WWE Icon tipped to come back after 1,310 days despite retirement: “A hell of a return”

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In her absence, Robert Stone was named as interim GM by Shawn Michaels. But if Stone is only an interim, that means there is going to be a new general manager soon.

On the latest episode of the Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T liked a fan’s idea of bringing back Paige as the new general manager of NXT. Paige has been linked to a WWE return for almost a year now, plus she has experience running SmackDown as a GM.

“What a hell of a return would that be. That would be so shocking just because you’re not expecting it. It’s totally out of left field. And it’s someone who I could see playing that role and playing that role very, very well,” Booker T said.

Paige left the biggest wrestling company in the world on July 7, 2022, when her contract expired.

Where did Paige go after leaving WWE?

After her WWE exit, Paige made the jump to AEW two months later. She was cleared to wrestle by the company’s doctors, starting a feud with Brii Baker. She then formed The Outcasts with Toni Storm, Ruby Soho, Harley Cameron and Zak Knight, and she went by Saraya as her in-ring name.

Paige would win her first world title since 2014 at All In in London on August 27, 2023, beating Hikaru Shida, Storm and Baker in a Fatal 4-Way match to win the AEW Women’s World Championship. She would drop the title back to Shida less than two months later.

After three years with AEW, Paige became a free agent in March 2025, and she has been linked to a WWE return ever since.

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