After more than a year away, Candice LeRae recently returned to the ring.
In July 2021, LeRae went on maternity leave, giving birth to her and Johnny Gargano’s son Quill in February. Her WWE contract would expire a few months later in May, leaving her as a free agent. She made her surprise return to WWE on September 26, facing Nikki ASH on Raw.
Speaking with MuscleManMalcolm, Candice revealed when she knew that she would be returning to WWE.
“Johnny and I both knew for sure about a week before he debuted. I knew for a while. Keeping it a secret was very very difficult. We really, in this day in age with so much social media and so many things leaking, and trying to keep that a secret was difficult. Him being a secret was a little harder. Me being a secret was easy but hard because I was going with him to train as his training buddy, but it was just, ‘I’m just training with him.’ Then people weren’t expecting me to be ready to come back so soon. Not even Triple H was. When we said, ‘Hey, what do you think?’ He was like, Oh, okay.’ Everyone was surprised. I’m glad that, in this day and age, we were able to be genuine surprises,” she said.
h/t to Fightful for the transcription.
Gargano also returned to WWE this August after his contract expired in December 2021. Both Gargano and LeRae immediately went to WWE’s main roster, bypassing NXT, which had been their home during their previous run with WWE.
Candice is currently feuding with Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY (Damage CTRL) on Raw. She defeated Bayley last week after losing to Kai the week prior.
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