Of all of the surprises WWE had up their sleeve for the 2025 Royal Rumble event, the one which caught everyone off guard was the return of Alexa Bliss. Having been away from wrestling for 2 years as a consequence of a battle with skin cancer, and giving birth to her first child, Bliss entered the ladies’s Royal Rumble match to an overwhelmingly positive reception from the fans in attendance, and people watching at home. Bliss coming back was even a surprise for some people in WWE because it had been heavily reported that Bliss had not come to terms on a brand new cope with the corporate, and was greater than comfortable to let her old deal expire.
In the most recent edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer gave some insight into the situation, noting that the commentary team played up the surprise to get one over on those who had reported Bliss would not be coming back. Whether WWE lied to everyone about her situation stays to be seen, but Meltzer is for certain that the brand new deal got here together right before the show, with Bliss’ agent Dean Muhtadi (aka Mojo Rawley in WWE) getting her a brand latest five-year deal just hours before the show began.
Bliss’ original deal was set to run out, and although WWE could have potentially added two years on for the time that she missed, the corporate desired to get a brand new deal done as they didn’t want her with the ability to leave and not using a 90-day non-compete clause so soon after returning. Bliss didn’t make an excessive amount of of an impact through the Rumble match as she didn’t secure any eliminations in her 11 minutes of ring time, however the indisputable fact that she is back in the corporate is something WWE could be very comfortable about.
What Will Alexa Bliss Be Doing Now That She Is Back?
One other report that got here out in the times leading as much as the Royal Rumble was that despite being moved to “WWE SmackDown,” The Wyatt Sicks had not been featured on TV because the move, with rumors swirling about Bliss being included of their creative plans halting their return to TV. Nevertheless, that was proven to not be the case as one among the group members is currently coping with an injury, but that hasn’t stopped the speculation of Bliss and The Wyatt Sicks working together as Bliss was not featured on the February 3 episode of “WWE Raw.” Whether she will likely be featured on the February 7 episode of “SmackDown” remains to be up for discussion.
What Bliss can be doing upon returning was reportedly the stumbling block in getting her to re-sign. Meltzer noted that her creative direction wasn’t strong enough to warrant the five-year deal WWE wanted her to sign, to the purpose where every thing they’d planned for her was scrapped just just a few weeks ago. This did originally contradict the sighting of a brand new Bliss t-shirt available for purchase that indicated things were going well, but Meltzer claims this was put out before the impasse regarding creative.
WWE were reportedly prepared for any bumps within the road as Shotzi was originally set to be within the Rumble match if Bliss didn’t re-sign, even going so far as to do a full rehearsal with Shotzi through the day, something that just a few people in WWE were sad about because it was meant to be Shotzi’s own return to the major roster after missing most of 2024 as a consequence of a knee injury.
