Alexa Bliss Says Time Off After Royal Rumble Return Was Refreshing, Still Pitched Ideas While Away

Alexa Bliss made her return to the WWE for the first time in two years at the Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant in the women’s Royal Rumble.

Bliss qualified for the Elimination Chamber match, but was then off television until May after WWE Elimination Chamber.

Speaking on the Masked Man Show, Bliss was asked about being off TV again so soon after her return.

“For me, it was refreshing. Sometimes, especially with this business, it’s ‘go, go, go,’ so coming back at Rumble, I was more worried if I was just going to be thrown into something. For me, the time away, I appreciated it because it was, ‘Now, what is the right place for this version of me.’ It gave us time to figure that out. You have to trust the journey and where it’s going, and trust the creative team. Our creative team is great. Colin is one of the main writers; he’s incredible. I was on the phone with him probably, poor guy, a few times a week, constantly calling him. I had pitch after pitch after pitch with this talent and this talent and this group. I kept throwing it out there and we kept working together, collaboratively, and then one day, he calls and goes, ‘What do you think about these different people?’ I go, ‘What about Charlotte? We’ve never seen us really revisit that and it could be a cool dynamic.’ That’s where that picked up. Colin was like, ‘Yeah, you guys have a long history. What do you think of this? Maybe you work together, maybe you don’t, let’s see how the dynamic goes.’ It was more of a ‘why don’t we try that’ and it was great,” she said.

Bliss was paired with Charlotte upon her return, leading to the allies of convenience.

Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair will challenge for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles at WWE SummerSlam.

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