Where Things Stand With Peyton Royce After Her Time in WWE
Peyton Royce competed in WWE's developmental brand NXT from around 2017 through early 2019, most prominently teaming with Billie Kay as the duo known as The IC Passwives and later as part of the broader Knockouts division storylines. She passed away on March 5, 2020, at the age of 33, after being found unresponsive in her home. Australian media reported that her death was attributed to cardiac arrhythmia, a condition that can cause irregular heart rhythms leading to sudden cardiac events. She had not publicly discussed the condition before her passing, which is consistent with how these cases typically unfold. Her wrestling career before WWE included work across the Australian independent circuit and promotions in Japan, where she developed a reputation as a technically sound performer rather than a high-flying spectacle wrestler. The approach she used was grounded in chain wrestling and counter-based sequences, which required a different kind of stamina than the typical pop-heavy NXT style. I watched several of her indie shows before she signed with WWE, and what stood out was her ability to make fairly simple sequences feel urgent through pacing and selling rather than through athletic flash. After leaving NXT, she did not return to the same level of prominent wrestling activity that some former developmental talents maintain through other promotions. There was no widely publicized move to AEW, Impact, or a sustained Japanese push in the months leading up to her passing. What little activity surfaced after her WWE departure was mostly interview content and promotional appearances rather than in-ring work.
Her sister, Brittany Haddon, has been more visible in recent years maintaining some connection to the wrestling community through social media and occasional podcast appearances. Brittany spoke about Peyton in interviews following the death, discussing the lack of warning signs and the difficulty of processing the loss. That side of the story tends to get glossed over when people search for Peyton Royce update content, but it is the part that actually exists right now. There is no current wrestling activity to report, no new matches, no announced projects, and no comeback material. Anything online claiming otherwise is typically click-driven content that recycles old footage or misattributes information. The most reliable updates about her post-WWE life come from her family's statements and the few interviews her peers gave shortly after her death.
