“I can’t stand up for more than a few minutes” – SmackDown Star

By TC

Posted on February 3, 2026

• “I can’t stand up for more than a few minutes” – SmackDown Star

Piper Niven is currently out of action with a neck injury. She last wrestled on the August 22, 2025, episode of SmackDown, where she defeated Charlotte Flair.

On X, a fan asked her the following: “How are you feeling? Is there a chance you’ll return to wrestling?”

Piper replied:

“I am in a good spot rn!

I’m sorry I’ve been so quiet with you guys.

I appreciate every single message and every tweet (x? Sk?) I get, even if I haven’t liked or responded.

The truth is I’ve been so quiet as I know you have questions but the fact of the matter is, I don’t know yet.

It’s 5 months on and some days when it’s bad I can’t stand up for more than a few minutes if even a minute.

Do I want to come back? Of course I do.

This is all I’ve done and all I’ve wanted to do since I was 16 years old and I can’t imagine doing anything else, I still love it as much as I did the first day I started.

And I feel like I was really just starting to get confident again and open up and hit my groove 😆

So all this to say, I hope so. Keep your fingers crossed for me 🤞🏻😘”

• What Triple H Said To Royce Keys Backstage At Royal Rumble 2026

Royce Keys (fka Powerhouse Hobbs in AEW) made his WWE debut at Royal Rumble 2026. WWE posted a behind the scenes video of his debut. Here’s what the former TNT Champion said:

“This is wild, like something out of a movie. This whole set up. Walking down this aisle, the ring, the background. It’s pretty amazing. I’m getting goosebumps under this sweatshirt. It feels real.

Looking at the ring, the stage set up, the seats, it’s real. Never thought I would be part of something this big. This is huge. Leading to the grand daddy of them all, WrestleMania. It starts tonight.

I’m a believer that things happen and the universe plays out everything. You don’t want to have any regrets. I personally don’t like looking back at things in life. I don’t like second guessing myself. ‘What if I had done this? Maybe I should have done that? What if?’ Everything lined up and made sense to be here.”

During the video, Triple H said the following to Keys:

“We’re going to get rolling and get some good sh*t started. We’ll be in a good place.”

Royce Keys entered the Men’s Royal Rumble match at #14 and lasted 10 minutes. He eliminated Damian Priest from the match. Here’s what Keys said about this:

“Eliminating a former World Champion. Ah, I’m here, I’m here, I’m here, I’m here. I’m going to take everything I want. Everything.”