Former WWE star Kairi Sane, now going by the ring name of KAIRI, worked her first singles match since 2020 against Starlight Kid at a Stardom show on Sunday where she went over, but suffered a ruptured left eardrum during the bout.
In the post-match interview, she stated the following via Google Translate:
“Now my eardrum is torn and I can’t hear…Each technique has its own weight and the match ignited. It was a different person from the previous kid. The eardrum was torn. But I’m happy. I’m happy with the pain.”
On Sunday, she made her in-ring return for a tag team match. Sane departed from WWE in February after returning to Japan in the summer of 2020
🔷ダイビング・エルボー・ドロップでスターライト・キッドをマットに沈め、勝利したKAIRIの試合後コメント。
「今、鼓膜が破れてて耳が聞こえないんですけど…。技一つ一つ重みがあったし試合してて火が着いた。前のキッドとは別者だったね。鼓膜破かれたけど嬉しかったっていうか、痛みが嬉しいね」 pic.twitter.com/yuYTcvJpOH
— スターダム✪STARDOM (@wwr_stardom) March 27, 2022
