WWE Women's Royal Rumble 2023: Predicting All 30 Entrants

22. Xia Li

The latest repackaging for Xia Li saw her normalised seven days after a shock return - as a hooded returnee she cost Liv Morgan and Tegan Nox the SmackDown Women's Tag Team Championships before being beaten in a contenders match a week later - but the timing seemed to be more about the Rumble than WWE's television schedule.

Bad booking more than anything she has or hasn't done as a performer, but 2023 seems a case of now or never for Li.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Posted On: 6th Jan 2023

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