Lacey Evans’ comeback date had been speculated for a long time – there were rumors stating her return on this week’s episode of the blue brand and it was finally the time for the 32-year-old to make her comeback to WWE

Lacey Evans received a decent push during her previous run. She came to the main roster and competed as a heel trying to take the RAW Women’s Championship from Becky Lynch. After a few failed attempts, she was drafted to SmackDown as a part of the 2019 draft.

On SmackDown, she would turn face and compete for the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Bayley but her first title in WWE continued to evade her. After Bayley, she focused her attention on Sasha Banks, who was Bayley’s best friend and tag partner. Banks and Bayley would team up a few times to take out Evans and once it was in front of Evans’ daughter.

Motivated and ready for anything.#SmackDown @LaceyEvansWWE pic.twitter.com/FBdnxSNxBc

— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2022

The WWE Universe got behind Evans as she beat Banks in a Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match. A few weeks later, Evans attacked Naomi after losing a karaoke contest to the former two-time SmackDown Women’s champion. By virtue of this assault, Evans once again turned heel.

In the 2020 draft, she went back to RAW and started an infamous angle with Ric Flair before she announced her real-life pregnancy in a storyline and took maternity leave before returning on this week’s SmackDown. It was reported that Evans was scheduled to win the RAW Women’s Championship from Asuka in an upcoming pay-per-view until she had to take a break owing to her pregnancy.

My legacy will be the truth. It will be raw & real. It will show the world what U R capable of, regardless of the cards stacked against you. It will be for the ones down & out before they even get a chance to play the game. Love it or hate it, It's for the ones who need it. pic.twitter.com/UHpmnn79eL

— Macey Estrella (@LimitlessMacey) April 9, 2022

Lacey Evans’ engaging promo and Twitter reactions to her comeback

Lacey Evans cut an intense and heartfelt promo talking about her childhood struggles as Michael Cole revealed the stories would continue next week.

Evans talked about how her dad was abusive and her mom took her kids away from him. She mentioned that the way she had to live, makes her fight harder than the other girls in the locker room.

The inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament participant portrayed a babyface character. The WWE Universe is excited to see her back in the company.

Lacey Evans just became The Next WWE Megastar with that promo. #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/7t0KrjMJqc

— Judas Heel🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@JudasHeel) April 9, 2022

#wow #LaceyEvans #WWE #WWESmackdown #promo was #deep #tragic and #inspiring . You are a #strong #woman and #you are #awesome pic.twitter.com/DAAUtghcFU

— gamedropswithpops gaming (@gamedropspops) April 9, 2022

@wwe Thank you for bringing back #LaceyEvans

— Al Fichman🇮🇱✡️🇮🇱🕎🇮🇱👨🏼‍🍳 (@AlFichman) April 9, 2022

Welcome back Lacey Evans you are my favorite wrestler in wwe I can’t wait when you win the Smackdown women’s championship

— Matthew Weinbrecht (@WeinbrechtSwag) April 9, 2022

https://twitter.com/RaulRamos_WWE/status/1512605012253458432

I really liked that Lacey Evans return promo, I have always thought that she's really good at playing a character so this babyface run can be good#SmackDown

— Eshan (@Eshan890) April 9, 2022

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