As seen at last night’s 2025 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event, Alexa Bliss made her return in the women’s Royal Rumble match.

Bliss’ return led to a few jokes on commentary over reports that her return had been halted due to contract disagreements.

Fightful Select is reporting that the initial reports regarding a contract dispute were accurate. An agreement was reached at some point over the weekend. It is said that as of Saturday morning, the other competitors in the match had no idea that Bliss would be in the match.

Additionally, Bliss was not at the rehearsals on Friday and Shotzi was originally scheduled for Bliss’ spot. Shotzi had been out of action for much of last year due to a knee injury and returned to NXT in January.

While many people were happy to see Bliss return, some did feel bad about how it played out for Shotzi.

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