Fans had been waiting a long time for the return of Alexa Bliss and the former champion appeared on WWE programming for the first time in over two years when she entered the women’s Royal Rumble match on Saturday night.
Alexa’s status with WWE was a very hot topic heading into the Royal Rumble as it was reported recently by PWInsider the two sides were in a contract dispute and later reported by the Wrestling Observer that they were said to have been far apart.
Dave Meltzer shared an update on Alexa’s status with WWE on Wrestling Observer Radio and he noted that multiple sources have claimed Bliss signed a new deal with WWE.
“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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