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Nikki Bella is often considered one of the biggest legends in the history of the division of WWE, and she was one of the biggest names of the promotion during the Divas Era. She is a two times WWE Divas champion, and she is also the longest reigning Divas Champion in the history of WWE. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in the Clash of 2020 along with her twin sister, Brie Bella.
Nikki Bella is out of action for a long time due to having a cyst in her brain. But thankfully, she recovered from it, and she made a sensational return during the women's Royal Rumble match earlier this year. She had been quite impressive in this match, and she started working in the ring regularly after WrestleMania 41.
Nikki Bella discusses turning heel recently
After having a number of matches, she turned heel on the present Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer, and she even challenged her for the title at Survivor Series. Nikki Bella recently talked about the decision of turning heel and revealed WWE officials internally wanted to turn her heel. Speaking on her Nikki and Brie Podcast, she stated the following;
“I’ll give away a little without giving too much away, right? So I knew where we were at on the card. We were in a difficult spot, and I knew we weren’t going to have a lot of time, and we had to tell a specific story.”
Nikki Bella made her return to WWE at the Royal Rumble
“For me, the one thing I was told was, ‘We need super heelish,’ because what they realized going into it was that if you hadn’t watched the past few weeks, you would have no idea that I was a heel. They were afraid I might go out there and be a babyface. The nice thing is we had the package before the match that showed my heel turn, so we could tell the crowd, ‘She’s a heel.’”
“But they were just like, ‘We need heel Nikki,’ and I haven’t been heel Nikki since before I broke my neck. And I’m like, ‘Damn, I’m doing all these things on the fly, in the moment, live.’ It’s one thing when you’re wrestling five years straight doing all the live events—then it’s like, ‘Yeah, okay, I could change this, do that.’ But, you know… so this is what I told myself.”
She is working regularly in the ring right now
“I was in there and I go, ‘We’re doing bad b**** energy.’ Because at the end of the day, it’s all about confidence. And Nicole, when your music hits, you’re going to go out there, and you’re going to have all that confidence in you. You are going to go be this person, and that will get you into that moment.”
Nikki Bella turned heel on Stephanie Vaquer and directly challenged her for the Women's World Championship at Survivor Series, but she failed to defeat her to grab the title. She is still active in the Championship feu,d and we can expect her to challenge for the title again. But chances are very low that she will ever win a world title in WWE again.
