After a lengthy absence from WWE, Alexa Bliss finally returned to television earlier this year...with that same, awful Fiend-lite gimmick. A series of tedious backstage segments with a psychiatrist did little to improve her position in the company, and we've seen nothing of Bliss since her one-off match at Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia.
We've seen Bliss drop several hints on social media that she's ready to return and is unsure why she missed WrestleMania, though we did hear back in March that WWE had nothing planned for the former Women's Champion at the Showcase of the Immortals. To call that baffling would be an understatement, and it sounds like Bliss is just as frustrated as her fans.
According to Fightful, WWE's creative team pitched for Bliss to be part of the Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair feud before the negative reception to those backstage vignettes changed things.
That was WWE's mistake, of course, as it would have made far more sense for Bliss to return with a new gimmick at the Royal Rumble, moving her past that supernatural persona and her doll.
Bliss has been vocal about sharing her frustration with the way she's been booked after a six-month absence, with the site explaining that "Talent that we heard from said that there was also discussion backstage that Bliss had voiced that directly to Vince McMahon."
We'll see what happens, but our congratulations go to Bliss for her recent wedding: