There were rumors that spread like wildfire across social media and various other websites over the past 24 hours that WWE SmackDown Live superstar Asuka walked out on the company last Tuesday after a heated meeting with WWE officials, with the report attributed to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com.
The rumor claimed that Asuka was unhappy about missing out on a big payday for WWE SummerSlam and that she stopped returning calls from the company.
Johnson, upon being made aware of the situation, took to his Twitter account to shoot down the rumor.
I have not reported anything about @WWEAsuka leaving @WWE and any website or social media account that claims that I have, is lying to you. Stop supporting people that lie to you. Everything that I say and everything that I report is on @PWInsidercom.
— Mike Johnson (@MikePWInsider) August 11, 2018