The rumors of Bayley’s return are starting to heat up, so we’ll see what’s the latest
there.
We’ll also see what Alexa Bliss is speaking out on, what WWE edited out of Ronda Rousey’s
segment and more
Let’s start things off with Bayley’s return
Bayley went down in the middle of a Smackdown women’s championship feud with Bianca Belair
last summer and it was a major tragedy that no one saw coming
Bayley and Bianca Belair were set to meet at Money In The Bank 2021, it would’ve also
been Bayley’s first match back in front of the fans since she didn’t compete at
Wrestlemania 37, but the injury obviously prevented that from happening
WWE immediately reported that Bayley would miss at least 9 months of action with this
torn ACL
Well with the beginning of April being right around the corner, we’re officially entering
month nine of Bayley’s recovery and speculation about her WWE return is beginning to run wild
There’s no confirmation about Bayley’s return from WWE or herself, and there never
will be any because it’ll most likely be a surprise return
So everything is gonna be completely silent until she just appears one of these weeks
Bayley was last part of Smackdown, but remember since there was a draft that Bayley missed,
she’s technically a WWE free agent so no brand truly owns her right now
Which is another great element because it really makes everyone guess even harder about
Bayley’s return because she can return to either Raw or Smackdown at any time her during
the post-Wrestlemania season
So let’s go over some possible targets for Bayley coming off this big WWE return
First one being, Sasha Banks on Smackdown
Everyone agrees that Sasha Banks and Bayley’s storyline during the pandemic era was one
of the greatest and most consistent storylines during that timeframe
We saw a lot of storylines come and go during the pandemic era for WWE, but it was Sasha
and Bayley’s story that really stuck and connected with the fans
The story and feud was everything everyone expected it to be.
Little to no complaints about how that story ended
We got a big payoff of Sasha Banks being the one to dethrone Bayley as champion after spending
so many months helping her defending the title and it was great
The only issue with their story would be that there weren’t any fans in the building for
these matches
The last time Sasha Banks and Bayley went one-on-one in a sold out major arena on a
WWE PPV was NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 2015
A historic match that WWE instantly labeled as one of the top 100 matches of all time
That Brooklyn match was something special and something the fans have been waiting to
see again ever since
And we saw a handful of amazing matches between Sasha Banks and Bayley in late 2020, but again,
there were no fans present
So even though we saw an entire feud between them in 2020, there’s still a void there,
everyone definitely wants to see another Sasha and Bayley match with the fans now being back
in full capacity, so that’s one direction for Bayley
The other direction being the woman that she was supposed to face before getting hurt,
Bianca Belair
If Bianca is Raw women’s champion after Wrestlemania, it would be a nice surprise
to see Bayley return to Raw and make her case to have a title match against Bianca Belair
since that was the title match she was supposed to have almost a year ago
So you can argue that Bayley has that case for Bianca Belair
Like we always talk about, it is weird when a returning superstar cuts the line and instantly
declares themselves as number one contender for a title without doing anything, but in
this specific case, Bayley at least has good reasoning for cutting the line
She was supposed to have a title match with Bianca before she got hurt and this return
to Raw would allow her to get that match right back
If Bayley returns to Smackdown, she can also feud with Ronda Rousey, but if Ronda is gonna
be the new champion after Wrestlemania, Bayley may just end up losing that feud, so maybe
that’s not what you wanna do with the returning Bayley
But either way, no matter the opponent or brand, fans will be excited for Bayley’s
return
It’ll also be exciting to see what her character is like.
Bayley has still be tweeting and responding to everyone as a heel over there, so maybe
that’s a sign that she’ll still have that heel persona, so we’ll have to see what
ends up happening there
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In other news, a fan recently tweeted a part of an article to Alexa Bliss and wanted to
hear Alexa’s side of things
The report the fan sent to Alexa was making all the claims about there being tension between
Alexa Bliss and Ronda Rousey for the multiple concussions and injuries that Alexa suffered
at the hands of Ronda in late 2018, and all these other bogus claim of how there was some
sort of group-chat that confirmed this
Well Alexa Bliss directly replied to the fan and the clip of that report and had this to
say on response, quote:
"This is quite comical and not true.
I’m only in one group chat and it’s with my bridal party.
Keep trying trolls.”
End quote
That late 2018 and early 2019 time frame was a really scary time in Alexa Bliss’ WWE
career
There were lots of rumors that Alexa was about to be put on the shelf for good after suffering
consecutive concussions, but she was able to bounce back with a full WWE return and
there’s no hard feelings there at all, according to Alexa Bliss
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Speaking of Ronda Rousey, she and Charlotte Flair went back and forth with a little promo
segment on a Smackdown recently
As a lot of fans noticed, Ronda had a small slip up during her promo that would later
get edited out
Ronda said that she will become the new “Smackdown champion”, leaving the word “women’s”
out of the title’s name
She then attempted to correct the small mistake by questioning why they even have to say “women”
in any way
It would appear that WWE wasn’t a fan of the mistake or the attempt to cover it up
because that entire part has been edited out of all highlight clips and recaps
There’s a portion of fans out there that have been disappointed with the buildup of
Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair
Ronda’s return was a massive return of star power for WWE, no doubt about it, but some
fans just claim that they don’t feel that invested in that specific story
They say Becky and Bianca have a much deeper storyline, some fans are even heavily invested
in the women’s tag team match because everyone wants to see Sasha Banks get her first Wrestlemania
victory
But hopefully Charlotte and Ronda take what those fans are saying and use it as extra
motivation to make the fans care about it during their match at Wrestlemania
It’s Wrestlemania, you’ll have everyone’s attention, that would be your spot to turn
things around and try to steal the show, steal the entire weekend
Another issue that the fans have brought up is this title reign for Charlotte altogether
because it’s been uneventful from a booking perspective
Before Wrestlemania 38, The Smackdown women’s title was last defended on pay-per-view during
October 2021 at Crown Jewel, and the title wasn’t even defended by Charlotte, it was
defended by Becky
Charlotte would only go onto defend her title once against Toni Storm on Smackdown and once
against Naomi on Smackdown
So only two title defenses in nearly 6 months is pretty ridiculous, so no matter who wins
at Wrestlemania, Charlotte or Ronda, let’s just hope the Smackdown women’s title starts
to get defended on a more regular basis again
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