Saraya aka Paige addresses her absence from the 2026 WWE Royal Rumble PLE
While appearing on the Wrestling with Freddie podcast, Saraya aka Paige addressed her absence from the 2026 WWE Royal Rumble PLE…
“A lot of people were mad that I wasn’t in the Rumble. And a lot of people thought I was going to be number 30, too. And the amount—I’ve never had… well, I’ve had that much support before, but I thought I had lost all that support because of, like, all my controversy, you know. But it was just absolutely bonkers.”
There were thousands of videos. There’s, like, across all platforms, on just a couple of training videos, it was at 13 million a couple of days ago and now it’s at 18 million views now. Like, it is just absolutely insane.
And I cried one day because of it, ’cause I’m just like, I can’t believe people still love me, you know. Like, this is crazy.
I wish I could be in the Rumble. And there was a viral video circulating of the first ever women’s Royal Rumble. And it was the same year I got told that I couldn’t wrestle again, and no one knew it at the time.
And then fast forward, I’d do my retirement speech the day after WrestleMania, but no one knew at the time, so I wasn’t part of it. And I was backstage in Gorilla, and, you know, I’m really emotional. And they have images of me backstage just crying, just being like, ‘This is what I’ve always dreamed of. This is what I want to be a part of. I hope, you know, one day I can be a part of it again.’
And so that video was viral as well, and everyone’s just hoping that I was going to be in this Rumble, that I finally get to be a part of that that I’ve always dreamed of being a part of.
So yeah, it was incredible. I wish I was part of it, but there’s more to it. I mean, WWE has to make that decision, you know—not me. Everyone obviously wants me to go back.”