Naomi reacts to her WWE return.
In 2022, both Naomi and Mercedes Mone would walk out of a Monday Night RAW taping and would subsequently exit the company. However, Naomi would return to the company at the 2024 Royal Rumble and has been a member of the SmackDown roster since.
While speaking to WWE Deutschland in a recent interview, Naomi addressed her and Mone's WWE walkout as well as her return to the company at the 2024 Royal Rumble.
“That too felt like a relief, you know what I mean? Just all the negativity surrounding the walkout and everything that Mercedes and I have experienced. It just felt like a big weight off my shoulders to be back home. To be accepted back home, and just to have the opportunity to continue where I started and finish the story; my journey. Just to have the opportunity in my career where I started and finish things the right way, and to reconnect with my WWE fans. Just to push through that entire time in my career. It felt really really good and special to be back. People made me feel that. Even backstage, you know, I was a little nervous, but it was like I had never been away."
Blair Davenport recently commented on Naomi's litany of allies in WWE, which you can read more about here.
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