{"id":36103,"date":"2019-01-21T22:22:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T03:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=36103"},"modified":"2019-01-21T22:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T03:22:29","slug":"alexa-bliss-to-return-to-action-will-compete-in-royal-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/21\/alexa-bliss-to-return-to-action-will-compete-in-royal-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa Bliss To Return To Action, Will Compete in Royal Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time coming, but despite rumors of her injury possibly ending her career like it did fellow WWE Superstar <strong>Paige<\/strong>, <strong>Alexa Bliss<\/strong> announced tonight on Monday Night Raw that she would be returning to action this Sunday and officially announced her entrance into the Women&#8217;s <strong>Royal Rumble<\/strong> match in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just after a massive brawl breaks out during a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MomentofBliss?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MomentofBliss<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexaBliss_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AlexaBliss_WWE<\/a> announces that she will be competing in this year&#39;s Women&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoyalRumble<\/a> Match! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Raw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sy3XN0p54e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sy3XN0p54e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1087548222011105280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alexa Bliss has been out of action since October 20, 2018, when she was injured during a Live Event in Hartford, Connecticut and has been out since nursing concussion issues. While she continued to appear on screen, initially acting as a ringside manager for her two minions, <strong>Mickie James<\/strong> and <strong>Alicia Fox<\/strong>, she debuted a new talk show, <em><strong>A Moment of Bliss<\/strong><\/em>, a few weeks back, which only fuelled rumors of her impending retirement from the ring. Moments after her announcement, former NXT Superstar <strong>Lacey Evans<\/strong> appeared and announced she would also be entering the Rumble (and winning it).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, the GODDESS <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexaBliss_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AlexaBliss_WWE<\/a> just announced she&#39;ll also be competing in this Sunday&#39;s Women&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoyalRumble<\/a> Match, but @LaceyEvansWWE plans on WINNING IT! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pHAjmriee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4pHAjmriee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1087547461646700544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following previous announcements on\u00a0<em><strong>Raw\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and<strong>\u00a0<em>SmackDown Live<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and the partial reveal on Social Media on Sunday, the updated announced participants stands at 23 entrants.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Natalya<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Bayley<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ember Moon<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ruby Riott<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Sarah Logan<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Liv Morgan<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Mickie James<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Alicia Fox<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Mandy Rose<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Sonya Deville<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Zelina Vega<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s3\">Carmella<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Charlotte Flair<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Naomi<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Tamina<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Peyton Royce<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Billie Kay<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Dana Brooke<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s5\">Lana<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Nia Jax<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\">Nikki Cross<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Alexa Bliss<\/li>\n<li>Lacey Evans<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With 23 &#8220;main roster&#8221; entrants, it eclipses last year&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Royal Rumble, which only featured 18 talents from <em>Raw\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>SmackDown Live<\/em>, plus 9\u00a0legends (<strong>Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, Vickie Guerrero, Beth Phoenix, Jacqueline<\/strong>, and <strong>Torrie Wilson<\/strong>), one return (<strong>Brie Bella<\/strong>) and two NXT Superstars (<strong>Kairi Sane<\/strong> and Ember Moon). The current announced field leaves seven slots open for potential NXT and NXT UK participants and maybe a few Legends to round out the 30 spots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time coming, but despite rumors of her injury possibly ending her career like it did fellow WWE Superstar Paige, Alexa Bliss announced tonight on Monday Night Raw that she would be returning to action this Sunday and officially announced her entrance into the Women&#8217;s Royal Rumble match in Phoenix, Arizona. 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