Report: Paige Content with WWE Role, Able to Wrestle But Won’t

SmackDown General Manager Paige could return to in-ring work, but WWE won’t allow it, according to a Mike Johnson report on PWInsider Elite Audio. Johnson did add that Paige loves her current role with WWE. Here’s what Johnson had to say:
“She could wrestle tomorrow, she could take a bump tomorrow. WWE’s not going to let her take that bump. WWE made the decision to medically disqualify her after the issue last year at the WWE live event at Nassau Coliseum where Sasha Banks kicked her and she went down and kind of loss feeling in her extremities.”

“WWE felt that the best thing to do was keep her out of a physical active role. That doesn’t mean she’s never going to take a bump again or she’s not going to wrestle again. WWE were the ones who pulled her.”

“My original headline was [on PW Insider] ‘WWE Pulls Paige As In-Ring Performer’ because that was the truth. She could go if she left WWE go and wrestle for Impact or anywhere else. I don’t know if that would be the best decision for her health long-term but she could choose to do that.”

“WWE management and WWE’s medical team, they were the ones who made the decision to remove her. As to if she has looked into ways of getting better or getting cleared, it’s possible. No one has specifically told me that, I don’t know of any meetings that she’s had with WWE management where she’s pushed the idea of getting back into the ring.”

Johnson noted that WWE also likes Paige in her current role. He said that they feel she is taking direction well and this move could actually extend the length of her career within the WWE. So, even though she could return to wrestling again, Johnson said don’t expect her to do so.

She will likely not ever be cleared by WWE because she suffered from a neck injury and not a concussion-related issue like with Daniel Bryan.
(H/T Ringsider News for quote transcriptions, story source)