Alexa Bliss WWE Future After Royal Rumble Return Update

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An update has emerged on Alexa Bliss’ WWE status following her surprise return at the February 1, 2025 Royal Rumble PLE.

Bliss entered the match as the 21st entrant, receiving a huge pop from the crowd following two years away from the ring.

During her entrance, Michael Cole noted ‘I thought the internet said she wasn’t coming back’, referencing PWInsider’s report that Bliss wasn’t in Indianapolis for the event, and Dave Meltzer’s report that WWE and Bliss were ‘far apart’ in contract negotiations.

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer noted that he believes that WWE was pulling a swerve, with multiple sources during and immediately after the match confirming she has indeed signed a new contract.

Noting that people within WWE’s offices and a WWE higher-up were also swerved, Meltzer said:

“I am told that the Alexa Bliss thing was a late negotiation. I don’t believe that because it’s pro-wrestling. My belief is that they were pulling a swerve.

“The gist on Alexa Bliss was that her contract – because of the freezing and time off and everything – it was not up, but it was about to be up. So they didn’t want to debut her and then have the contract up, because then she’d kind of have them under a barrel.

“It’s kinda awkward to start someone, put them on TV, and then if you don’t come to terms and you don’t have a new contract, they disappear. They just figured get the new contract done.

“And I was told that the contract didn’t get done. And then, I’m told, well the contract did get done. I’m suspicious of that story, but after, I still have heard the story from multiple people tonight, including during the match, right after it happened.

“‘I know what you’re thinking, but the deal was put together late’ – like I said, I’m very skeptical, when I look back at her tweets, it just feels like too much like a WWE thing to fool other people. It was people in the office they fooled too, and high-up.”

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The Rumble match marked Bliss’ first match since unsuccessfully challenging for Bianca Belair’s Raw Women’s Championship at Royal Rumble 2023.

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The latest on Alexa Bliss after her return at WWE Royal Rumble:

"I am told that the Alexa Bliss thing was a late negotiation. I don't believe that because it's pro-wrestling. My belief is that they were pulling a swerve.

"The gist on Alexa Bliss was that her contract – because… pic.twitter.com/TMYj28PDhh

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