Alexa Bliss says her return to WWE came with a clear personal priority: she would not spend multiple days a week away from her young daughter.
Speaking on A Shot of Brandi, Bliss opened up about the substantial changes to life on the road since becoming a mother. The former multi-time champion explained that her current WWE agreement includes the ability to travel with her daughter, a point she considered essential when deciding how to resume a full-time wrestling schedule.
For Bliss, the provision was not merely a preferred travel arrangement. It was a condition she felt she needed in order to make the demands of WWE touring work for her family.
“Road life’s a little different. I have my daughter with me now on the road every week,” Bliss said.
For more background on this topic, read Cody Rhodes Says WrestleMania 42 Orbital Fracture Continued To Affect His Vision.
The WWE schedule has long required performers to manage extensive travel, with television events, live shows, media responsibilities and international trips often keeping talent away from home for several days at a time. That routine can be difficult under any circumstances, but Bliss said parenthood has reshaped how she approaches the job and what she is willing to miss.
“It’s definitely really hard, but I am in so much of the phase of I don’t want to miss anything she does. That was one of the biggest things of coming back. I worked it into my contract that she travels with me. I was like, ‘I need to be able to bring my daughter along. That’s a non-negotiable.’”
A Return Built Around Family
Bliss said her daughter was only a little over a year old at the time the arrangement was being discussed. In her view, leaving her child behind while being on the road several days each week was not an option.
“She, at the time, was only barely a year, and I was like, ‘I’m not leaving her on the road multiple days a week.’”
The decision also reflected the travel demands in Bliss’ household beyond WWE. Her husband, musician Ryan Cabrera, has spent years touring on weekends and continues to maintain that schedule. With both parents working in industries that involve regular travel, Bliss said it was important that their daughter could accompany one of them.
“She has two touring parents because Ryan tours every weekend. He has for the past 10 years. He’s still on a tour every weekend and so I said, ‘She needs to go with one of us and it’s gonna be me.’”
That perspective highlights a reality increasingly discussed across professional wrestling: the line between a wrestler’s in-ring career and family life has become more visible. WWE’s modern roster includes many parents, and individual situations can vary significantly depending on travel, childcare, school schedules and where performers are positioned on a given week’s cards.
For Bliss, the chance to take her daughter along has allowed her to continue performing while remaining present for important daily milestones. She acknowledged that it has required adjustment and comes with plenty of logistical complications, but she also emphasized her appreciation for the opportunity.
The Practical Challenge of WWE Travel
Traveling with a child is very different from the familiar wrestler routine of carrying a few bags, moving between airports and hotels, and preparing for the next event. Bliss described the early stages of traveling with her daughter as a major packing operation.
“That was just something that it’s a lot of growing pains because now instead of traveling with two cute little bags, you’re traveling with 10 because at first, it was a Pack ‘n Play, a travel Pack ‘n Play, a stroller and a car seat.”
Those details capture how much additional planning is required for a parent working WWE’s road schedule. The usual concerns of travel delays, hotel changes and long transit days remain, while the needs of a young child add equipment, routines and the need to create a stable environment from one stop to the next.
Bliss did not present the arrangement as easy. Instead, she described it as an ongoing process with inevitable growing pains. But the difficulty has not changed her view that the arrangement is worth it.
“Now I’m very grateful for the opportunity to bring her on the road because I get to be there for everything…”
That final point is central to Bliss’ approach. WWE travel can be demanding even at the best of times, particularly for talents who are expected to appear regularly on television and participate in live events. Being able to have her daughter with her changes the equation, allowing Bliss to be involved in her child’s day-to-day experiences rather than trying to bridge that distance from afar.
It is also a reminder that the circumstances surrounding a WWE return extend beyond storylines, championships and match opportunities. For performers who take time away from the ring to start or expand families, a return can mean establishing a new balance rather than simply resuming the routine they had before.
Bliss and Tatum Paxley’s Recent Tag Team Run
Bliss’ comments arrive following a brief WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship reign with Tatum Paxley. The pair held the titles for 14 days before losing them to Michin and B-Fab.
The short reign added another chapter to Bliss’ decorated WWE résumé. Across her career, Bliss has been a prominent figure in the women’s division, collecting major singles championships and becoming one of the company’s most recognizable personalities. Her current work in the tag team division places her in a different competitive setting, one where partnerships and division-wide rivalries can create new directions even after a title change.
Paxley, meanwhile, has continued to gain valuable experience alongside an established star in Bliss. Their championship victory, even with a limited duration, placed the team at the center of the women’s tag picture. Michin and B-Fab’s win ended the reign after two weeks and shifted the division’s championship landscape again.
Title losses in WWE often create a natural question about what comes next: whether a team immediately pursues a rematch, looks to rebuild through additional victories, or begins to show strain after falling short. Nothing in Bliss’ discussion about family travel directly indicates a specific next step for her team with Paxley, but her willingness to maintain a road schedule underscores that she remains committed to continuing her WWE career while doing so on terms that support her family.
Changing Priorities, Same Commitment
Bliss’ remarks do not diminish the challenges of being an active WWE performer. If anything, they illustrate the additional work required to make that career sustainable as a parent. The road is not less demanding because her daughter travels with her; it simply allows Bliss to avoid the separation she found unacceptable when considering her return.
Her use of the word “non-negotiable” is especially telling. WWE contracts can cover a broad range of professional obligations, but Bliss’ comments make clear that this was a personal boundary she established before moving forward. She wanted the ability to work, compete and travel without sacrificing time with her daughter during a crucial early stage of childhood.
That decision reflects an evolving conversation about the support systems available to parents in wrestling. While the business remains built around demanding travel and unpredictable schedules, performers are increasingly open about the measures that help them continue their careers. Bliss’ situation is her own, shaped by the touring work of both parents and the particular needs of their family, but her comments offer a candid look at the calculations behind an active wrestler’s schedule.
For now, Bliss is balancing the responsibilities of WWE competition, a recent change in the women’s tag team title picture and the realities of traveling with a young child every week. It may mean more bags, more planning and more obstacles than her pre-parenthood road routine, but Bliss made clear that being present for her daughter outweighs those complications.
As she put it on A Shot of Brandi, being able to bring her daughter along has given her the chance to continue doing what she does in WWE while also making sure she does not miss the moments that matter most away from the ring.
Darryl Polo
Darryl Polo is a passionate wrestling fan covering WWE, AEW, TNA and beyond. He loves great rivalries, breakout stars and the moments that keep fans talking long after the bell. How we work.