The WWE content director, Triple H, will present the first live premium event of the company after Wrestlemania 41 on Saturday. Although Backlash 2025 already has a billboard full of fighting, The Game could bring Bayley back in St. Louis after a possible change of title.
The Role Model was scheduled to form team with the female intercontinental champion Lyra Valkyria and face Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez in The Show of Shows. However, instead of fighting for the female couples championship, Bayley suffered a backstage ambush before the ple that forced her to retire from 'Mania. The female intercontinental champion then joined Beck Lynch to win gold in pairs.
However, only 24 hours after the spectacular return of The Man winning the championship, the duo lost the title against The Judgment Day in WWE Raw after 'Mania. Enraged with Lyra Valkyria for being immobilized, Becky Lynch turned against her compatriot.
The following week, the former women's world champion also assumed the responsibility of having attacked Bayley.
At this time, The Man goes to St. Louis to challenge Lyra Valkyria for the Women's Intercontinental Championship. Given the differences in experience and skill in the ring of the two superstars, there is a possibility that Becky dethrone to Valkyria. However, his victory celebration could be interrupted by the return of Bayley, who could attack the newly crowned champion.
With this, Triple H would bring back to The Role Model to active programming after his absence from Wrestlemania 41. In addition, he would also start a rivalry between two of the four Horsewomen of WWE for the Women's Intercontinental Championship. Although this is a great possibility, for now everything is speculation.
Bayley needs a great restart in WWE
While the story showed that Bayley had to retire from WrestleMania 41 due to a backstage lesion, actually the superstar was not really injured. Instead, keeping The Role Model out of The Show of Shows was a creative decision made by triple H and his team.
This was another creative decision that put the former women's world champion at a disadvantage. Although he won the WWE women's championship in Wrestlemania XL only one year ago, things have not been going well for Bayley lately. Especially after he lost the title against Nia Jax in Summerslam 2024. He had another chance for the title in Bad Blood, but failed to recover it due to the interference of Tiffany Stratton.
Since then, The Role Model has been relegated in favor of Naomi and after Tiffany Stratton, who is the current WWE female champion. The veteran has faced a series of defeats this year and also offered unstarted performances in the Royal Rumble and elimination Chamber of 2025.
Meanwhile, the woman he destroyed in Wrestlemania XL, Io Sky, has experienced great growth in her career and character. The Damage Ctrl member is now a dear Babyface and the current women's world champion. In addition, while The Role Model was excluded from Wrestlemania 41, Sky defended his title in a burning triple threat combat against Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair and managed to retain him.
Therefore, Bayley needs a great restart in WWE to live up to his legendary status. It will be interesting to see how triple H brings back to the veteran to the center of attention.
