{"id":640295,"date":"2026-05-01T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640295\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T07:32:10","slug":"former-wwe-star-lacey-evans-announces-that-she-is-making-a-return-to-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/640295\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE star Lacey Evans announces that she is making a return to wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former WWE star Lacey Evans, who has not wrestled since the July 7th 2023 edition of SmackDown, announced her return to wrestling in a video published to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXxOmgHxkX_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. Here is what Lacey stated\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey guys, stop scrolling. If you\u2019re new to my page, hello, I\u2019m Macey Estrella, also known as former WWE superstar Lacey Evans, and I\u2019ve got some really exciting news. If you are a content subscriber, you already know because I\u2019ve already disclosed it, but I\u2019m going to disclose it to you guys now, and I will be returning to wrestling. Yes, the Sassy Southern Belle is on her way back. As you all know, I just did a signing in Las Vegas during WrestleMania, and it really lit that fire.<\/p>\n<p>Getting to see my fans, getting to conversate with them. I\u2019ve had so many ask me, are you returning? When are you returning? And I couldn\u2019t get out of my head. I have been with my husband since I was 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p>When we were 16, we knew without a shadow of a doubt that we wanted babies. We wanted a family. Well, guess what? 3 kids later, I got my family, and I\u2019ve been\u2014 it\u2019s been incredible. But now my kids are asking, you know, they want to see me razzle dazzle.<\/p>\n<p>I feel great. I\u2019ve been working, which I will include everything in this journey. So I\u2019ve got to get back in shape. I\u2019ve got to get ring shape back. I wonder where I\u2019ll be going.<\/p>\n<p>I have to train. I\u2019ve got to get a personal trainer. I\u2019ve got to\u2014 I\u2019ve got to make my way back. Because one thing I do know, that even though I did not grow up watching wrestling, even though this came from left field, I trained really hard and got to a point where I could do some pretty incredible stuff. And now I\u2019m ready to get back.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m ready to see what I have to offer as a talent. To see what I have to offer as an entertainer.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped out of the wrestling business for my children. And technically I\u2019m stepping back in for my kids because she\u2019s just excited. My 4-year-old was just looking around at this signing. She has saw me on TV and she just wants to see it live.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready because the Sassy Southern Belle is on her way back, motherf*ckers!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former WWE star Lacey Evans, who has not wrestled since the July 7th 2023 edition of SmackDown, announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,238966],"class_list":["post-640295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-lacey-evans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}