Nikki Bella Rules Out Full-Time WWE Return

Nikki Bella broke out of the world of professional wrestling to become a mainstream star. Nikki famously appeared on two reality shows, Total Divas and spin-off Total Bellas, under the WWE umbrella. After that, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars where she met her fiancé, Artem Chigvintsev.

Nikki and Artem had their first child in July of 2020. The couple is waiting for the right moment to tie the knot. The pandemic slowed down a lot of wedding plans, and not even celebrities were immune.

Now that Nikki has her family in order, she’s thinking about what she can do next in WWE. Bella returned at the recent Royal Rumble premium live event to compete for a shot at the title at WrestleMania. Nikki came up short, but she’s hoping to do more with the company. Bella’s health won’t allower her to make a full-time commitment, she told TV Insider.

“We really hope there is an opportunity to go after the tag titles. Being in the ring with Bianca Belair, I would love to come back and work with Bianca. I would love to come back and work with Rhea [Ripley]. I’m a huge fangirl of hers. Just seeing her presence in the ring-up close, I would die to do a story with her. It felt so cool to be in the ring again with Ronda [Rousey]. She is just awesome and has an incredible presence. We all had a lot of fun in the locker room after.

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I really missed it, but I’m in mom mode and things are different now. I was sore for a few days. I can’t lie. The show made me think about how we can come back and do more of a story. Unfortunately, where we are at in our lives Brie and I can never be back full-time. We hope there is something soon or in the future that we can come back and do something. Just getting the taste in the ring made us want more.”

A full-time return to WWE isn’t in the cards for Nikki Bella. She is still hoping to pull off some of the classic “twin magic” that made her and her sister Brie Bella huge stars. WWE fans are looking forward to seeing what’s next for Nikki.

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