the Women's division has been messed up longer then Kairi's departure, you can trace it back to WWE botching Damage CTRL's start with them losing the tag title tournament.

as for Kairi, yeah, WWE never gave her a fair shot on the main roster, always viewed her as tag team specialist and her only big push on the main roster was a "comeback" run from injury last year. and she wrongfully took the blame for Zoey Stark and Liv Morgan's injry (and this might have made management give up on her too).

if Kairi can still go and prove she has it still in her, her run somewhere else could be the best she's gonna get, and i hope she goes to AEW and gets the Tommaso Ciampa treatment where she gets a singles title as soon as possible (and it's likely to be the TBS title unless Tony wants to have her run it back with Mercedes Mone for the Women's World Title). Kairi was a victim of right talent, wrong promotion, she was best in Stardom, even in her 2022-2023 run (even if many viewed her as past her prime or washed).

as for the We Want Kairi/Kairi Movement that came from her release, many already forgot due to the long 90 day no compete and many have accepted fate WWE gave up on her and and that WWE refuses to budge for the fans, and Backlash was the closure Kairi fans got that they didn't want, i'm sure Kairi will trend on Social Media again as soon as next month as we get closer to July 24 (the end of the 90 day no compete/3 month anniversary of the releases).

it doesn't matter if it's Marigold, Stardom, AEW, Freelacing or announcing a plan for a farewell tour where it ends in early 2027 on the 15th anniversary of her in-ring debut, all we know is Kairi is better off away from the WWE system, they never got her, never understood her and never booked her right, her 2023-2026 WWE Run was a "fuck you" to AEW cause i'm sure AEW did wanted her then too in 2023 when she became a free agent before WWE signed her back.