WWE Star Comments After Vacating Championship

Published: Mar 13, 2026 by Dave Adamson | Last Updated: Mar 13, 2026 by Dave Adamson

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A WWE champion has addressed having to recently vacate a title following her recent match and ahead of an imminent change of brand.

Kendal Grey defended the WWE Evolve Women’s Championship on the Thursday’s (March 12) episode of the Tubi show.

With that match ending in a victory over Tyra Mae Steele, Grey would then announce that she was vacating the championship ahead of moving to NXT full-time.

Ahead of the recent match, Grey had taken to Twitter to make a promise to the WWE Evolve viewers, tweeting:

“One last match on Evolve tonight… And you best believe I’m walking out the same way I have in every match since October… as champion.”

Following the bout and relinquishing her gold, Grey would comment on her time in WWE Evolve, having been a fixture on the brand since the first show back in February of last year, tweeting:

“Thank you, Evolve.”

The message would be accompanied by the highlight reel of Grey’s time in Evolve, with her next stop being a move to NXT.

Kendal Grey is already familiar to fans of the Tuesday night show, having appeared as recently as February 10, teaming with Kendal Grey in a losing effort in the NXT Women’s Championship Number One Contendership match, against ZaRuca (Sol Ruca & Zaria).

The longest reigning WWE Evolve Women’s Champion, Grey was the NXT Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge winner in December 2025.