welcome her back to wrestling.

Will Ospreay previously commented on the possibility of the former Dakota Kai joining AEW, click here to read more.

Charlie.

Nearly a year out of the wrestling bubble and Charlie walks into one of the biggest high profile matches in the history of EVE and showed everyone it’s just like riding a bike.

Cannot tell you enough to be able to have someone of her calibre and to get her comeback… pic.twitter.com/ziCMHAxSJz

— Will Ospreay • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) March 10, 2026