Report: Paige expected to return to WWE at WrestleMania 42
Paige is reportedly expected to return to WWE this weekend.
PWInsider reported Friday that she has signed with the company. The belief is she will be part of the women’s tag team title four-way on Saturday’s show as Nikki Bella’s replacement.
Bella has been dealing with an ankle injury, and PWInsider reported earlier Friday that she will not be cleared in time for WrestleMania.
The report added that Paige, who wrestled as Saraya in AEW, was spotted taking part in a run-through for the match this week.
Paige has not wrestled for WWE since suffering an injury during the company’s holiday live event tour in late 2017. She was not medically cleared to wrestle again until 2022, when she signed with AEW and wrestled as Saraya, returning to the ring against Britt Baker at Full Gear that year.
She announced in March 2025 that she had left AEW. Her final AEW match took place on the October 8, 2024 episode of Dynamite, where she competed in a four-way against Jamie Hayter, Nyla Rose, and Willow Nightingale.
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