Candice LeRae Talks WWE Return, ‘It Was A No Brainer, This Is Where I Wanted To Be’

Candice LeRae discusses her return to WWE.

In May 2022, LeRae’s contract with the WWE expired. At that point, she hadn’t wrestled in nearly a year, as she was out on maternity leave. Many fans expected LeRae to sign with another promotion, but ‘The Poison Pixie’ ended up returning to WWE later that year, surprising fans on a September episode of Raw.

While speaking to Fightful for an interview that was conducted over Royal Rumble weekend, LeRae recalled wanting to get back in the ring just weeks after giving birth.

“Johnny is very patient. I’m not. So five weeks after I had Quill, I went to my doctor and I was like, ‘How soon can I do physical stuff?’ They cleared me and I just needed to be back at the PC as soon as possible to get in ring to see if it was even possible. So by week eight or nine, I was finally back in a ring rolling around a little bit. That was my, ‘Okay, I can do this again.’ So, when my contract expired and we were trying to figure things out, I basically told him, ‘Hey, I think I’m going back to the indies, and I’m wrestling right now.’ He was like, ‘No, no, no, no. Just wait.’ So the process was me being like, ‘I’m ready,’ and my husband saying, ‘Just wait.’ When Shawn and Hunter reached out, it was a no brainer. This is where I wanted to be. This is where we wanted to be our whole lives. It’s home.”

Elsewhere in the interview, LeRae talked about taking a lumbar check from Cedric Alexander. Fans can learn more here.

Furthermore, check out Fightful’s full interview with Candice LeRae in the video linked at the top of this article.