SouthernWorldwide.com – Nikki Bella, a prominent WWE star, recently shared her thoughts on a memorable WrestleMania 42 moment and provided an update on her ongoing injury recovery.
Bella was unfortunately sidelined for WrestleMania 42 and was unable to compete for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship alongside her sister, Brie Bella.
However, a significant moment still unfolded. Nikki Bella emerged to address the Las Vegas crowd and announced that Paige would be her replacement. The fans were incredibly excited to witness Paige’s return after several years away from the ring. Paige, teaming with Brie Bella, went on to win the championship titles.
“It was amazing,” Nikki Bella recalled. “I feel like there’s no one else that could’ve taken my spot and would have had that kind of impact than Paige because we have so much history with Paige and Paige is truly like a sister to Brie and I and she’s a massive star with a ton of equity. I was so happy for her. I mean, obviously, you’re just down anyways about the injury. I couldn’t even say the word medically right, you’re just so in emotion.”
Bella expressed her happiness for her sister and Paige regarding their tag team victory. She also noted that the two seemed to possess a natural chemistry in the ring, perhaps even more so than she and Brie.
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“But I was really happy for Paige, and also, Brie and Paige have such similar vibes,” she said. “Almost, I feel like, more than me and Brie. They’re just like, the checkered print, punk type of style girls. So when I’m watching them every week on TV, I’m like, this actually really works. This is great. So it makes me really, really happy for her – for Paige and for Brie.”
Bella, who has also taken on the role of Chief Margarita Officer for Madam Paleta Tequila, is diligently working on her rehabilitation following a severe ankle injury.
“As of now, I get my X-rays done mid-June. So X-rays, MRIs, to see how the growth is – did my bones fully grow back? All the things,” she explained. “But today I was really pumped because I got to squat for the first time. So, I’ve been working with my trainer and my PT and last week I got to move up to a level where we now get to focus on strengthening. So, I will say, it’s so much work. My broken neck was way easier than this and, like, how is that possible?
“But I was so fired up this morning because to be back in a squat position and even though it’s obviously not the weight I’m used to, but to just start somewhere, it just felt so good. And to do just an actual full workout, and don’t get me wrong, there’s some things I look like a baby deer and my legs shake like no other but I have a starting point. I’m working really hard on trying get my strength as strong as possible for when I get those X-rays because if I can get cleared, like mid-to-late June, then they look at strength, you go through all of these strength tests. I’m trying to get mine as close to there as possible.”
For the time being, Bella will be a spectator, watching her sister and Paige compete at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at 8 p.m. ET.
