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WWE has apparently turned Xia Li heel.
This week’s SmackDown on FOX featured a short backstage promo from Li, who declared that she is just searching for herself shifting ahead.
“My identify is Xia Li,” she stated. “I used to be The Protector, however I see nobody worthy of my safety. Now I shield myself.”
You may see Li’s full promo under.
Li tweeted after the SmackDown phase and wrote, “I’m the protector, I shield Myself.”
Li first began working with WWE in 2017 for the inaugural Mae Younger Traditional match, changing into the primary Chinese language girl to ever compete in a WWE ring. She labored WWE NXT, as a babyface and a heel, till being referred to as as much as the primary roster within the 2021 WWE Draft again in October.
Li debuted as The Protector on the December 10 version of SmackDown, serving to present WWE Ladies’s Champion Naomi as she handled Natalya, Shayna Baszler and Sonya Deville. Li wouldn’t make her official essential roster in-ring debut till the February 25 SmackDown, the place she defeated Natalya after just a few weeks of angles between the 2. She has not labored a TV match since then, however she did defeat Shotzi in a pre-SmackDown darkish match on March 11.
After being moved to SmackDown on the October 4 WWE Draft version of RAW final 12 months, Li labored a six-person darkish match on the October 8 SmackDown, teaming with Tamina Snuka and Natalya for a loss to Tegan Nox, Shotzi and Aliyah. She then defeated Aliyah in a pre-SmackDown darkish match on October 25. Li was out of the ring till defeating Shotzi at 4 non-televised WWE stay occasions in December, and shedding to Shotzi at one December stay occasion. She then defeated Natalya at two non-televised WWE Supershow stay occasions in January, and was out of the ring once more till the February 25 SmackDown TV win over Natalya. Li then defeated Shotzi within the March 11 darkish match, however has not wrestled since then.
There’s no phrase on what’s deliberate for Li, or if she is going to stick round on TV this time, however we are going to hold you up to date. She didn’t wrestle a match at Friday’s SmackDown tapings from Albany, which is able to air subsequent week because the WrestleMania Backlash go-home present, but it surely’s potential that one other pre-recorded promo is inserted into the printed.
You may see Li’s new promo and post-match tweets under:
I’m the protector, I shield Myself.
— Xia Li (@XiaWWE) April 23, 2022
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— Xia Li (@XiaWWE) April 23, 2022
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