Paige Has Signed With WWE
Paige has signed with WWE and is anticipated to return to the ring this weekend at WrestleMania 42, in keeping with PWInsider.
PWInsider experiences that Paige is anticipated to compete in Saturday’s Women’s Tag Team Championship Fatal Four-Way, changing Nikki Bella, who has not been cleared to return from an ankle harm suffered a number of weeks in the past on SmackDown. The report states that WWE secretly introduced Paige to Las Vegas and that she was seen collaborating in a run-through for the match earlier this week.
The return could be exceptional on condition that WWE dominated Paige medically disqualified from competing in January 2018, when she was simply 25 years previous. The determination got here after a December 2017 harm throughout a tag crew match on the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Paige had her again to Sasha Banks, who kicked each legs into Paige’s again from the turnbuckles. Paige went down and could not get her legs below her. She finally obtained up and tried to seize Banks however instantly fell once more and rolled onto her again. The referee known as for the bell and a stretcher was delivered to ringside. It was believed she had suffered a stinger that induced her to lose feeling in her extremities. Given her earlier neck surgical procedure, WWE pulled her from the ring and additional testing led to the choice to take away her from competitors fully.
The harm got here throughout a turbulent interval for Paige that included neck surgical procedure, two WWE Wellness Policy suspensions, the general public leak of private movies, and a tumultuous relationship with Alberto Del Rio. By late 2017, she had been cleared and was again on the WWE Performance Center getting ready for a return. She was introduced again on Raw as a part of the Absolution faction with Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville earlier than the harm ended her profession simply weeks later.
After being taken out of the ring, Paige served as SmackDown General Manager and was the topic of Fighting with My Family, a Dwayne Johnson-produced movie launched theatrically that adopted a fictionalized model of her path to WWE. Florence Pugh portrayed Paige within the movie.
When Paige’s WWE contract expired in June 2022, she signed with AEW and made a shock debut in September of that 12 months. No longer below WWE’s medical restrictions, Paige returned to the ring and received the AEW Women’s Championship from Hikaru Shida. She competed for AEW via March 2025.
Now 33, Paige returns to WWE below TKO possession to compete on the largest stage in wrestling, seven years after being advised her in-ring profession was over.
WrestleMania 42 Full Card
Night One — Saturday, April 18 (Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas)
- Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton
- Women’s World Championship: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan
- Women’s Tag Team Championship Fatal Four-Way: Lash Legend and Nia Jax (c) vs. The Bella Twins vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship: AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch
- Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
- Six-Man Tag: IShowSpeed, Logan Paul, and Austin Theory vs. LA Knight and The Usos (ESPN 2 first hour)
- Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre in an Unsanctioned Match (ESPN 2 first hour)
Night Two — Sunday, April 19
- World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns
- WWE Women’s Championship: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
- United States Championship: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams
- Demon Balor vs. Dominic Mysterio
- Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Penta (c) vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. Rusev vs. JD McDonagh vs. Rey Mysterio (ESPN first hour)
- Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar (ESPN first hour)
John Cena hosts WrestleMania 42. The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony takes place Friday, April 17. Both nights of WrestleMania will stream on the ESPN app via the Unlimited plan, with the primary two matches every night time airing on ESPN 2 (Saturday) and ESPN (Sunday).
