WWE: Backstage Update on WWE’s Current Plans for Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria Feud, WWE Reportedly In No Rush For WrestleMania 43 Date Announcement, Backstage Update on Naomi WWE Abscense & Return Plans

Backstage Update on WWE’s Current Plans for Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria Feud

Lyra Valkyria and Bayley have been feuding with each other since Valkyria’s heel turn and attack on Bayley to break up their tag team partnership this past June.

WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that an idea was recently pitched within WWE creative for Bayley and Valkyria to meet in a blowoff stipulation match for their feud. This stipulation match reportedly would be considered rare for WWE’s women’s division.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that this match would be positioned as the culmination of Bayley and Valkyria’s storyline feud with each other.

It was reported that one source spoken to reportedly stated that this match would not be a Hell in a Cell match.

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WWE Reportedly In No Rush For WrestleMania 43 Date Announcement

As noted before, WWE is currently likely to be officially announcing the date for next year’s WrestleMania 43 event in Saudi Arabia by the time of this November’s Crown Jewel 2026 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This announcement would be much later than usual for a WrestleMania date announcement in WWE history.

WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that WWE officials are currently in no rush to announce the date for WrestleMania 43. It was reported that WWE officials currently do not have plans to reveal that date during this month of October.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that the reason for the lack of a date announcement is due to WWE officials currently not considering it as a priority due to the special circumstances surrounding this event, including how ticket distribution is expected to work in the host city. It was reported that another reason is this being WWE’s way of keeping stateside competition in limbo when planning around that date for WrestleMania 43.

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Backstage Update on Naomi WWE Abscense & Return Plans

As noted before, Naomi has been absent from WWE since August of 2025 due to pregnancy and maternity leave reasons. Naomi is currently expected to be making her return to WWE within the near future.

WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select reported that one source spoken to stated that Naomi’s name hasn’t been discussed in WWE’s creative talks as of late.

Another source spoken to reportedly stated that around the time of this past August’s SummerSlam 2026 event, the expectation within WWE was that Naomi would return to WWE television by the end of the year.