Brandi Rhodes has addressed speculation about a possible in-ring return and clarified her status for the WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Speaking with Maxxine Dupri on her A Shot of Brandi show, Rhodes explained what would actually motivate her to step back into a WWE ring. She said,
“Well, if I ever were to come back and do anything, I would love to make an entrance at the Royal Rumble, and be out in, let’s see how fast. Maybe three seconds? I literally would probably hit the ring and be like, ‘Please throw me out, please throw me out, somebody throw me out!’ It would really just be to make the entrance, one more time for Libby.”
When Dupri asked directly whether fans would see Brandi Rhodes appear at the Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia, Rhodes offered a firm response: “No, no, no, we’re not.”
Brandi Rhodes has not competed on television in several years. Her last publicly aired match took place on January 31, 2022, when she faced KiLynn King at the taping of AEW Dark: Elevation. While reports later indicated that she participated in a private in-house match at the WWE Performance Center in August 2022, though that appearance was not televised or open to fans.
