Paige officially made her return to WWE after four years at WrestleMania. She was a replacement for Nikki Bella to wrestle alongside Brie Bella for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. Titles that Paige and Brie would win at the big event and hold them up until this past Saturday, on July 18.
On Sunday, a special edition of the Nikki & Brie show took place where the twins brought their podcast to Fanatics Fest and had Paige and AJ Lee as their guests. While there, Paige talked about her time with AEW and although she has nothing but positive things to say about the company, she wasn’t where she wanted to be.
“Well, I did go to AEW and you guys, I did have a great time there but my heart wasn’t it, and I feel like you could see that in my performance when I was in the ring there and my character and it was just like, I’m a WWE girl. I love WWE, and so yeah, I went there for a couple of years and we went our separate ways and it ended really, really great and I have nothing but love when it comes to AEW and Tony (Khan) and stuff like that but yeah, when it comes to WWE, that’s just where I’ve wanted to be forever.” (Fightful/Transcript)
Paige grew up in WWE and was with the company for 11 years before being released in 2022.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Paige discussed her return and how it was leaked beforehand. She says it feels frustrating that there can’t be any surprises anymore.
“It was the Monday before ‘Mania, and then I was like, ‘Okay, well, I’m gonna be in Vegas anyway because I’m gonna be doing my podcast and signings and all that kind of stuff so I don’t think it’ll look too strange if I’m around,’ but everyone was kind of guessing. Everyone was just like, ‘Oh, Nikki’s hurt. The only person that could potentially replace her would be Paige, right?’ So, people were starting to guess and then, the day of ‘Mania, I was supposed to go do a signing, and then the last second, they pulled the signing and got me to go to ‘Mania and I was like, ‘Well, that gives it away then’ because I had to cancel a signing… Also, we got so frustrated, because it leaked the day before… I was like, ‘We can’t have surprises anymore?’ It was the most frustrating thing ever, and we were just like, ‘Okay, well, we’ll just make the most of it. People are kind of guessing that I’m gonna be there anyway’ but the reaction… I get chills thinking about it, and I love that I got to do it with you guys, and hopefully get to do it with you (A.J. Lee) soon.”(Fightful/Transcript)
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