Tay Melo is set to return to action after almost 2 years.

STARDOM in Japan announced earlier today that the AEW star will be competing at their upcoming New Year Dream show, scheduled for Friday, January 3, 2025.

The female star then posted a video on Twitter further confirming her in ring return. She got emotional while talking about her comeback:

“After two long years, I’m finally back. I could not ask for a better Christmas gift. I’m going to Japan, I’m going to STARDOM and I’m not going alone. I’m bringing my little Mia with me.”

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Melo last wrestled on March 11, 2023, during an indie event. She teamed up with her husband Sammy Guevara at the show, picking up a victory over Encore & Tiara James.

The Brazilian pro wrestler went on a hiatus after announcing pregnancy at Double or Nothing in May. She gave birth to her daughter in November of that year.

Tay Melo will be teaming up with Mina Shirakawa for her return match. She will be facing the ROH Women’s Champion Athena and STARDOM’s Thekla in the bout.

It’s unknown if Melo plans to make her return to AEW TV before this match, but it wouldn’t be a surprise if she makes her presence felt in some capacity at the December 28 Worlds End PPV before heading to Japan.

AEW All Out 2024 was another huge night for Tony Khan’s promotion, with a shocking heel turn, title matches, and a violent main event. A reported incident backstage has recently drummed up speculation of more trouble within the company and we now have an update about what happened inside the NOW Arena.

On Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez confirmed that “security dudes just started sprinting” before the AEW World Title match between Bryan Danielson and Jack Perry.

“What happened was apparently there was some incident with one of the wrestlers that wasn’t on this show, they were shooting something backstage, and this wrestler and a production guy got into a big thing. Some people are saying it was absolutely nothing but it was big enough that security sprinted backstage.“

Alvarez adds that the two sides “talked it out and everything ended up okay.” The security personnel would return to their posts in time for the pay-per-view main event between Swerve Strickland and ‘Hangman’ Adam Page.

With the wrestler involved in this alleged incident not being part of the AEW All Out card, that rules out several notable names including The Young Bucks who were suspended in 2022 for their role in ‘Brawl Out.’ On Twitter, Tay Melo stated that her husband Sammy Guevara, who was not booked for All Out 2024, did not have an incident backstage.

Stay tuned to SEScoops for all the latest on AEW and the fallout from the promotion’s latest pay-per-view.

AEW wrestler recently Tay Melo has positive news for the fans. She has announced that she has been cleared to return to in-ring action.

Last month, Sammy Guevara revealed that they were training for their return to action. The recent edition of her husband, Sammy Guevara’s vlog documented what went down behind the scenes at AEW All In London. The Brazilian wrestler said on the vlog that she wants to wrestle. Guevara asked, “That might be soon?” Melo said that she has to ask the AEW President about it and revealed that she is cleared to wrestle.

Tay replied:

 “You gotta call Tony Khan and ask him because I don’t know about that. I’m cleared, though. I’m cleared. Mama is cleared. Just got cleared.”

Her last AEW match took place in January last year when she joined forces with Anna Jay and faced the team of Ruby Soho & Willow Nightingale in a street fight. Tay has not competed in the ring since last year’s March. At AEW Double or Nothing 2023, she and Sammy announced that they were expecting their first child and in November, the couple was blessed with a baby girl, Luna. 

Meanwhile, Tay’s husband, Sammy Guevara had been away from the promotion for quite some time after being suspended. On the February 16 edition of AEW Rampage, Jeff Hardy suffered a broken nose during a No DQ match against Sammy Guevara. During the match, Hardy suffered a concussion as well.

However, the former TNT Champion didn’t follow the concussion protocol. ‘The Spanish God’ still performed his finisher which led to his suspension. Sammy Guevara finally returned in ROH earlier this month and he is currently one-half of the ROH World Tag Team champions with Dustin Rhodes.

• Watch AEW Star Tay Melo Training For Her Wrestling Return

AEW star Sammy Guevara recently revealed that he and his wife, Tay Melo are training to make their comeback.

Taking to his X account, Sammy Guevara praised his wife. He also informed fans that he and Tay Melo are training for their impending returns. It was last year in November that the couple was blessed with a baby girl and Guevara has revealed that Tay has been working hard while also being a great mom and wife. Here is what he wrote:

“Just wanna say this mama right here is doing such a great job.

We are both training for our comebacks and I wish yall could see how much work she puts in. Some days are harder than others but she has been killing it, all while being a great mom and wife!

She doesn’t give herself the credit so just wanna say you are doing great mama & we all can’t wait for your return”

Sammy Guevara was suspended from AEW

The former TNT Champion has been away from the promotion for quite some time after being suspended. During the February 16 edition of AEW Rampage, Jeff Hardy suffered a broken nose during a No DQ match with Sammy Guevara. It was also noted that during the match, Hardy also suffered a concussion. However, Guevara didn’t follow the concussion protocol, and ‘The Spanish God’ performed his finisher.

His last match took place the following week when he endured a loss against Powerhouse Hobbs on AEW Collision before getting suspended by AEW. Meanwhile, Tay has not competed in the ring since March earlier this year.

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Tay Melo is working hard towards making a return to in-ring competition after giving birth to a baby girl in November 2023. 

Melo and fellow All Elite Wrestling star Sammy Guevara welcomed their daughter Luna in the world last year and shared the joyous news on social media. The couple went viral at AEW Double or Nothing 2023 in May of that year by announcing during the show that they were expecting. 

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Fans have not seen Melo return to AEW since she became a mom. Taking to Twitter, the Brazilian wrestler shared that she is happy to be back in the ring and with a lot of patience, she will be ready to return in the future. Melo added that she has a new body post-pregnancy but she is working every day to get stronger. 

So happy to be able to be in the ring again. With a lot of patience I’ll get ready to be back, it’s a whole new body & I still feel so week inside..
I got frustrated a couple times, had to hold my tears and keep going. My body was my baby’s home for 40 weeks and now I’ll get…

— TAY MELO (@taymelo) May 21, 2024

Melo hasn’t wrestled since March of 2023 with her most recent match being a tag team match for NEW Wrestling that saw herself and Guevara defeat Encore and Tiara James. Her most recent match for AEW was back in January 2023. This AEW Rampage bout saw herself and Annaj J-A-S lose to Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale. 

Wrestling Moms

Tay Melo isn’t the only wrestler who is on maternity leave. Last November, Alexa Bliss and Ryan Cabrera welcomed their daughter Hendrix into the world. Bliss has not competed since the WWE Royal Rumble 2023 Premium Live Event. 

Jessie McKay, formerly Billie Kay, gave birth to her son Cooper in December 2023. Her tag-team partner Cassie Lee gave birth to her and Shawn Spears’ son Austin the following month. 

After previously suffering a miscarriage, Carmella gave birth to her and Corey Graves’ son Dimitri in November 2023. The former WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion has been dealing with some nerve damage since the birth. 

AEW’s Sammy Guevara will be more cautious with his high-flying spots in the ring now that he and Tay Melo are parents. 

The couple welcomed their first child last month, a baby girl by the name of Luna. Guevara and Melo announced that they were expecting at Double or Nothing 2023 before the main event four-way match which saw Guevara challenge for the AEW World Championship. 

Sammy Guevara Will be More Selective

Guevara could not be happier to be a dad, but his new role will affect his role in the ring. Speaking on the Insight podcast, Guevara spoke about how becoming a dad will likely change his wrestling. 

It’s pretty cool for sure and now it’s got me thinking differently just in wrestling. Because I’m used to doing all the ‘I’m Crazy ‘ stuff but now I’m like, yeah, I guess I can’t be that crazy anymore… I don’t know if we’re going to dial it back but I think we’ll be more selective with how and when we do the crazy stuff.”

Guevara recalled some of his ‘crazy’ spots, including a spot from Lucha Underground that the new father will be in no hurry to replicate. 

“There was stuff in Lucha Underground, doing a moonsault 14 feet in the air to Jake Hager. Who bless his heart, tried to catch me, but there’s only so much you can do.”

Guevara on Melo’s Scary Situation

While becoming parents was a joy for Guevara and Tay Melo, it did have a very scary incident. On the podcast, Guevara recalled Melo dealing with health issues immediately following the birth. 

“When she gave birth, they had to stitch her up, because she had a tear. And then, they almost had to send her to the OR because she was having a reaction from the epidural. So it was a scary moment. She’s holding the kid and then all of a sudden, she’s shaking like crazy. Her skin turns a different color, really pale.  Then she started throwing up… It was scary for a minute.

“We were there for 25 hours. Crazy. The lead up to it too. Everything at the hospital and the whole pregnancy. I always joked that we’re going to have seven kids. But man, after that first one, it’s whatever she wants to do.” 

Guevara returned to AEW TV on this week’s Dynamite and turned face against the Don Callis Family. He will compete in an eight-man tag-team match at this weekend’s Worlds End event. 

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In May, Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo won AAA’s Mixed Tag Team Championship. They defended the titles several times in AEW, including at ALL OUT against Ortiz and Ruby Soho.

At AAA’s Noche De Campeones show, Guevara and Melo were scheduled to face Komander and Sexy Star II and Octagon Jr. and Lady Shani. The couple was replaced by Flammer and Abismo Negro Jr.

Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo Stripped

Prior to the match, Konnan announced that Guevara and Melo were being stripped of their titles.

“Sammy & Tay have canceled three times, not twice. They wanted their own referee & Tay wanted her own stylist, so I have made a decision. There were three orders of business: Number One, The titles have now been vacated. Number Two: I have already sent someone to the United States to get the titles. And Number Three: Whoever wins this Triple Threat Mix Tag Match will become the new AAA Mixed Tag Champions.” (h/t Fightful)

Flammer and Negro Jr. won the AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles.

Melo tweeted recently in Spanish that she was having visa issues, but that tweet has been deleted. Dave Meltzer said that there had been visa issues in the past, but it had been resolved.

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Melo competed on the New Year’s Smash edition of AEW Dynamite. She and Anna Jay A.S. defeated the team of Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale.