10 Booking Steps For Paige Following Her WWE Raw Return

4. Bliss Off

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With her motives finally revealed, Paige kicks off her Road To WrestleMania the night after the February pay-per-view by calling out Alexa Bliss to formally accept her challenge issued the night before. Bliss notes that she has no choice in the matter following Paige's Royal Rumble win, but reminds the 'Diva Of Tomorrow' that it was her that became the beneficiary of the 2016 disappearance, not Banks or Bayley.

Bliss correctly notes her 2017 successes, commenting that she's since become the longest-reigning Raw Women's Champion after brushing aside any and all competition on the red brand. Paige retorts, advising that she's yet to be pinned since returning the night after the Survivor Series. She accuses Bliss of ducking her since then, knowing that her reign was destined to end as soon as they locked horns.

Their match at WrestleMania is one of several all-female clashes on the card, with the New Orleans spectacle setting a company record hosting five separate women's matches. On the card, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville defeat Alicia Fox and Nia Jax, but are ran off by the returning Bella Twins in a huge WrestleMania moment.

Undeterred by the new threat to The Allegiance, Paige defeats Alexa Bliss clean at the 'Show Of Shows', and again in her mandatory rematch on the post-WrestleMania Raw. However, the Bella threat rapidly emerges as bigger than first thought.

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