10 Secret Messages Wrestlers Sent

3. Alexa Bliss Checks Out

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According to a report from the reputable Fightful Select earlier this year, Alexa Bliss had vocally expressed her displeasure with the company following the bizarre, aimless vignettes shot heralding her "return" to RAW. She actually returned to Elimination Chamber, and missed out on WrestleMania season. It was reported that she voiced her frustrations directly to Vince McMahon.

If this was all hush-hush leaked stuff, and not something meant for public consumption, Alexa Bliss said a lot without saying much on the May 23 edition of RAW Talk on the WWE Network.

What follows is pure speculation written by somebody who isn't an expert in body language, but the interview conducted by Sarah Schreiber following Alexa's actual return to RAW was deeply, deeply awkward.

Alexa was asked what it meant to pick up her third straight victory opposite former partner Nikki ASH. "Yeah..." she said, appearing apprehensive. "Nikki is on her own path..." she offered up, which was clearly euphemistic code for "She's trapped in a sh*tty, DOA gimmick". When Schreiber asked Alexa about her own path, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Alexa looks to the ground. When asked about her "momentum," Alexa's eyes darted as she said, insincerely, that she was "really excited" about where it takes her. The interview is signed off with awkward cross-talk and the simply ends.

This all might be a "reach", but Alexa really does seem to be communicating that she hasn't got a f*cking clue what this new character is or what she'll actually be doing next.

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