Aksana is indeed in town for the WWE Royal Rumble as she was previously reported to be part of the Women’s Royal Rumble match.
The former WWE star shared a video of herself on the stage inside of the Dome at America’s Center hours before the show goes live on Peacock via her Instagram stories:
Aksana confirmed on Instagram Stories that she’s at the #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/7wEv5U2L2I
— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) January 29, 2022
She joins a long list of returning names for the bout including former wrestlers who have already been confirmed by WWE such as The Bella Twins, Summer Rae, Lita, Kelly Kelly, Michelle McCool, and Mickie James.
Aksana signed with WWE in 2009 and went to work in Florida Championship Wrestling, the developmental system of WWE at the time before the launch of NXT, where she won the FCW Divas Championship and the Queen of FCW Crown. In 2011, she was called up to the main roster and worked on Raw before going to SmackDown where she won her first singles match by beating Natalya.
Some fans may recall her being part of a storyline where she was revealed to be Kaitlyn’s mystery attacker who was acting on Eve Torres’ orders. She departed from the company in 2014.
